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<br />IG!en C~nyon D~m's r~le.~~es ~tp~ied .
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<br />~ _ CLDI CAIlYON, from page BJ downstream, fish and their spawning "We think, with that deadline, the generateS $45 millloldn' direct expen-
<br />: _ areas have been either stranded or BIS (environmental-impact statement) ditures in northern Arizona annually.
<br />:eleetric oompanles have been permit- swept away, and native fish species, will be w~fully inadequllle." said Rob R!ver,"boa(lnen teStified at. the '
<br />. ted a great degree of freedom In such as the humpback chub have Elbott, VIce president of the Western heanngs that ,on..half of the fIVer-
<br />.:determining water releases for elee- been threatened with extinction'by the River(~uides Association. . banks th~t they ~se ~or ,:"mping for,
<br />:tricity production. cold w let - mped th h th Utlhty-company officIals have commercIal river tripa' have been.
<br />. When'~d.milnd for electricity is t b~. a, . pUth bott rougf Lake warned that altering the water releases washed away during the past two r
<br />. ur Ines .rom e om 0 e Id d' th ~ fel "t decad Abo 15000' . tal< I
<br />;small. as little a81,000 cubic feet per Powell... wou nve up . e ~,o . ectnc. y , e8; . uL. tounsls e
<br />.second of water is released down- " ".,and make elec(rtc,cooJl<lf8l1ves more nver tripa)n.,the Orand Canyon eachl
<br />:stream When the demand is lar as More than 90 percent of the speak-,\ . (Jependent on environmentally damag- year, ,'#'.:";""", ' \
<br />. u . ,. . ge, en; at the hearings demand~t!haf.. ing coal.~rtdJeneratlng plant!. Additiocal he8rings 'will be oon-1
<br />iFs ~~~ ~~~~/r 'ri seco;.~ dun ~l'"!"~~~' ~.c:~anged.I9"J)I"O~ " >,~,":POI1s..,l,'!tI,fgk,8b~wn:;',IlS,' -,that the dUCted'$Tu, esda,.. Y,,1iin:-; Loa ,.An,' g~es, I
<br />, . f'.'d ",- , s a vet for more oons.stent' release- or th '11.".bllclS.wiIllllJ lO~y ,tI> protect the ~W~esdaYi ln~aJl"P.ran~,".~df
<br />I yanes dn epth by as much as 13 feet watU, fluctuating only In 'ii' rang~:. : ~,!JtlU!d' <:anYoll'''''J8i~ 'fR.oM Smit~..' . March'~21,~,;,W~in&l<!~:' Writtent
<br />(Iqone.ay. ,\. ' . 5000 to 20000 cubi .feet seco d'^ i SOuthwesqep~talive for. the SI- ,oommenta a1a'l" wtll'1J:c;:,.Mcepted llY(
<br />iof :~:.~m:,:IS~~~~: ;J'v':~~ ~d. tha~ those. in~m l:;s t>.e~~.;': e.~ C)u~ ~~ PhOeniX: :"'~:deri 10hn '~':.,"";ivllr.ReClamati~~~:~~I~Wh~(
<br />tnol481~~a:~1t~'~.~L~'" '~. u.~<k~~e,pt;'l~'2.~t~~~~t:ltml&~~r ~~1'!orthe statemeliii"~~~t.rt!
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<br />. 'teri''.. "'Ol'~-' eDopera__~. by O1ectilc'~ll," '\hat;:a.tJmall. ':;'~"',' "no.5 ~fl a~. -.d""'...,";:t'." . . 'd. '. !'. '.' Y,};:n,;~~..b'"}"*'
<br />i:he'8ei;-gtion~iid~e"~ eI":nclt;; 'da;'{bc1btiiliabo~~d'miles'~o.wFrrn~~r~'Jj"1~14t,,~ . an ",~~~~,!;l;.~i:"'~~.
<br />:was incidental to other purposes. suclt Olen Canyon p~; In the heart"OI',a' i~-'~ A-_.;. :-.~ ..' '.'-. .~-._,- - -
<br />.as storing water. improving oonditions "blue nbbon:' trout fishery, to help
<br />:for fish and wildlife and providing regulate the f1V~ fl?w, .
<br />:outdoor recreation. The large maJonty also saId that a
<br />. . But. the dam operations that oon- federally mandated deadline of late
<br />i~tiy .~juat the spigot have had diR) 199)' ro~. tbt.. Im~..statement's .
<br />lenvlrontilental consequences down- oompletion was a msh to Judgment inl
<br />rstream in the Orand Canyon, accord- light of the years of scientific research
<br />ling a numbOr of scientific studies. that were needed to study thetITeet of
<br />: Riverbanks have washed away water releases on downstrea!ll habitat.
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