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Mr. Brian Ige 2 of 4 December 2, 2020 which is required in order to receive Title XVI funding. The red text are comments received from Bureau of Reclamation preliminary feedback for this application. Section 4 - Description oj'Alternatives: BOR questions to be resolved: b. Statement of the specific objectives all alternatives, including the reclamation, recycling or desalination project, are designed to address. f. Description of one or more alternative technologies that could be used in the proposed water reclamation, recycling or desalination project under consideration. These alternatives must be approvable by the state(s) or tribal authorities in which the project will be located. .Section 5 - Economic Analysis Section: BOR Comment: The main section that needs to be revised is section 5, Economic Analysis. It is not clear what the water supply alternatives to the proposed Title XVI project are. It seems like the proposed Title XVI project is the combination of Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3A, Phase 3B, and Phase 4. BOR Comment: The water supply alternatives (D&S criteria 5(b) and 5(c)) should be alternatives to the entire proposed Title XVI project. Table 7-2 just provides the scoring values and description of each scoring value and does not actually discuss project alternatives. It also appears that the study does not directly address criteria 5(a) or 5(d). BOR Questions to be resolved: a. The economic analysis included in the feasibility study report shall describe the conditions that exist in the area and provide projections of the future with, and without, the project. Emphasis in the analysis must be given to the contributions that the plan could make toward alleviation of economic problems and the meeting of future water demand. b. A cost comparison of alternatives that would satisfy the same demand as the proposed reclamation, recycling or desalination project. Alternatives used for comparison must be likely and realistic, and developed with the same standards with respect to interest rates and period of analysis. Section 7 — Project Alternative Analysis BOR Comment: Section 7.7, table 7-2 shows a comparison of alternatives but does not provide a description of each alternative (1, 2, 3, and 4). BOR Comment: Table 7-2 just provides the scoring values and description of each scoring value and does not actually discuss project alternatives.