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<br />'I <br />" <br /> <br />, <br />f' <br /> <br />Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the <br />Administrative Procedures Act. <br /> <br />October 25,1991: <br /> <br />Final Biological Opinion is issued by the Service. The opinion <br />contains a reasonable and prudent alternative that allows <br />construction to begin and project depletions of 57,100 acre-feet per <br />year while an endangered fish research and recovery program is <br />conducted. <br /> <br />October 25, 1991: <br /> <br />Commissioner of Reclomation signs memorandum which authorizes <br />the Regional Director to begin construction of the project. <br /> <br />October 26, 1991: <br /> <br />Ground breaking ceremony is held near Durango, Colorado. <br /> <br />February 25, 1992: <br /> <br />Four Corners Action Coalition, Sierra Club, Colorado Wildlife <br />Federation, Taxpayers for the Animas Rjver, and Southern Utah <br />wilderness Alliance, represented by the Sierra Club Legal Defense <br />Fund, file a lawsuit against Reclomation. <br /> <br />I <br />'" <br /> <br />April 23, 1992: <br /> <br />Reclomation rescinds authorizlltion for construction pending <br />completion of a Supplement to the Final Environmental Statement. <br /> <br />April29, 1992: <br /> <br />Reclomation announces in the Federal Register its intent to prepare a <br />draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Statement. <br /> <br />I <br />, <br /> <br />June 9, 1992: <br /> <br />Reclomation awards contract for cultural resources data recovery to <br />Northern Arizona University. <br /> <br />May 12, 1992: <br /> <br />Department of Justice files response to the lawsuit. <br /> <br />July 10, 1992: <br /> <br />Judge Zita Weinshienk dismisses 8 of the 11 causes of action in the <br />lawsuit including Clean Water Act and Administrative Procedures <br />Act issues. NEPA issues were not dismissed because of questions <br />regarding the pending cultural resources work. <br /> <br />August 1992: <br /> <br />Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund files a motion for Preliminary <br />Injunction to halt cultural resources work. <br /> <br />September 17,1992: <br /> <br />Judge Weinshienk grants Preliminary Injunction. Reclomation is <br />prohibited from performing ground disturbing activities in <br />connection with cultural resources activities until the completion of <br />the Supplement to the Final Environmental Statement. Other, non- <br />ground disturbing activities may proceed. <br /> <br />October 13,1992: <br /> <br />Reclomation files the Draft Supplement (DES 92-41) with the <br />Environmental Protection Agency and releases the Draft for public <br />review and comment. Comments are due December 15, 1992, (about <br />500 comments were received.) <br /> <br />8 <br />