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File Number
8200.400
Description
Colorado River Basin Briefing Documents-History-Correspondence
State
CO
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Water Division
5
Date
10/1/1999
Author
DOI-BOR
Title
Programmatic Environmental Assessment-Rulemaking-Offstream Storage Colorado River Water - Development-Release Intentionally Created Unused Apportionment - Lower Division States - Final-Appendices A-G
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Report/Study
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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />oann <br /> <br />Entities within the Lower Division States are storing and distributing Colorado River water on an <br />intrastate basis at the present time, <br /> <br />B, Puroose of this Prolrrammatic Document <br /> <br />The Council on Environmental Quality Regulations lists agency rulemaking as a Federal action <br />requiring compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), The first step in <br />completing NEP A compliance was to determine if the proposed action was covered by a <br />Department of Interior (Department) or Reclamation Categorical Exclusion that would exclude <br />the action from further NEP A documentation, A Departmental exclusion category was found that <br />related to the development of procedural rulemaking, A Reclamation exclusion category was also <br />identified which referred to changes in regulations or policy directives where the impacts are <br />limited to economic and/or social effects, The exclusion categories and actions related to the <br />Rule were evaluated through a Categorical Exclusion Checklist (CEC) to identify potential <br />impacts, Neither category was usable because the Rule is innovative, Consequently Reclamation <br />detennined that further analysis was warranted and has prepared this PEA to determine the level <br />of impact associated with the implementation of the Rule, <br /> <br />A programmatic approach to address NEP A has been adopted because many of the details of <br />specific interstate agreements under the Rule (e,g. conveyance, storage, and forbearance) cannot <br />be ascertained at this time, This PEA analyzes potential impacts and their significance from the <br />implementation of the Rule in the Lower Division States, Even though Reclamation cannot <br />currently determine the specific details of any particular transaction, there are certain general <br />aspects related to the implementation of the Rule that are known, First, as ofthis time, only <br />Arizona has enacted legislation creating a state agency with authority to store water for interstate <br />use pursuant to the Rule, This agency is called the Arizona Water Banking Authority (AWBA), <br />Second, Reclamation believes entities in the State of Nevada have the greatest near-term <br />likelihood of entering into a SIRA with the A WBA, Third, although there is potential for <br />interstate agreements for off stream storage in California, because California at the present time is <br />using in excess of its basic apportionment of Colorado River water, we believe that if any <br />California entity were to participate in an interstate transaction pursuant to the Rule, it would be <br />as a consuming entity and not as a storing entity, No California entity has expressed a near-term <br />intent to participate thus far, For these reasons, the initial consequences of the Rule are assumed <br />to be associated with storage of Colorado River water in Arizona and the use of a quantity of <br />ICUA in Nevada. It is anticipated that off stream storage for interstate banking purposes in <br />Arizona will be accomplished primarily through use of Central Arizona Project (CAP) facilities. <br />Thus, these general premises will be evaluated to the extent possible in this document, <br />Reclamation will conduct the appropriate level ofNEP A analysis to identify potential impacts <br />associated with specific a SIRA when presented to the Secretary. <br /> <br />The Rule and this PEA do not address offstream intrastate storage and distribution of Colorado <br />River water in the Lower Division States. However, changes in type or place of use <br />(distribution) of Colorado River water must first be approved by the Secretary and the authorized <br /> <br />2 <br />
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