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<br />Appendix vn <br /> <br />Comments From the Fish and Wildlife <br />Service <br /> <br />Note: GAO comments <br />supplementing those in the <br />report text appear at the <br />end of this appendix, <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />United States Deparnnem of the Interior <br />nSH AND WlLDUFE SERVICE <br />Washingwn.D.C.20UO <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />......._OI'ILYTHIO~ <br />... NID WftJlUR IDona <br /> <br />In Reply Refer To: <br />FWS/TB <br /> <br />SEP 2111lll1S <br /> <br />Memorondum <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Department of tbe Interior, Office of Financial Management <br />(Attention: Deborah Williams) <br /> <br />.kti~ector, Fish and Wildlife Service <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Review of tbe Draft General AccounliDa Office report, "Animas.La Plata <br />Proje... (GAO/RCED-95.UO) <br /> <br />This tranSIIIits the fish and Wildlife Service's comments on the subject document. These <br />comments amend and supersede comme.ots traasmi.tted to you previously via memorandum <br />dated September 13, 1995, signed by tbe Acting AuisteDt Direetor . Ecological Services. <br />The _00 included below combine comments from the Division of Habitat <br />Conservation. Division of Endangered Spedes. Regions 2 and 6. <br /> <br />The Divisions and Regions be.. reviewed tbe draft report for its accuracy in portraying the <br />bisto1y, slatUS. and legislatiye framework of tbe proj.... section 7 consultation between the <br />Service and the Bureau of Reclamation, and the project's relationship to otber irrigation <br />proje.... Erron in the draft report and in tbe transmittal letter to Senator Bradley are <br />noted below. <br /> <br />See comment 1, <br /> <br />TraDIDIIttaI LeIter 10 Senator BndleJ (Letter), pap 1, Bnt pananpb. third RBleDCe' <br />"Under this act, the project will store lin the first Dhase) and provide water (in the second <br />JIIIIu) for the Southern Ute Indian tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Indian tribe..." <br /> <br />See comment 2, <br /> <br />Letter, pl,e J, IUOnd pan....ph, Drat teacence: Navajo Dam aDd Reservoir are ~ pan <br />of tlJe Navajo Indian Irrigation Project. Thc5e facilities were authorized by tlJe Colorado <br />River Basin Project Act of September 30. 1968, as the Nayajo Unit <br /> <br />See comment 3, <br /> <br />Lelter, pa. 2, secoDd pIIulf8ph, lilt senttAte: The statement that. under the reasonable <br />and prudent alternative agreed to by tbe BUreau of Reclamation. "no additional construction <br />or water withdrawal is allowed until the seven--year fish study is complete and the Service <br /> <br />Page 32 <br /> <br />GAOIBCED-96-1 Anlmu-La Plata Project <br />