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<br />SENT BY: BOR.WCAOS SO; <br /> <br />5. 2.96 5:01PM; 970 385 6539 -> <br /> <br />303 866 4474; <br /> <br />#8/10 <br /> <br />.,I :..... <br /> <br />In addition, we ace :oncarne4 with the proposal to initially <br />construct only a portion a~ ALP (i,e" Ridges Basin Dam and its <br />d1vars1on vorks) as a r.ault of the ~7,lOO annual acre-teat <br />depletion limit 5et by the En~anqar.d Spec i.. A~ scction 7 <br />consultation, Without a final coneluaion to the on~o1nq <br />~ioloqic4l seudies beinq conducted in r.sponse to the S.et1on 7 <br />consultation, it 1s uncl.ar vhether ~e !ully-siaed ALP will ever <br />be eonstru~ed it the current constraints remain unch&nqed. <br />Accordi.nqly, ve qIleation vneU1ar the Tr~s' total neljJot:1atad <br />vatar r19A~ ot 62.000 annual acre-teet vill ever be met, no~ is <br />it cle~r that there will be any means to deliver the Tribal <br />irrl~ation vater (28,000 annual acre-feet) as called tor under <br />Staie B ot the ALP. Moreover, given the possibility that the <br />scope ot the projegt may be limited to a 57,100 annual acre-teet <br />depletion, wa believe that BR neaoU to re-exullne Whether there <br />are more appropr1a~. project al~ernative. that .ae~ the.. <br />constraints ins~aad o~ Merely constructini StAqe A ot the ALP, <br /> <br />I believA it is critical ~,at our aqenci.. continue to work <br />toqether to raacn consensus on an appropriate r.solution ot the <br />issues rai..d by the ALP. IA that reqard, I respectfully ra~est <br />that the oeparcment at the IAterlor extend BPA's 25-day deadl'1ne <br />tor sublD1ttinq a ret"ral 'Co the council on Env1.roNllental Quality <br />concer:u.nq the ALP by ninety days (i.e., until Auqust 26, 19915). <br /> <br />We look torwud to discu..1nq this uttar in qr.atar detail. <br />Please call .e at (202) 564-2440 it you have any questions. <br /> <br />sincerely, <br /> <br />~".J f kwv <br /> <br />Richard E. Sanderson <br />Director <br />ott1ce of Federal Activities <br /> <br />-' <br /> <br />n_..//.'- '.J~.s &>L4,ofrL 9a d...v"s, <br />