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<br />SENT BY: BOR-WCAOS SDj <br /> <br />5. 2.96 5:00PM; 970 385 6539 -> <br />, <br /> <br />303 866 4474; <br /> <br />/17/10 <br /> <br />, - <br /> <br />'~A~ <br />{~l <br />~...J <br /> <br />,-- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />UNm:O STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PAOTEcnON AaENCY <br />WASHINGTON. C.C. 20460 : <br />! <br /> <br />~'1::':';:~ ~...::,:; r..\....;:.O~~t; <br />:rF;~:A!- r:jLE r.c~.')'''' <br /> <br />;..'. 'I' 'cs <br />I...... U~ '" <br /> <br />MNt' I I!l9i <br /> <br />:'.--'':'- <br />, ,. <br />I ,'_.:.___,. <br />W-~,,~ '=..-. <br />, r.~..... ....-r <br />I.,_.~:'_...:..:-. <br />! "'~;'ln:';t':. "i . <br />;'-;:'~ ,~~4_j <br /> <br />I . I I <br />1 I' <br />'---.:::. · I j_L--.i <br />E-...' ; ; ~ <br />'. J . . I <br />--.r-'" i ...~---I <br />. " <br />-.-i---' _ ..__..; <br />I ' I <br />--. - <br /> <br />~. !:l\lid L. Martinez <br />commissioner <br />B~eau of Recl...~ion <br />Waahin~oD, o,c, 20240 <br /> <br />D.ar K&-. H~1ner;: <br /> <br />The Env:lrQmaental pro1;ac:t10n Aqency (EPA) is c:u:r:-ren1:ly <br />ran.vini m. IIlU'e.u ot Reclu.1.1:ion.. (BIt) Final Suppl...nt too <br />ue F1J2&l EnvirorlllleJttal S~au..,t (rsFES) tor tba Anj,1II2UI'"'La Plata <br />Project (ALP) in color.cia and New Mexico, vtUch was Ulec! vith <br />IPI. on Apz'1l 26, ll1l)fi. 2!H'J,t'!!t!~~~~~cU'~fg.'~'~fl''the <br />,q~_"C!"'P.ot~~e~Clean1w.tIi"~:_lftl'i~ti'f6iial <br />!Dyt.T~~ci~. <br /> <br />EPA tully aUllIIorts dle Ilatist~icm of the Tribal vater <br />riqhes as qu&fttif1eei by the colorado ute Indi&ft Wa1:er Riqllt. <br />Sett18l1lent Ac:1; of 1988. However, we reaain concerned tha~ DR's <br />present tormulae1cn of the ALP will resUlt in unaccaptablo <br />aelverse envirolllll4ln:al 1.lIIp.c:ts U&1; shoulcl be llvoidec!. Moreover. <br />we believe tbat the FSFES has not adequately addressed ~ll full <br />ranqe ot potential impacts ot the ALP. In particular. Wll believe <br />that additional information reqardlnq impacts to vater quality, <br />Navajo water riqbts and existlnq water projects. mit1qation <br />c:ommitments, an4 the impacts associated vith unspec:ified <br />municipal anel industrial water uses is necessary. <br /> <br />Tbe patential inc:reases in selenium concentrations in the <br />Animas, La Plata, and M~c:os Rivers as a rllsult of ~a ALP are of <br />.pecial c:onCllrn to EPA. Givan that selenium concentrations 1n <br />tiles_ watllrs currently llxclled the state ot Nev Mexico's vater <br />quality standareis. we believe it i. critical that OR clearly <br />demonserate that construceion and operation of the ALP w1ll meet <br />water quality standards ..tablished by both New Mexico and <br />Colorado, <br /> <br />~ =.~_........ <br />t.O.CI ........... "'.....- <br />