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<br />proposed projects. Certification determinations will be made after <br /> <br /> <br />the public has reviewed and commented on the Final EIS. <br /> <br />1.54 The National Forest Management Act allows amendments to be made <br /> <br /> <br />to Forest Plans, if necessary. to provide for changes in land and <br /> <br /> <br />resource uses. These may be either significant or nonsignificant <br /> <br /> <br />amendments depending on the magnitude of change. The U.S. Forest <br /> <br />Service (USFS) has determined that if permits are issued for either of <br /> <br /> <br />the proposed projects or their alternatives, the amendments to the <br /> <br /> <br />affected Forest Plans would be nonsignificant. <br /> <br />1.55 The District Engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cannot <br /> <br /> <br />make a permit decision that is inconsistent with the recommendations <br /> <br /> <br />of the Governor of Colorado. After this EIS is published, the <br /> <br /> <br />Governor's recommendations will be requested. <br /> <br />PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES <br /> <br />APPLICANT <br /> <br />1.56 The DWB has selected the Two Forks Dam and Reservoir and <br /> <br /> <br />extension of the Williams Fork Gravity Collection System as Its <br /> <br />preferred alternatives. <br /> <br />CORPS OF ENGINEERS <br /> <br />1.57 The identification of the agency's preferred alternative or <br /> <br /> <br />al ternati ves in the Fi nal EIS is requi red by the Council on <br /> <br /> <br />Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations unless another law prohibits <br /> <br /> <br />the expression of such a preference. Corps regulations state that, in <br /> <br /> <br />regulatory permit actions, the Corps takes an impartial position on <br /> <br />1-39 <br />