June 17, 2008--SDS report incomplete, 'misleading,' county says (Pueblo Chieftain)
The Bureau of Reclamation omitted certain information or looked at statistics in only the most favorable light, Pueblo County says in comments on the draft environmental impact statement for Southern Delivery System. In 19 pages of comments, covering 13 major areas of objection, the county’s land-use attorney, Ray Petros, details how the impacts of the proposed water delivery pipeline on downstream communities were inadequately considered in the bureau’s draft EIS, which he called ‘misleading.’ ‘The Southern Delivery System would be a transformational activity within Pueblo County and the Arkansas Valley,’ Petros said in the letter. ‘Pueblo County government wishes to ensure that the costs of SDS are born by SDS participants and not imposed unfairly and involuntarily upon Pueblo County residents and its governmental entities.’The county also wants to make sure the environment is protected and has been told by Colorado Springs officials that the EIS will play a big part in the county’s upcoming review process, if the pipeline comes through the county.
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