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<br />3457 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER VV~JER <br />COI"JSERVATION DISTRICT <br /> <br />.J'crer-':nc "/'1:'",-::.(.1 ,-.--."cr..........:,...., 'LiVe' rer ':::',r>~~ i Q]7 <br />-."'" -- -- ............ ~'-'..... . "'" .....- <br /> <br />October 6, 2000 <br /> <br />Maryanne C Bach <br />Regional Director, Great Plains Region <br />(j S Bureau of Reclamation <br />PO Bo:< 36900 <br />Billings, MT 59107-5900 <br /> <br />Brian Person <br />Area Manager, Eastern Colorado Area <br />U S Bureau of Reelamation <br />11056 West County Road ISE <br />Loveland, CO S0537-971l <br /> <br />Re: Colorado-Big Thompson Proj eet Operations <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Baeh md tvIr, Person: <br /> <br />As you know, the operation of the Colorado Big Thompson ("CBr) Project, <br />with its significant diversions of water from the Upper Colorado River Basin, has <br />been of great concern to the Colorado River Water Conservation District ("River <br />District") and its predeeessors sinee the inception of the CBT Project in the 1930s, <br />Recently, the US, Fish & Wildlife Service ("FWS") completed a Section 7(a)(2) <br />consultation on Bureau of Reclamation ("Reclamation") projeets on the Colorado <br />River upstream of Grand Junetion affecting the endangered Colorado pikeminnow, <br />humpbaek chub, bony tail, and razorback sueker which resulted in what is commonly <br />referred to as the 15 Mile Reaeh Programmatie Biological Opinion. This PBO <br />addresses the depletion impaets of five Reelamation water projects and inter-related <br />and imer-dependent non-Reclamation water projeets <br /> <br />The current operation of the CBT Project faeiiities includes some diversion ot' <br />water from Colorado'; Wes;ern Slope to the Eas;ern Slope not contemplated and not <br />allowed by the authorizing legislation for [he Project and violates the contractual <br />obligations of Reclamation, In addition, these diverSions are not in comoliance with <br /> <br />SUt"T~ =2011. 201 C2NT=~INIAL SiRE::, <br />? 0, 90:< 1120/GL=:;'IWOOD SPRINGS, COLOR..CO S 1502 <br />\970) g4;5-aS22 . i=AX (970) 94.S-d799 . 'NWW C:"NC::J.gov <br />