City Comments on Latest NISP Environmental Report

Impacts

Information not previously available to the public and included in the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District’s (Northern) recent reports on NISP indicate that:

• The impact to Fort Collins’ drinking water quality might not be as severe as originally thought.
• Impacts to the City’s water treatment facility could still be significant and result in considerable costs.

Concerns

The City still has numerous concerns and questions that have not been sufficiently addressed including:

• Impact of water temperature changes due to lower Poudre River flow levels
• Impacts from potential reclassification of the Poudre River to non-degradation status by the State of Colorado (Water Quality Control Commission)
• A full description of NISP operational details
• Descriptions of Poudre River habitat and negative impacts to habitat associated with NISP
• A detailed description of how all negative impacts are to be avoided or mitigated

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City of Fort Collins Comments on Black & Veatch NISP Report by Issue

• Trichloroethylene (TCE) (PDF 41KB)
• Total Organic Carbon (PDF 63KB)
• Wastewater Treatment Plant Issues (PDF 46KB)

Army Corps of Engineers to Prepare Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP)

Due to the number and complexity of significant comments received during the comment period, the Corps has determined that additional analysis in the form of an SDEIS is required before a decision on whether to approve or deny the NISP permit can be made.

• Read the full news release from the Army Corps of Engineers (PDF 973KB).

City of Fort Collins Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement

The City of Fort Collins comments to the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP) address fourteen themes and emphasize potential impacts to drinking water, wastewater, and wildlife.

Full Document (PDF 2.2MB)

Individual document sections: (click here to view sections)

• NISP Cover Sheet (PDF 46KB)
• NISP Cover Letter (PDF 217KB)
• NISP Council Resolution (PDF 169KB)
• NISP Table of Contents (PDF 16KB)
• NISP DEIS Comments
  • Part I - Executive Summary (PDF 72KB)
  • Part II - Procedural and Legal Framework for City Comments (PDF 211KB)
  • Part III - Water Management Effects (PDF 708KB)
  • Part IV - Environmental Impacts (PDF 648KB)
  • Part V - Recreation, Aesthetics, Socioeconomics & Cumulative Impacts (PDF 171KB)
  • Appendices - NISP DEIS Comment Contributors (PDF 87KB)
    Appendix B, C and D include reference materials provided to the Corps which are not included with these documents. See each appendix for a list of these materials.