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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS
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<br />Pae:e No,
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<br />1.8.2.7 Visual Resources, . . , , . . , . . , , . . . , , , . , , , . . , , , , .. 1-16
<br />1.8.2.8 Cultural Resources ..,.",."...",.",..'",., 1-16
<br />1.9 EIS ORGANIZATION AND FORMAT.,..".."".",.."".. 1-16
<br />1.10 MODIFICATIONS TO DRAFT EIS INCORPORATED INTO THE
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<br />FINAL EIS , . . , , , . , , . . , . . . , , . . . , . . , , . , , . . . , , , . , , , . . , , , , ., 1-17
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<br />CHAPTER 2 - PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES
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<br />2.1 INTRODUCTION, . , , , . . , .. , . . . . , . . , . . . , , . . . , , . . , , , . , . , , , .2-1
<br />2,2 PROJECT ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED BUT ELIMINATED
<br />FROM DETAILED STUDY, .. , . . . . , . . , . . , , , . . . , . . , , , , . , . , , , . 2-2
<br />2.2,1 Larger Fish Creek Reservoir Expansion. , , , . . . , . . . , , , . . . , , . . 2-2
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<br />2,2.1.1 Background ,..,..."..,..",...,.,.".."".. 2-2
<br />2,2.1.2 Basis for Elimination . . , . . , . . , , , . . . , . , . , , . . , . , , , . 2-4
<br />2.2.2 Fish Creek Reservoir Deepening , . . , . . , , , . . . , . , , , , . . . , , , . . 2-5
<br />2.2,3 Long Lake Reservoir Expansion '..,..' , , . . . , . , , , , . . . , , , . . 2-5
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<br />2,2.3.1 Background '...'...,..,..",...,.,.".."".. 2-5
<br />2,2.3.2 Basis for Elimination. , , . . , . . . , , . . , . . , , , , . . . , , , , . 2-5
<br />2.2.4 Wren Reservoir Construction. , , . . . . . , , , . . , , . , . , , . . , , , , . . 2-6
<br />2.2.4.1 Background .,..,.."......".",.,.,'.."".. 2-6
<br />2,2.4.2 Basis for Elimination. , , . . . . . , , . . , , , . , , , , . . . , . , . . 2-6
<br />2.2.5 Nash Reservoir Construction . , , . . . . . , , . . , , . , , , , , . , , , . , . . 2-7
<br />2,2.5,1 Background ".".."......,...".,"'..,"'.. 2-7
<br />2.2.5.2 Basis for Elimination. , , . . . . . , , . . . , . . , , , , . , , , . , . . 2-8
<br />2.2.6 Stagecoach Reservoir Expansion ..,...,...',..""."",.. 2-8
<br />2.2.6.1 Basis for Elimination . , . . . . . . , , . . . , . , , , , , . , , , , , . . 2-8
<br />2.2.7 Lake Catamount Expansion ..,......, , . . . , . , , , , . . , , , , , . . 2-8
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<br />2,2.7.1 Background "",........."...,..",'..,"'.. 2-8
<br />2.2.7.2 Basis for Elimination . . . . , . . . , , . . . , . . , , , , . . , , , . . . 2-8
<br />2.2.8 Other Basin Reservoir Alternatives , . . , , , . . . , . . , , , . . , , , , . . . 2-9
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<br />2.2.8.1 Background ",.,..,..,..",..".""..'",... 2-9
<br />2.2.8.2 Other Basin Reservoir Alternatives Considered for this
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<br />Proposal, . , , , , . , . . . . . , . . , , . . . , , . , , , , . . , , , , . . . 2-9
<br />2.2.8.3 Basis for Elimination . . , . , . . . , , . . . , . , , , , , . . . , , , . . 2-9
<br />2.3 PROJECT ALTERNATIVES ANALYZED IN DETAIL BY THE
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<br />FOREST SERVICE ..'...',...,..,."...".."...."....', 2-10
<br />2,3,1 Alternative A - No Aaion .'.',.,'...'".,...."".." 2-10
<br />2.3.1.1 Background "....',.,."...",.,.,..'",.,., 2-10
<br />2.3.1.2 Environmental Consequences. . . . , , , . . . , . . . , , , . . . . 2-11
<br />2.3.1.3 Potential Mitigation. , . . , . , , . . . , , , . , . . . . . , , , . , . . 2-11
<br />2.3,2 Alternative B - Proposed Reservoir Expansion (proposed
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<br />Action) ..."..."",..,......,..",..'",.."".. 2-13
<br />2.3.2,1 Background ""..,..,...,..'"..""...,.", 2-13
<br />2.3.2,2 Reservoir Design, . . . , . . . . . . , . , . , . . . , , , , . . . . , , , 2-13
<br />2.3.2,3 Environmental Consequences "...,'.."",....', 2-14
<br />2.3.2.4 Potential Mitigation, . , . . . . . , , , . . , , . . , . , , . , . . . . . 2-16
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