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Moffat Collection System Project Final EIS available for public review

4/25/2014

Moffat Project Final EIS to be released

2/10/2014

Moffat Project Final EIS to move toward completion

3/4/2013

Environmental Impact Statement - Moffat Collection System Project

Summary: The Denver Water Board requested a Section 404 Permit (Clean Water Act) from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Regulatory Branch to enlarge the existing Gross Reservoir (near Boulder, Colo.) to supply 18,000 acre-feet per year new firm yield of water to its Moffat Collection System. The Corps is the lead federal agency and has been preparing an Environmental Impact Statement since 2003 to analyze environmental effects. Water supplied to the Moffat Collection System is proposed to be diverted from either West Slope tributaries of the Colorado River or from the South Platte River in the Colorado Front Range. Denver Water's preferred project is to enlarge Gross Reservoir in Boulder County to provide storage for the diverted water.

EIS Milestones	Completed
Publish Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS	Sept. 17, 2003
Public Scoping	Nov. 7, 2003
Publish Notice of Availability of Draft EIS	Oct. 30, 2009
Draft EIS Comments Due	March 17, 2010
Publish Notice of Availability of Final EIS	April 25, 2014

Final Environmental Impact Statement - Moffat Collection System Project

Final EIS Release Date: April 25, 2014

Permit Applicant: Denver Water

FEIS Prepared by: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Regulatory Branch (the Corps Regulatory Branch is neither a proponent nor opponent of the proposed project).

Colorado libraries and offices where a paper copy of the Final EIS is available for review.

Comments Due: June 9, 2014
No public hearings or public meetings will be held for the release of the Final EIS.

Submit comments in writing to:

Rena Brand, Moffat EIS Project Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District
Denver Regulatory Office
9307 S. Wadsworth Blvd.
Littleton, CO 80128

Fax: 303-979-0602
E-mail: moffat.eis@usace.army.mil

Federal Register Notice: Availability of Final EIS: Moffat Collection System Project (April 25, 2014)
USACE Public Notice: Availability of Final EIS: Moffat Collection System Project (April 25, 2014)

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Final EIS: Moffat Collection System Project

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Executive Summary

References

Appendix A: Purpose and Need Support
Appendix B: Alternatives Screening Information
Appendix C: Advanced Water Treatment Process Diagrams and Site Plans
Appendix D: Construction Information
Appendix E: Surface Water Resources
Appendix F: Soils within the Project Area
Appendix G: Biological Resources
Appendix H: Hydrologic Data and Platte and Colorado Simulation Model (PACSM) Output
Appendix I: Air Quality Data
Appendix J: Public Notices
Appendix K: Preliminary Clean Water Act Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines Analysis
Appendix L: Draft Programmatic Agreement
Appendix M: Conceptual Mitigation
Appendix N: Comments Received on the Draft EIS and Responses – Part 1
- Appendix N - Part 1 - A
- Appendix N - Part 1 - B
Appendix N: Comments Received on the Draft EIS and Responses – Part 2
- Appendix N - Part 2 - A
- Appendix N - Part 2 - B
Appendix N: Comments Received on the Draft EIS and Responses – Part 3
Appendix N: Comments Received on the Draft EIS and Responses – Part 4

The entire FEIS is available to download via three "zipped" files.
- Part 1 - Chapters, References and Library listings
- Part 2 - Appendices A-M
- Part 3 - Appendix N

Draft Environmental Impact Statement - Moffat Collection System Project

Draft EIS Release Date: October 30, 2009

Public Comments Due: March 17, 2010

Permit Applicant: Denver Water

Prepared by: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Regulatory Branch (the Corps Regulatory Branch is neither a proponent nor opponent of the proposed project).