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<br /> <br />.. ""': c"'1 <br /><i'~..J , <br /> <br />United States Department of the Interior <br /> <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br />BUREAU OF SPORT FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE <br />WASHINGTON, D,C. 20240 <br /> <br />ADDRESS ONLY THE DIREcTOR. <br />BUREAU Of SPORT fISHERIES <br />AND WIl.DLlFE <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In reply refer to: <br />ES/llOO-5l5-l4 <br /> <br />JUN 1. 2 lSl4 <br /> <br />Memorandum <br /> <br />To: Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Washington, D. C. <br /> <br />'AcUng 'Associate <br />From: Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D. C. <br /> <br />Subject: Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado--Review of Draft <br />Environmental Impact Statement (Int. Des. 74-32) <br /> <br />This responds to your memofandum of April 7, 1974, requesting our review <br />of the above environmental statement. Comments"are submitted in accordance <br />with Section 102(a) (c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 <br />and guidelines issued by the Council on Environmental Quality. <br /> <br />Volume I, Page 11-1. B. Purpose of the Project <br /> <br />This section capsulizes the history and objectives of the project. It <br />should also contain a synopsis of the quantities of water being made . <br />available through the project and the amounts dedicated to each purpose. <br />While such information is presented in detail in subsequent discussions, <br />such a summsry would furnish a clear instant overview of what the project <br />will actually accomplish. <br /> <br />Vt>lnm.. 1. Pall;e 11-197-, .(3) Post NEPA-Future <br /> <br />In addition to the material on the proposed hatchery, this might be the <br />appropriate section to briefly discuss plans to prOVide additional water <br />to the existing Leadville Federal Fish Hatchery. Present plans call for <br />a minimum of 3000 gallons/minute to be delivered to this hatchery vis a <br />bifurcation from the proposed Mt. Elbert Canal. <br /> <br />Volume 3 Alternatives to the Proposed Action <br /> <br />In light of the overappropriation of the Arkansas River Basin in the <br />area under consideration and the increasing demands being placed on <br />Colorado River flows, the time may have arrived for evaluating another <br />previously unmentioned alternative. Because water may constitute a <br />partially limiting factor to extensive growth along the front range of <br />Colorado, it might now be appropriate to discuss the reasons for and <br />agains~ pricing in-basin water supplies as another alternative. <br /> <br />(?~lIfrd ~~~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />XI-256 <br />