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<br />....".Ji <br /> <br />UNITED STATES <br /> <br />. <br />DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR <br /> <br />* * * * * * * * * * * * 1t'KtC't!'Et) * * * * news <br />SEP 3 0 1976 <br /> <br />release <br /> <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION <br />Upper Colorado Region <br />Salt Lake City, Utah <br /> <br />(Rusho - 80l/524-5403) <br /> <br />~.~ <br /> <br />FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL <br /> <br />COLO. WATER September 28, 1976 <br />CONSERVATION BOARD. .. <br />STATEMENT ISSUED FoR DALLAS CREEK PROJ~C;~OLORADO <br />~ ...// <br />~..,-- -~ <br />-----..-----,.-. <br /> <br />,",-. <br /> <br />:l:_. <br /> <br />A Final Environmental Statement covering the Dallas Creek Project in <br /> <br />western Colorado has been filed with the Council on Environmental Quality, <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />Commissioner of Reclamation Gilbert G. Stamm announced today. The statement <br /> <br />analyzes environmental impacts of the proposed plan as compared with various <br /> <br />alternatives. <br /> <br />.:" <br /> <br />" <br />, <br /> <br />The project would develop and utilize flows of the Uncompahgre River and <br />its tributaries to provide water for municipal and industrial uses and irrigation <br />in the Uncompahgre River Basin. Benefits would be provided for fisheries, <br />recreation, and flood control. <br /> <br />,. <br />. <br /> <br />The major feature proposed for the project is Ridgway Dam and Reservoir <br />on the Uncompahgre River. <br /> <br />'.' <br /> <br />The draft statement was made available for public and governmental review <br />last March and a hearing was held. Responses to the comments received have been <br />included in the final statement. After a 30-day waiting period, construction may <br />be initiated by the Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />Copies of the final statement may be obtained from the Bureau of <br />Recl?mation, Room 7620, Interior Building, Washington, D.C. 20240; the Regional <br />Director, Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84147; <br />or from the Western Colorado Projects Office, Bureau of Reclamation, Building 8, <br />ERDA Compound, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501. Review copies of the statement <br />are also available at public libraries in Ouray, Montrose, Delta, Grand Junction, <br />Boulder, Fort Collins, Denver, and Gunnison, Colorado. <br /> <br />n ///1/1/1//1111// <br />