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<br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />JUN 24 2002 <br /> <br />United States Department of the Interior <br /> <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION <br /> <br />i", <br />f~' <br /> <br />~,., <br />~ - <br />,.f <br /> <br />Upper Colorado Region <br />Western Colorado Area Office <br /> <br />,,-' <br /> <br />f'.o1l'lrAM Water ConserEition Soard <br />....-.n'MTompass Drive, Suite 106 <br />Grand Junction CO 81506-8785 <br /> <br />JM2/ am <br /> <br />835 E 2nd AnoDe. Suite 300 <br />Durango CO 8]301-5475 <br /> <br />WCD-EJensen <br />ENV-6.00 <br /> <br />To: Interested Agencies, Indian Tribes, Organizations, and Individuals <br /> <br />Subject: Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No <br />Significant Impact (FONS!) for the Animas-La Plata Project, Ridges Basin Dam and <br />Reservoir, Pre-Construction Facilities Relocation; AnimR~-La Plata Project, Colorado <br />and New Mexico <br /> <br />The Final Environmental Assessment (PEA) analyzed the environmental effects of relocating <br />three gas pipelines currently located within Ridges Basin, in southwest Colorado. The relocation <br />is necessary to allow construction of the Ridges Basin Dam. and Reservoir, an integral feature of <br />the A nimR~-La Plata (ALP) Project. The three pipelines include: <br /> <br />· 26-inch-diameter natura1 gas transmission pipeline, owned by Northwest Pipeline <br />Corporation (Northwest); <br />· l6-inch-diameter natural gas liquids pipeline (NGL), owned by Mid-America <br />Pipeline Corporation (MAPCO); and <br />· lO-inch-diameter NGL pipeline, owned by MAPCO. <br /> <br />A Draft Environmental Assessment was released to the public on April 26, 2002, for public <br />review and co=ent. Co=ents and suggested changes were analyzed and changes were made <br />to the FEA where appropriate. The FEA reco=ends selection of the Northern Route <br />alternative as the preferred route alignment. Based on the evaluation of the impacts in the FEA <br />and other factors, a FONSI was prepared. The FONSI concluded that implementing the <br />preferred alternative will not result in any significant impacts on the environment other than <br />those impacts previously identified in the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement <br />for the Animas-La Plata Project. <br /> <br />, ,." <br /> <br />Copies of the Final FEA and/or FONSI may be obtained from Rob Waldman, Four Comers <br />Division, Bureau of Reclamation, 835 East Second Avenue, Suite 300, Durango, Colorado <br />81301-5475; telephone: (970) 385-6567; e-mail rwaldman@uc.usbr.gov. The document is also <br />available on Reclamation's web site at http://www.uc.usbr.gov (click on Animas-La Plata under <br />Current Focus). <br /> <br />A Centurv of Water for the West <br />1902 - 2002 <br />