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<br />Executive Summary <br />DElS - Navajo Reservoir Operations <br /> <br />S-9 <br /> <br /> <br />l nrnl napl1rfPc:, <br />. -... ..0-"---- <br /> <br />City of Farmington, New Mexico <br />San Juan Water Commission <br />Southwestern Water Conservation District <br /> <br />Reclamation coordinated and consulted with these cooperating agencies concurrently with <br />the development of alternatives and preparation of the DEIS. Activities with the <br />cooperating agencies included regularly meeting with them; providing status reports <br />concerning progress; convening project planning meetings; arranging conference calls; and <br />facilitating regular interaction among the parties. <br /> <br />Reclamation and the Service have conferenced/consulted, both formally and informally, <br />regarding potential impacts to protected species which may occur as a result of implementa- <br />tion of the Preferred Alternative. Under the Native American Graves Protection and <br />Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Reclamation is consulting with interested and concerned <br />Indian Tribes and Nations as part of normal Navajo Reservoir operations. As part of <br />Reclamation's resource management planning, a draft NAGPRA Plan will be prepared <br />concerning potential effects the operation of Navajo Dam and Reservoir would have on <br />Native American human remains, associated grave goods and objects of cultural patrimony. <br />A Draft Programmatic Agreement will also be prepared pursuant to the National Historic <br />Preservation Act. <br /> <br />DEIS Evaluation Process <br /> <br />This DEIS evaluated seven alternatives. Most of the alternatives formulated for evaluation <br />are described in terms of numbers representing minimum and maximum limits in the range <br />of release rates (cfs) for Navajo Dam. The alternatives formulated are shown in table S-l, <br />and the alternatives formulation/evaluation process is depicted in figure S-4. <br /> <br />Table S-1.-L1st of Navajo Reservoir operations <br />EIS alternatives <br />Title <br />No Action Alternative (Historical Operation) <br />250/5000 Alternative (Flow Recommendations) <br />500/5000 Alternative <br />250 Variable/5000 Alternative <br />250/6000 Alternative <br />500/6000 Alternative <br />Decommissioning/Breaching Navajo Dam Alternative <br /> <br />00576 <br />