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;;xis reach cr the Animas P.lver 1s Listed oa the itiatioauide Fivers <br />I.^vent.ory (bI&I). The IvaI ie a reAnireaent of the lfild and 5cenie <br />uivntc: Act (i& L".S.i:. 1271 et se;L}, 5aetian 5(a) ahicb states <br />chnt "' ..ia: all planning ?'or the aaa sad developaent of Hater sad <br />ralatnd land resource:, eanaideration shall be gives C.y all <br />k~ederal A~rnc:iea invalvee to ,ntential national gild, scenic, and <br />recto:+tinnal elver areas..." Io the first phase of the <br />irv+~atcry, nom cosap]rte~', 45 rtil$a et' the Aaimas River were <br />identified as ?,svinz our.etandin0 "scenic, rw_creiationa2, geologic, <br />Piah, wildlife, and historic values•° <br />Tits P:resi.dent's August 'l, 1974, 'Hes~ora+ndnra for the Eleads of <br />~epartmxnts ar Agencies" ciirecta that: "FaeD i:ederal A_geocy <br />ak•.all, as Farc o: 1ta aor+ual planning zing eeciev process, ta+se <br />care to avoid or t!itigate adverse effects an rivers identified ie <br />the tvatioaaida Invrntarp prepared dp the f?eritaga Conxervation <br />and Secreatinn Sarvica in the kiapert+aent or the Interior. <br />9genctee shall, sa i:ar[ of. t{stir ~ititmal w,nvirotnaa+ntal revicv <br />process, consult oitA rDe lfaritaae Conaervatlon and Rocrnatioo <br />Service pziar to toi<1ng actions Whiea eoxcld effeetivaly foreclose <br />gild, sconic, ac recreatianai r£ver statue on rivers is the <br />inventory." sl+e. ~eriCage l;oaaervafion sad ~tecreerton Service saes <br />abolished some yenta ago, and t'au kstlonal Par6. Service Hasa DaR <br />the above mentioned souitmring and eonaaltive respaneibilLti-s. <br />Norther informattan on rho kilo maq lie>_ obtsined from *_ir. t*uane <br />ifolnea, Rocky *lountain Regisnal Office, kational Far~C Scrvico, <br />v55 YazCet, P.G. 25?.4.;7, Lenver, Calotado 00225 or NHS 77FrS705 <br />(303-236-P,7^5}. <br />T'a~ 5ervice Das Lr:atned r_ksat La Plata Countp, as cart of its laau <br />nso permit, is requirinT t5at ltr. Matthrrus corniact a hydrologic <br />gLUdy of his perm Lt Brea. Thta is also a rags;irer~ent for the <br />gravel companq apatream Prom the YaCCDsvs git. Simons and 1,1 <br />asaoctates have hr3ea retained by these ttao firma enA ere tuet <br />begicuing tdxe acndq. LC is nor Doge chat tG1a study, and perhaps <br />othara, will lead to avoidsnee of past mistakes an8 tlxst we will <br />not t+e .`aced Witt. au ongoing cycle of mistral <br />extraction/orosion/Dank etabiltsetioa/ooze aelaeral <br />extraction erosion/etc. Iesnanee of n 404 permit prior to [tom <br />eomp].etion of the +study Wonld ha premateare. TDe applicant's <br />proposal and our reeoums.ndationa may De eignifienntly isflueeeed <br />by the results of tbte study. F?e recommend LDat your decimion on <br />this permit ixs put in abeganee pettdin(; campletioa of the <br />l,ydruaogfc study. I; you elect tc make your decieloa prior to <br />tG@ ccwpietioo of tan study, LF.e S@rvice raea~ends that thr <br />Corpc+ d:mp the permit. <br />