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<br />'" <br /> <br />,~) <br /> <br />APR 1 0\ m <br /> <br />OffICE Of THE EXKUTlVE DIRECTOR <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Dep.1rtmenl o( NiIIlural Resources <br />'313 Shermon 51"'" Room 718 <br />Den\l'ler. Colorado 80203 <br />_:(303)86(,-))11 <br />TOO: (3031866.3543 <br />fAX: (303)866.2115 <br /> <br />DEPARlMENT Of <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br /> <br />April 11, 1994 <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />eo..mo. <br />_ S. LllChI>Nd <br />ExecutiY'r Direaor <br /> <br />Mr. Lee J. McQuivey <br />Colorado River Studies Office <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />P.O. Box 11568 <br />Salt Lake City, ur 84147 <br /> <br />Ronold w. c.n.nr <br />D<puty Oirecto< <br /> <br />Re: Glen Canvon Dam Draft Environmental Imoact Statement <br /> <br />Dear Mr. McQuivey, <br /> <br />The State of Colorado appreciates the opportunity to review and comment on the Draft <br />Environmental Impact Statement: Operation of Glen canyon Dam. These comments are <br />subniitted by the Department of Natural Resources on behalf of the State of Colorado. <br /> <br />Colorado has been closely following the development of the Glen Canyon Environmental <br />Impact Statement since the initiation of the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies in 1982. <br />The interests of Colorado in the Colorado River System may be significantly impacted by <br />the EIS and subsequent operational changes of Glen Canyon Dam. <br /> <br />As one of the signatories of the Colorado River Compact and the Upper Colorado River <br />Basin Compact, Colorado is vitally interested in the operations of the Colorado River <br />System, especially Glen Canyon Dam. The people of Colorado on both sides of the <br />continental divide rely on the waters of the Colorado River System to meet their historic <br />and future agricultural, municipal, domestic and recreational water needs. <br /> <br />The Law of the River, which includes the Colorado River and Upper Colorado River Basin <br />compacts, state and federal laws, a treaty with the Republic of Mexico and Supreme Court <br />decisions, has been the basis for apportioning the waters of the Colorado River System and <br />the management and operation of the federal reservoirs of the system. For the past 70 years <br />Colorado has relied on the Law of the River to guide its water resource development on the <br />western slope and will continue to do so for guidance in the future development of its <br />undeveloped compact apportiorunent. <br /> <br />Board of Land CommisSioners. DiVISion 01 MIl\elab> & Geology/Geological Survey <br />Od & Gas ConservallOn CommissIOn. Colorado Slate Parks. Soli ConservatiOn Board <br />Woller Conservation Board. O1v.sion or Woller Resources. DIVIsion ot w.ldhle <br />