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| Enviro groups oppose Flaming Gorge pipeline project; last week to comment | |||
| Friday, December 16, 2011 06:10 |
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By Bruce Finley, The Denver Post Environmental groups from across the West filed objections Thursday to a proposed multi billion-dollar pipeline project to import water to Colorado from Wyoming. Federal authorities deciding whether to grant a preliminary permit for the project proposed by Fort Collins entrepreneur Aaron Million have received more than 170 mostly negative comments on the proposal. But Million said he's undaunted. He said he's talking with energy-industry representatives about using the water for oil and gas production - possibly to sustain hydraulic-fracturing operations. Public comment is scheduled to close next week on the proposed Flaming Gorge project and move toward an initial decision. The Colorado Environmental Coalition, National Parks Conservation Association and Western Resource Advocates on Thursday were filing formal objections to the project. Another coalition of 11 environmental groups, including Sierra Club, Wyoming Outdoor Council and Save the Poudre, also objected. And they say preventing that much water from flowing into the Green River would hurt wetlands, birds, fish and the recreation economies of surrounding communities.
Read Bruce Finley's complete story.
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