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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 />000093 <br /> <br />rr..-......-:. ~ United States Department of the Interior <br />~~ <br />, ~, <br />\. -- - - ./ <br />""---__..~~ BUREAU OF RECLAMATION <br /> <br />I!C~ <br />1:.' <br />, . <br />J.JI <br />"', ....,.-'~".."'. "".- L''',." . <br /> <br />IN REPLY REFER Tn <br /> <br />Lower Colorado Regional Offiy:e <br />P,O, Bo, 61470 <br />Boulder City, Nevada 89006.1470 <br /> <br />FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT <br />(FONSI) <br /> <br />FOR RULEMAKING <br /> <br />FOR <br /> <br />OFF STREAM STORAGE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER AND <br />DEVELOPMENT AND RELEASE OF INTENTIONALLY CREATED UNUSED <br />APPORTIONMENT IN THE LOWER DMSION STATES (43 CFR PART 414) <br /> <br />FONSI No. LC-99-3 <br /> <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />Lower Colorado Region <br />Boulder City, Nevada <br /> <br />Recommended: <br /> <br /> <br />D." 1~~;'f1 <br /> <br />Date: /IC) / 1/ .,,, <br /> <br />Concur: <br /> <br />Date: /0/1 Nq <br /> <br />Approved: <br /> <br />Regional Director, Low Colorado Region <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is proposing a new rule under which Colorado River <br />water may be stored offstream in the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada (Lower Division <br />States) for future interstate use in those States. The Rule would establish the procedural <br />framework for the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to follow in considering, participating in, <br />and administering Storage and Interstate Release Agreements (SIRA). The Rule establishes a <br />