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<br />I 000093 <br />I TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> I, PURPOSE AND NEED FOR ACTION 1 <br />I A. Introduction I <br />I B, Purpose of this Programmatic Document 2 <br /> C. Purpose and Need For Proposed Action 3 <br /> D, Examples of Possible Interstate Transactions 4 <br />I E, Related Reclamation Actions 4 <br /> F, Related Non-Reclamation Actions 5 <br /> G. Elements of Off stream Storage Programs, and Aspects of the <br />I Rule Relevant To NEPA Compliance 6 <br /> IT, PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES 9 <br />I A. Proposed Action 9 <br /> B, Alternatives Analyzed 9 <br />I I, No Action Alternative 9 <br /> 2, Agency Preferred Alternative-Proposed Action 10 <br /> C, Alternatives Eliminated From Further Analysis 10 <br />I 1. Revision of the Arizona Groundwater Act Alternative 10 <br /> 2, Onstream Storage Alternative 10 <br />I Ill. AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES 11 <br /> A. Affected Area 11 <br />I B. River Management Environment 11 <br /> 1. River Operations 11 <br />I 2, Third Party Impacts 14 <br /> C. Biological Environment 16 <br /> I. Wildlife and Threatened and Endangered Species 16 <br />I 2, Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act 19 <br /> 3, Riparian Habitat 20 <br /> D, Human Environment 21 <br />I I, Indian Trust Assets 21 <br /> 2, Social, Economic, Financial, and Regulatory Impacts 22 <br /> 3, Cultural Resources 25 <br />I 4, Indian Sacred Sites 27 <br /> 5, Environmental Justice 27 <br /> E, Cumulative and Indirect Effects 29 <br />I IV. NEPA COMPLIANCE FOR STORAGE AND INTERSTATE RELEASE 30 <br /> AGREEMENTS <br />I V. CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION 31 <br />I VI LIST OF PREPARERS 32 <br />I <br />