A Colorado businessman is asking federal energy regulators, rather than the Army Corps of Engineers, to review his pipeline proposal to divert water from southwest Wyoming’s Flaming Gorge Reservoir to southeast Wyoming and Colorado.
Aaron Million had asked the Army Corps to halt its review while he considered whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should look over his proposal instead because it involves hydropower.
Million said Friday he has submitted an application with FERC. He said he hopes to have a permit within 2½ years.
Bart Miller of Western Resource Advocates isn’t so sure. He said FERC will have to do its own environmental review, but Million said FERC should be able to piggyback on what the Army Corps already has done. FERC officials didn’t return a phone message seeking comment Friday. The Associated Press
