Loveland, Colo. (PRWEB) June 14, 2013
The Bureau of Reclamation is accepting public comment on a draft Environmental Assessment that analyzes web site specific effects of proposed contracts for water out of Ruedi Reservoir as properly as an administrative amendment of current contracts.

Written comments will be accepted till close of enterprise, Mon., July 1. To obtain a copy of the Draft EA, please pay a visit to: http://www.usbr.gov/gp/nepa/sopa.html#ecao.

Ruedi Reservoir is portion of the federal Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. The reservoir assists compensate Colorado’s West Slope for project diversions created additional upstream in the Fryingpan River Basin and also supplies storage for West Slope use. Reclamation began advertising and marketing Ruedi water to the West Slope in 1982. In 2012, Reclamation received requests from 17 West Slope entities for the remaining 19,585.five acre-feet of available contract water in the marketable pool.

Reclamation is preparing an Environmental Assessment in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act on internet site specific effects of the proposed 17 West Slope contracts along with the administrative action of amending 31 current Ruedi Round I and II contracts to eliminate the expiration date and confirm their status as perpetual repayment contracts. Comments received will help Reclamation determine concerns relevant to the proposed contracts and elements of the atmosphere that could be impacted.

Please send written comments by means of normal mail, fax or e-mail to:

Bureau of Reclamation
Attn: Lucy Maldonado
11056 W. County Rd 18E
Loveland, CO 80537
Fax: 970-663-3212
lmaldonado at usbr.gov

For added information on Ruedi Reservoir, the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, or the NEPA Approach, please contact Kara Lamb, Public Info Officer, at (970) 962-4326.