DENVER and BOULDER The city and county of Denver has filed suit against Boulder County to force its commissioners to permit expansion of Gross Reservoir and its hydroelectric plant, which is located on federal and private land within Boulder County.
Denver alleges in the federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver that Boulder County is using the 1041 permit process to slow walk Denver’s plans for expansion of the reservoir and the power plant a project that has received the approval of both the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The suit, filed Wednesday, alleges that the county is unlawfully attempting to control the expansion that federal agencies have ordered using arguments that have already been considered and rejected by the federal agencies.