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,,' ,!!COIlO OF OEOSlON ..vc>lro~ Mo-..aalMlIdd.,. CIMIU Ru..-r "'a.aJ II. RECOMMENDED DECJ:SJ:ON Reclamation's decision is to execute a four-party substitution agreement among the District, Denver, NCWCD, and Reclamation on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior. The agreement will enable Denver to take delivery of water indirectly from Wolford Mountain Reservoir through a process of substitution. The District-Denver lease arrangement ~imits Denver to a maximum of 30,000 acre-feet in any single year or 45,000 acre-feet in any 3 consecutive years from Wolford Mountain Reservoir. Subsequent operation of this reservoir pursuant to the proposed four-party agreement could reduce the flow of the Blue River below Dillon and Green Mountain Dams up to 30,000 acre-feet in any single year or up to 45,000 acre-feet during any 3 consecutive years in which water is substituted. The four-party substitution agreement to be executed on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior will include provisions to request the court in the Consolidated Federal Cases to enter a supplemental decree approving the terms and provisions of the agreement. The decision of BLM was to approve the preferred alternative identified in the FEIS which entails development of a reservoir at the Wolford Mountain site. A zoned, earthfill dam would be constructed on public lands administered by BLM 4 miles north of Kremmling, Colorado. A majority of the proposed reservoir basin is situated on private land. The proposed dam is 120 feet high and would impound 60,000 acre-feet of water. The proposed reservoir would inundate 1,447 acres of land and extend about 5.5 miles upstream from the dam. BLM has approved the right-of-way (ROW) application for the Wolford Mountain reservoir site. Amendment of the Kremmling Resource Management Plan was necessary to accommodate ROW approval. Specifically, the resource management plan was amended to allow for anticipated recreational use of Wolford Mountain Reservoir. In its record of decision issued February 1990, the USFS recommended selection of the Wolford Mountain alternative on BLM and private lands as the reservoir site, thus eliminating the need to issue a Special Use Permit for the Rock Creek Site. Since the proposed site on Rock Creek was not selected, the USFS has no role in implementing the recommended decision. IJ:I. OTHER. ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED In addition to the preferred alternative, two other alternatives were evaluated in the 1990 FEIS.