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<br />, . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(x) Drat't <br /> <br />( ) FioLLl Environlllental Statement <br /> <br />n",= Creek Dam and Lake, Colorado <br /> <br />1. Name of Action: (X) A~inistrative <br /> <br />Responsible Office: U.S. ~ Engineer District, Omaha, Nebraska <br /> <br />( ) Le!islative <br /> <br />2. De6cription of Actfo~: <br />reacrvol.i' on ~;e8r Cl'~~':{ for <br />nnd vildlife enbancCll1cu~. <br /> <br />Ccnstruction of a dam and multiple-purpose <br />flood control. general recreation and fisb <br /> <br />3. a. EnvirOlllllentel lr.~"ct3: The project vould provide protection <br />against 98.7 percent of the damages resulting from Bear Creek flooding, <br />additional recrentioll opportunities for the Denver metropolitan area, <br />and the establishment ot a managed, cold-vater rishery. <br /> <br />b. Adverae Env 1 l""ll"cntlll Impacta: Many pri Tate reaidenccta, sRall <br />businesses and farrn~t~~6 vDuld require relocation. Ecoaomy from present <br />Illining operntions wod,1 cellose. Some loss of vegetation vould occur. <br />Lou of 1 1/2 rUles ot ~lounta1n stream. <br /> <br />4. Alternatives: Solutions considered included flood plain evacuation, <br />flood plain ~oning, ch~ne1ization and several dma alignments in the same <br />;,;",neral area. <br /> <br />S. COlJDlents Requentcd: <br /> <br />Colorado Department of Highvays <br />Denve. Board of Nutcr Commissioners <br />Colon,do Di vi do", of Game, Fish I< Parks <br />Jtu"CuU 0: IH II!: 6, U::;DI <br />IzilM Halton Lcf\l>tlc of America, Inc, <br />(Colo,'wio Di'dnl(,I!l) <br />Docky r~untniu C"ntcr on tbe Environment <br />South Platto I~'cn ncdcvclopment Council <br />Thorne Ecologiccl :"oundation <br />Color&do Citizens C00rdinnting Committee <br />Dll Envirozuacntc..l Planning <br />Colorndo Water Conservation Board <br />Bureau of SpDrt r1uhcrles & Wildlife, USDI <br />Bureau of Outdocr necreation, USDI <br /> <br />6. Drart state:ent t,(J CEQ <br /> <br />Soil Conservation Service, USDA <br />Bureau of ReclaDntion, USDI <br />Environmental PrDtection ~ency <br />National Park Service, USDr <br />,Colorado State Department of <br />Public Health <br />CDlorado Wildlife Federation, Inc. <br />The Nnture Conservancy (Colorado' <br />Chapter) <br />Colorado Open Space Coordinating <br />Council, Inc, <br /> <br />. <br />