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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />PURPOSE AND NEED FOR ACTION <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />A. Introduction <br />B. Purpose of this Programmatic Document <br />C. Purpose and Need For Proposed Action <br />D. Examples of Possible Interstate Transactions <br />E, Related Reclamation Actions <br />F. Related Non-Reclamation Actions <br />G. Elements of Off stream Storage Programs, and Aspects of the <br />Proposed Rule Relevant To NEP A Compliance <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />4 <br />5 <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />II, <br /> <br />PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />A. Proposed Action <br />B. Alternatives Analyzed <br />1. No Action Alternative <br />2, Agency Preferred Alternative-Proposed Action <br />C. Alternatives Eliminated . <br />I. Revision of the Arizona Groundwater Act Alternative <br />2. Onstream Storage Alternative <br /> <br />9 <br />9 <br />9 <br />10 <br />10 <br />10 <br />10 <br /> <br />III, AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES 11 <br /> <br />A. Affected Area <br />B. River Management Environment <br />1. River Operations <br />2. Third Party Impacts <br />C. Biological Environment <br />1. Wildlife and Threatened and Endangered Species <br />2, Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act <br />3. Riparian Habitat <br />D. Human Environment <br />1, Indian Trust Assets <br />2, Social, Economic, Financial, and Regulatory Impacts <br />3, Cultural Resources <br />4, Indian Sacred Sites <br />5. Environmental Justice <br />E, Cumulative and Indirect Effects <br /> <br />11 <br />11 <br />11 <br />14 <br />15 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />18 <br />19 <br />22 <br />23 <br />23 <br />24 <br /> <br />IV. <br /> <br />NEP A COMPLIANCE FOR INTERSTATE AGREEMENTS <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />LC Region DEAl I <br /> <br />12/97 <br />