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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />~2' G <br />Ld ..., <br /> <br />('1IAPTf:R 1. I~TROllllCl'IO:"i "\~D PRE..t:XIST)1'G CO.'ljI>l'l'lO,""S A1T".: 1\1.'\ <br /> <br />1.1 Bad.~round <br /> <br />In July :2.fjOlJ.lhe BurcallllfRL'Clamatioll (Reclamation), in cooJXT.llion with the En~ironmenlal <br />Proleo;ti,," AgL'l1l'Y (I'.PA), the Ute MlJllnlain Ute Tril>c (U~lJT, and the Southern Ute [nelia" <br />Trio.: (SUIT). cumplc'IL'lllhe final Supplemental Emironmcmallmpacl Statement (FSElS) for <br />tt,,~ Animas-La Plata (Al.P) Project fhc purpose of the Atp ProjL'C1 is to lmplcmcnllhe <br />CnlllTlllto Ute In<lian Wall'r Righl< Settlement Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-585). a~ amcndoo hy the <br />Color.lllo Ute Scl11cnwlIl A....t Amendments "f2()()O. The AI_I' Project iK localL'<l in southwest,>m <br />COI{lr:,d" and wll[ scr.-e Ihis a~a 'Ln<1 northwestern New Mexico. The l'mjCl:!'s prillciple <br />slmctura] COllllX'IK'1l1 will he <Ill ofh-hannd resc..,..oir in RIdges Basin to stor<: waler divcr1<',1 <br />from the Ani1lla.~ Ri~'er. Ridges Basin RL'SCrVoir ",ill hav~ a lolal slorage cap:lClly of <br />:Ippn'~'m.llcly 120,00'1 ane-fcct (al). A PlHl\lling planl and inlt1 e'>J1duil "'llllle used 10 diven <br />water from AnimllS River and to ,",chver illo the reservoir for Slorage. Basin CTt'Ck will "" u!lCt.l <br />lo,:,ollvey AI/' Proje<:t watl'f Ilac'k 10 tile AnH1l8s River for downstre;lm delivery, <br /> <br />ACl."mling hI the FSEIS, eonslnlclionnfRidgL'S Hasinl>am art<lthc lilling oflhe I"Cscnoir "'III <br />re'lllt in the rennancnllo~sof 121 ac~ "femergent wctlalld hahitats. ..\1'>0. approxirna1ely 13 <br />"l"res of riparian hallitat ..!o,",nstrcam oflhedam winlle impacted, Th'ls. a tutal of IH m:rc'i 01" <br />wcllan4'riparian hallilat~ wd! he Impacted a.~ a resull of the ALP I'mjce! A. 'tated in th" FSI'IS <br />and the sullsCtlllent Recl.lT\1 of Dcri~iun (ROD1. Reclamalion ,",'ill mitigale for these impacls at a <br />ratioofl.5:! which is within the range ofralius mcmiolled ill sel:ti01\ 1O.5orlhe..\O-lfll)(l) <br />r'-alualion reportarnl the variousopttons disc_ussed in the prcliminar >'cshmalesofmiugation <br />opportunities in the Wetlau"s Mil1gation Opportunitic"S Rcport dcwloJl'<.''' for Ihe FSnS lVolume <br />If <)I"II1e FSFlS) Thc Fisl1 and Wildlifc Coordi":lllo" Acl RC"JX'rt. as ~\UnmarilL'<l in the tSHS <br />Volume I, refers 1<) and eoncurs with st"Ction 5.4.4 of the FSFIS which c"mtnil.~ to the 1.5:1 :lere <br />ffiulgallllnrnliofOfwctland",'ripariallnlitigalloll. <br /> <br />Sc'Chon 10.5 oflhe..\!)..\.jh)(ll evalualion n:l'ort SlIlMlL"IlSnllligallon r3tiosol" 1 10 llhrrcSlorahon. <br />ltn I for en'alion, and,} to I for enhancement and prcscnatioll. lhe Wetlands Mlli~lion <br />OpportunitiLlI RL1JOrt d.:scrilx-s miligalion '~crcdits.. acconllng 10 lhcsc mtios. Rc'Cl;unalinn <br />ncgoli:lledamlioufl.510 I asagrCt.'l.llollyther,I'AandlheU.S,FishanclWildlifcS''f"\lil"e <br />(Sen'iecl ant! commiucd to it in the FSUS and the ROD. Reclamalion's enhanccmL.....I. <br />prntccli<ln.crealionand~loralionoraseverelYlmracteclripananareaclearly pro"ide c1T"".tivc <br />miligation for the al"fesofwdland'riparian hahitalln.~llll Ridgcg Basin a1ld alonlollla.~in Cn:...k <br /> <br />Reclamation coordinate,l polenhal mitigation opp<lnoniti<< \0 n'P1acc tile funchons and valuc~ <br />oflhe wctlan,l'riparian huhit>!t thai wil1llc impaeled Ilythe ALP Proje.:1 with spcciahsts <br />representing the !cPA. the Service amllhe (,olora,)o l>i\'isionofWildlife (('l>OW). It W'AA <br />agrcedamonglheagcncicslhalthcllcstopportunilytorepla.:e\\etland'riparianimp'lctswouhl <br />he along lhe La Plaia River corTidor hcl"ause: I) Ihe nooo.l1'I3m oftll" ri~ercorridHT h<ls IlcCfl <br />modific...lbY<lgncultural..!e\'clopmcntamlchanneh13tionprojectsli,rlloodpro!~'Ct1Un;2) <br />llmlesiralllc weed species are rl'P1acintt native riparian plant oomnUlnllies. and~) Ihe potCllhallor <br />fUlurcdC\'cl"1'm"o!al"n~(hc:rivl.'Tl"Orridorc"uldimpacte'tstiT\gripananhallililts. <br /> <br />-, ~ <br />