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<br />. <br /> <br />Page ~ <br /> <br />~a\'ajo Rt':servoir Operations EIS Update <br /> <br />June :WOO <br /> <br />Test Flows of ~50 cis Planned <br /> <br />EIS Time Line <br /> <br />From July 10 through 1..-1.. Reclamation tcma- <br />lively plans to conduct a 5-day summer low-no\.\ <br />t~st of:!50 cubic fet:l per second (cfs) in the <br />San Juan River from the dam to the confluence <br />of the Animas River. The purpose of the test is to <br />analyze potc:ntial 10\0,: flow impacts to the river. <br />recre.:ltion. and di\'ersion ::;tructures. <br /> <br />October 1999 <br />Notice of Intent <br /> <br />November 1999 <br />Seeping Meetings <br /> <br />Re'CIamation" s pre..:ious low 110\1,' lest was <br />conducted in :"iovembcr 1996 through ~l.1rch <br />19<n and focused on measuring low 110v.,. im- <br />pacts during the winter. This planned test \\'ill <br /> <br />Nov 1999 - Apr 2000 <br />Data Collection <br />Alternative Analysis <br /> <br /> <br />May - Aug 2000 <br />Prepare Draft EIS <br /> <br />_ October 2000 <br />Release Draft EIS <br /> <br />Nov - Dec 2000 <br />Public Comment Period * <br /> <br />focus on 10\\ tlow in th~ summer when use of the <br />river is much higher. Reclamation will closely <br />coordinate the t~st \\;ith the primary users of the <br />ri..-er including tly tishermen. recreationists. <br />\vater users and the City of Farmington. A <br />public meeting to dis~us$ the test and receive <br />public comment is scheduled for 7 p.m. on June <br />I:! at the Farminllton Ci..-ic Cent~r C~OO W. <br />Arrington. Farmington. ~~I). <br /> <br />December 2000 <br />Public Hearings . <br /> <br />f- May 2001 <br />Release Final EIS <br /> <br />June 2001 <br />Record of Decision <br /> <br />. Opportunity for formal public participa- <br />tion. However, comments and concems <br />are welcome at any time. <br />