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<br />. <br /> <br />.",C !,~;: <br />~ 0 u ~j <br /> <br />DRAIT ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT <br /> <br />Twin Lakes Dam and Reservoir Enlargement and Mt. Elbert Forebay <br /> <br />Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado <br /> <br />Prepared by the Department of the Interior <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />Lower Missouri Region <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />This environmental statement is submitted in compliance with Section <br /> <br />102(2)(C) of Public Law 91-190, the National Environmental Policy Act <br /> <br />of 1969. It follows the guidelines for statements set forth in the <br /> <br />Reclamation Instructions, Part 376, Chapter 5, entitled, "Environmental <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Quali ty - Preservation and Enhancement," approved by the Commissioner <br /> <br />of the Bureau of Reclamation on January 12, 1972. <br /> <br />The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project is a complex water resource development <br /> <br />consisting of a series of dams, reservoirs, canals, pipelines, tunnels, <br /> <br />and powerplants. The Project will help meet the needs for supplemental <br /> <br />irrigation, municipal and industrial water, flood control, electrical <br /> <br />energy and will provide for fish and wildlife and recreation enhancement. <br /> <br />Congress authorized construction of the Project in 1962 prior to the <br /> <br />passage of the National Environmental Policy Act, To comply with the <br /> <br />philosophy and intent of the Act, the Bureau of Reclamation determined <br /> <br />that environmental statements should be prepared for each major feature <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A-l <br /> <br />