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<br /> <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION <br /> <br />Upper Colorado Region <br />\Vestern Colorado Area Office <br /> <br />2764 C()ml}ll~S Dri,'c, Suite 106 <br />Grand Junction CO HI5116-8785 <br /> <br />APR 2 6 2002 <br /> <br />835 [2nd Avenue, Suite 3110 <br />DUnlngn CO 813111-5475 <br /> <br />WCD-EJensen <br />Env-6.00 <br /> <br />To: Interested Agencies, Organizations, and Individuals <br /> <br />Subject: Draft Environmental Assessment for the Ridges Basin Dam and Reservoir Pre-Construction Facilities <br />Relocation, Animas-La Plata (ALP) Project, Colorado and New Mexico <br /> <br />Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (as amended), the Department of the Interior, <br />Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the proposed <br />relocation of three pipelines to allow for the construction of the Ridges Basin Dam and Reservoir. A copy of the <br />DEA is attached for your review and information. <br /> <br />The Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the ALP Project (FSEIS) was issued on July 5, <br />2000. The DEA tiers from this FSEIS and discusses the relocation of (I) a 26-inch-diameter natural gas <br />transmission pipeline owned and operated by Northwest Pipeline Corporation (Northwest); (2)a 16-inch-diameter <br />Mid-America Pipeline Corporation (MAPCO) natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline; and (3) a lO-inch-diameter <br />MAPCO NGL pipeline. The two MAPCO pipelines parallel the Northwest pipeline route through Ridges Basin. <br /> <br />This proposed federal action is an integral part of completing the ALP Project and allows implementation of the <br />Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 {Public Law-l06-554, Title III). The ALP Project will <br />provide the Colorado Ute Tribes an assured long-term water supply to satisty the Tribes' senior water rights <br />claims, and provide for non-Indian municipal and industrial water needs in the project area. <br /> <br />Based on comments received during a 30-day public review period, Reclamation will prepare a Final Environmental <br />Assessment. Written comments will be received until May 28, 2002. You are invited to submit written comments <br />on the DEA either by letter or e-mail to: <br /> <br />Mr. Rob Waldman <br />Four Comers Division <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />835 East Second Avenue, Suite 300 <br />Durango, Colorado 81301-5475 <br /> <br />e-mail at rwaldman{al,uc.usbr.gov <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />~L~~~ <br /> <br />Four Comers Division <br /> <br />Enclosures <br /> <br />A Centurv of Water for the West <br />1902 - 2002 <br />