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<br />. <br /> <br />. " to protect, mitigate adverse impacts to and improve values for which Grand <br />Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area were <br />established..." (Sec. l802a) <br />. Comply with existing Law of the River (Sec. 1802b) <br />. Continue "Interim Operation" ofGCD until EIS was completed (Sec. l803a) <br />. Complete EIS in 2 years from passage of GCP Act (Sec. l804a) <br />. Adopt Operating Criteria and Annual Plan of Operations (APO) for GCD (Sec. <br />I 804c) (Criteria and APO to be separate from and in addition to those specified in <br />Sec. 602(b) of the CRBP Act) <br />. Operating Criteria approved by the Secretary in February 1997 <br />. 1997 APO complete <br />. 1998 APO being finalized at Reclamation <br />. 1999 APO, no action yet by Reclamation or TWG <br />. Establish long term monitoring and research program (Sec, 1805) (Created Grand <br />Canyon Monitoring and Research Center [GCMRC]) <br />. EIS studies to be non-reimbursable (Sec, 1807) <br />Glen Canyon Dam EI S <br />. Completed in March 1995 (Summary andFinal Report) <br /> <br />, <br />. <br /> <br />~- <br />,: <br />" <br />~~ <br /> <br /> Reclamation was lead agency ... <br />. ,. <br /> Cooperating agencies included: ~1' <br />. <br /> ", <br /> . Bureau ofIndian Affairs (BlA) '.~.~ <br /> e:'. <br /> . National Park Service (NPS) ~~~ <br /> . U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) ~ <br /> ;1 <br /> . Western Area Power Administration (W AP A) ; ~,. <br /> .)" <br /> . Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) <br /> . Six Indian Tribes (Tribes) <br /> <br />. Basin states were not invited as official cooperating agencies but Upper Colorado <br />River Commission staff participated in the EIS process in an informal basis <br />(Colorado provided some input through UCRC) <br />. EIS studied impacts of nine alternative operations of GCD <br /> <br />3 <br />