WSP07499

• File Number: 8149.911
• Description: Miscellaneous Small Projects and Project Studies - SE Needs Assessment/PSOP
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 10/6/1998
• Author: URS Greiner-Woodward
• Title: Lake Meredith Reservoir Enlargement Study - Study Overview
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

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CSU Technical and EnVll'onmental Studies ?roposal

. We will maximize use of existing studies and
previous work. much of which was completed
by the MW/BV team members,
. Our scope speCltically identifies tasks,
products and processes that anticipate a
future environmental permitting phase, such
that this initial work can be fully integrated
into an EIS development process at a later
date.

Task 1 . Project Scoping
The objective of this task is to finalize the scopes
of the five individual Technical Reports based on
informal contacts with selected agencies and
stakeholder groups. (Note that this is not
equivalent to the Scoping process for an EIS,)

11 Kickoff Meeting. MW /BV will meet with
CSU staff to ensure a common understanding
of project objectives, establish lines and
protocols of communication, and finalize the
project schedule. Ir is recommended that CSU
establish a multidisciplinary management
team to provide important input to the
environmental permitting activities of the
consultant.
L2 NEPA Compliance. Members of our
proposed strategy/NEPA compliance
advisory team will participate in a one-day
workshop with other members of the CSU
team in conjunction with the kickoff meeting.
The purpose of this workshop will be to
obtain consensus on the vision and goals of
the permitting team and to develop a strategy
outline and timeline for permitting of the
WRP, Within this context, it will be possible
to make key decisions about the near-term
activities related to the technical and
environmental studies in this scope of work.
1.3 Agency Contacts. J'vIW /BV will contact,
either by phone or in person, representatives
of key agencies and stakeholder groups with a
prominent interest in the proposed CSU water
resource planning alternatives. The purpose
of the contacts will be to present a briefing on
CSU water resources planning activities to

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determine issues imporcan[ to key review
agencies and major stakeholder groups that
must be addressed in the technical studies,
and to identify all permitting requirements for
the project alternatives. Because of our team's
familiarity with issues surrounding the
alteroatives, and with personnel at the key
agencies, these contacts can be made on a
very informal, low-profile basis.
1.4 Work Plans. Based on input from CSU and
outside agencies, J'vIW /BV will develop final
detailed work plans for each of the Technical
Reports. This may involve modifying the
scope of work in this proposal in order to
address agency comments.
1.5 Permitting Requirements. The list of
permitting requirements developed by
Montgomery Watson in the Alternatives
Assessment Study, and subsequendy updated,
will be further updated based on the informal
agency contacts in Task 1.2 and on new
environmental laws and regulations. This
information will be summarized in a
Technical Memorandum,

Task 1 . Products
. Kickoff meeting minutes
. Draft and Final Technical Report work plans
. Draft and Final Technical Memorandum on
Permitting Requirements

Task 2 . Preliminary Engineering
Technical Report
Preliminary engineering is needed for the storage
alternatives under consideration, so that the
improvements can be described in sufficient
detail to allow the economic, environmental, and
cultural studies to be adequately performed.
Engineering is also needed to ensure that each
alternative is providing the same functional
benefit, Both CSU and other entities have
performed considerable preliminary engineering
of storage alternatives, The goal of this phase of
the work will be to maximize the use of previous
work and to provide baseline information for
other elements of the work.

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