Comment deadline on Million pipeline extended

For the second time, federal officials have extended the comment period for the controversial Million pipeline project proposed for southwest Wyoming. The scoping comment period for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' environmental impact statement will now close Sept. 28, Corps project leader Rena Brand said Tuesday in a media release. Colorado entrepreneur Aaron Million is seeking a Corps permit to construct a private pipeline to divert water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Sweetwater County and move it to eastern Wyoming and then on to Colorado's bustling Front Range. The pipeline would deliver about 250,000 acre-feet of water each year, according to plans for the estimated $3 billion project. The states, not the Army Corps, grants water rights. The Million Conservation Resource Group applied to the Corps for a permit under the terms of the Clean Water Act, which triggers the federal EIS process. Million's proposed Regional Watershed Supply Project would make a new water supply available for use by municipalities, agriculture and industries in southeast Wyoming and on Colorado's Front Range...BillingsGazette