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Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and New Mexico

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 [Federal Register: July 14, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 136)]
[Notices]
[Page 43783-43784]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental

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Impact Statement for the Animas-La Plata Project.

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INT-FES-00-23.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 (as amended), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation (Reclamation), has prepared a Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the Animas-La Plata Project
(ALP). The proposed federal action is to implement the Colorado Ute
Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-585)
(Settlement Act) by providing the Colorado Ute Tribes an assured long-
term water supply and water acquisition fund in order to satisfy the
Tribes' senior water rights claims as quantified in the Settlement Act,
and to provide for identified municipal and industrial water needs in
the project area.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the FSEIS may be obtained from Mr. Pat Schumacher,
Four Corners Division Manager, Bureau of Reclamation, 835 East Second
Avenue, Suite 300, Durango, Colorado 81301-5475; telephone: (970) 385-
6590. The document is available on CD-ROM or the Internet at http://
www.uc.usbr.gov under the Environmental Studies, Summaries & Reports
heading.
    Copies of the FSEIS are also available for public review and
inspection at the following locations:
     Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Room 7455, 18th and C Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240.
     Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office Library, Denver
Federal Center, Building 67, Room 67, Denver, Colorado 80225.
     Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, 125
South State Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138.
     Bureau of Reclamation, Four Corners Division of the
Western Colorado Area Office, 835 East Second Avenue, Suite 300,
Durango, Colorado 81301-5475.
     Bureau of Reclamation, Western Colorado Area Office, 2764
Compass Drive, Suite 106, Grand Junction, Colorado 81506.
     Local Affairs Department/Division of Local Government,
Attention: Charles Unseld, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 521, Denver,
Colorado 80203.
     Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department,
Attention: Jennifer A. Salisbury, Secretary, 2040 South Pacheco Street,
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505.

Libraries

    Copies will also be available for public review and inspection at
the following public libraries:

Colorado

Colorado State University Library, Ft. Collins
Cortez City Library
Denver City Library
Durango High School Library
Durango Public Library
Ft. Lewis College Library, Durango
University of Northern Colorado Library, Greeley
University of Denver, Penrose Library, Denver
University of Colorado, Norlin Library, Boulder

New Mexico

Albuquerque Public Library
Alturian Public Library, Aztec
Bloomfield City Library
Farmington Public Library
Navajo Community College Library, Shiprock
New Mexico State Library, Santa Fe
New Mexico State University Library, Las Cruces
San Juan College Library, Farmington
University of New Mexico Library, Albuquerque
Zimmerman Library, Albuquerque

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Pat Schumacher, Four Corners
Division Manager, Bureau of Reclamation, 835 East Second Avenue, Suite
300, Durango, Colorado 81301-5475; telephone (970) 385-6590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for the Animas-La Plata Project (DSEIS) was issued on January
14, 2000. Responses to comments received from interested organizations
and individuals on the DSEIS are addressed in the FSEIS. The FSEIS
evaluates the environmental impacts of ten alternatives for final
implementation of the Settlement Act. One of the alternatives analyzed
is the Administration Proposal to finalize the Colorado Ute Settlement
which includes a down-sized version of the original project. The
Administration proposal also includes a non-structural element which
allows for the acquisition of additional water supplies to the Ute
tribes. The FSEIS identifies a Preferred Alternative, Refined
Alternative 4 (a refined version of the Administration Proposal), which
achieves the fundamental purpose of implementing the 1988 Settlement
Act by securing the Colorado Ute Tribes an assured long-term water
supply in satisfaction of their water rights as well as for identified
municipal and industrial water needs in the project area.
    The FSEIS will be used by decisionmakers in Reclamation and the
Department of the Interior. A record of decision can be executed 30
days after publication of release of the FSEIS in the Federal Register.
The record of decision will state the action that will be implemented
and will discuss all factors leading to the decision.

    Dated: July 5, 2000.
Terrence N. Martin,
Acting Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance,
Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-17638 Filed 7-13-00; 8:45 am]
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