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<br />- <br /> <br />Navajo Reservoir Operations <br />Environmental Impact Statement Update <br /> <br />u.s. Depanmem of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />June 2000 <br /> <br />About this Newsletter <br /> <br />This is the second in a series of nev.sletters <br />intended to gi\'c you the latest information about <br />"...hat" s happening \..ith the en\'ironmcnlJ.J rc..."iew <br />process in preparation of [he draft Sanljo <br />Reservoir Operations Environmental Impact <br />Statement (EIS). <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />In October 1999. the Bureau of Reclamation <br />(Reclamation) published a Sotice of Intent in the <br />Federd! Register announcing we would prepare a <br />draft EIS on the operations of the ~a\'ajo Dam <br />and Reservoir (Project) to implement Ilows <br />recommended by the San Juan River Basin <br /> <br /> <br />San Juan River Below Navajo Dam <br /> <br />Recovery Impleml.:nt3tion Program. The autho- <br />rized purposes of the Project would be main- <br />tained while accommodatin'o.! these recommended <br />tlows or a reasl.:mable alternatiye. It is e:'\~cted <br />that implementJtion of these nows in the San <br />Juan River would help conserye the: endangered <br />Colorado pikeminnow and razorback su~ker. <br /> <br />Cooperating Agency Meetings <br /> <br />Rcclamation and the coopt=rating agencies ha\e <br />met 3 times since issuance of the tirst EIS news- <br />letter in Decemocr IQQQ. The purpose of meeting <br />is to share information and coordinate EIS :lcrivi- <br />tics. These mectings \..ill continue throughout [he <br />EIS process as necessary. <br /> <br />Cooperating Agencies include: Jicarilld ..\pache <br />Tribe; Southem Ule Indian Tribe; The :-.;a...ajo Salion; Cle <br />,\tounlain Ute Tribe: The SOuth....e:.tem Water Conservation <br />District; Ne" \-lexlco Interstate Stream Commi'ision; San <br />Juan Water Commission; City of Farmington; Albuquerque <br />Anny Corps of Engineers; Fish and Wildlife Scn-';cc; <br />Bureau of Indian Affairs: Colorado Water Comcrvation <br />Board; Sauonal Park Service (Glen Canyon): .md Federal <br />Energy Regulatory Commission. <br /> <br />Meeting Held on Flow Impacts <br />Downstream of Navajo Reservoir <br /> <br />In late \larch. Reclamation and the San JU31l <br />W::lter Commission hosted a public meeting in <br />Farmington. Xew \k...ico. 10 discuss issues <br />associated with high tlows on the San Juan River. <br />This meeting provided water users downstream of <br />the reservoir. and others. an opportunity to discuss <br />the impacts of the nows. their options. and what <br />assistance might be available to them. The wate:r <br />users Were concerned that both high and low <br />!1ows in the river limit their ability to divert <br />water. The high t10\\"s wash out their di\'ersion <br />structures and the low !1ows make it difficult to <br />diwrt water. <br /> <br />Representatiws of the Army Corps of Engineers. <br />New J\1exico Inrerstatt: Stream Commission. the <br />City of Farmington. Reclamation. and tive water <br />user groups attended tht: meeting. <br /> <br />nnJJ)'! <br />