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<br />4 <br /> <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 />34G~, <br /> <br />allecatien precess threugh adjudicatien is quite preperly a matter ,Of <br />state cencern and sheuld be settled by the state. <br />This draft envirenmental impact statement (DEIS) describes the <br />Cities' prepesed actien and alternatives te the prepesed actien fer the <br />Hemestake Phase II water diversion preject. The descriptien <br />encempasses the affected envirenment and disc.leses the envirenmental <br />censequences fer the prepesed actien and alternatives studied in detail. <br />An envirenmental impact statement is net in itself a decisien <br />decument. It is a decument disclesing the envirenmental censequences <br />,Of implementatien ,Of the prepesed actien ,Or alternatives. It is an <br />impertant decument fer federal, state, and lecal gevernments te use in <br />arriving at their individual decisiens regarding the prepesed actien and <br />its alternatives. <br />The envirenmental censequenc;:es te lands and activities <br />administered by ,Other federal, state,' and lecal jurisdictiens resulting <br />frem the prepesed actien have beendisclesed in this DEIS. Threugh <br />ceeperatien, ,Other interested individuals, federal, state, and lecal <br />jurisdictiens have assisted in the disclesure ,Of envirenmental <br />censequences and develepment ,Of alternatives te the prepesed actien. <br />A large pertien ,Of this decument has been prepared by <br />Envirenmental Research & Technelegy, Inc. (ERT) a third-party <br />censultant under centract te the Ferest Service. This cencept has been <br />challenged by the Vail Valley Censeliqated Water District. While under <br />centract te the Ferest Service this censultant has been paid by the <br />preject prepenents. It is the pesitipn ,Of the Ferest Service that a <br />Memerandum ,Of Understanding between the Ferest Service and a <br />prepenent fer the preparatien ,Of an EIS by a third party centracter, <br />whe is paid by the prepenent but werks under the immediate directien <br />,Of the Ferest Service, dees net vielate any laws ,Or regulatiens (See <br />Appendix A). <br />The Ferest Service decisien cencerning Hemestake Phase II will <br />relate 'only te lands administered by ~he Ferest Service. Decisiens by <br />,Other jurisdictiens te issue ,Or net tGJ issue apprevals related te this <br />preject may be made by them using' the Infermatien available in this <br />decument. Several ,Other agencies diq ceeperate in preparatien ,Of this <br />decument including: <br /> <br />. U. S. Envirenmental Pretectien Agency. <br /> <br />. U. S. Army Cerps ,Of Engineers. <br /> <br />, <br />. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. <br /> <br />. Celerade Divisien ,Of Wildlife. <br /> <br />. Celerade State Histeric Preservatien Officer. <br /> <br />On September 10, 1981, the Ferest Service and the Feundatien fer <br />Urban and Neighberheed Develepmenti(FUND) began a sceping precess <br />te define the issues this decument weuld address. Public meetings were <br />held at Minturn, Red Cliff, Leadvill$, and Vail. At the end ,Of the <br />sceping peried, the Ferest Service i identified issues frem cemments <br />received at public sceping sessiens. frem written public respense ferms <br />distributed fer the Hemestake Phase II sceping, frem ,Other federal and <br />