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<br />. <br /> <br />.Oi:20'89 16:29 <br /> <br />--', <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />1)'202 2.163 <br /> <br />[&;:'>1< CUlLIl. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~OOJ <br /> <br /> <br />U.S. SENATOR <br />Demflcrat/NBW J,~y <br /> <br />731 Hert Senerll OFflce Sui/ding " Wsshingrrm, D. C. 2051D · 2021224,3224 <br /> <br />BRAD~ I"H.T.!': FOR S'I!UDY AND BEARINGS <br />ON ~ CA.lfiCl:N DAl! <br /> <br />For IlIIlllecU.ate !telease: 'rhu:csday, July 20, 1989 <br />Contaot I Greg HcCarthy, !tOM- Parkex I Nick Donatiello <br /> <br />Senator l\ill Bra.dley (D-NJ) today called fer the <br />Sec:rete.ry of the Interior to iJIIplement a Nati.onal Envi:I:omnenta.1. <br />Policy Act (~A) study on the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam <br />and its impact on Grand Canyon National Park. In acicU.tion, <br />Bradle:r, Cha; T"J"Ian of the Senate SubooIllllli ttee on Water and <br />Power I announced plane to hold a field oversight hearing this <br />f~ll on the Department of the !nterior' s response to downstream. <br />environmental impacts of Glen Canyon Dam. <br /> <br />~radley stated, "In the past year, the Department's own <br />NatiOnAl Park Se...-rvice anci Fish and W-ildlife Service have called <br />for an analysis of options under NEPA. I called today for the <br />SecretaJ:y of the ;tnterior to itnplement a NEPA st.udy on the <br />operation of Glen Canyon Dam and its iJlIpact on Grand Canyon <br />National Park and the Colorado R.iver environIllent." <br /> <br />III ca.lling for t:.he lmplementation of a NEPA study, <br />Bradley explained that, "beginning in the early 19BO's, <br />evidence of envu:otlmentu problems bagan to surface. 'l'he <br />Reagan Administration, ho;.-ever, refuGed to order stuc:lies unde:c <br />the NEPA to explore options for more balanced DSJIl operations. <br />Instead, Secretaries James Watt and Don Bodel ordered the <br />Bureau of Reclamation to conduct basic stucUes that, though <br />useful in demonstJ:atin~ the nature of the problem caused by <br />GJ.en C~on DlllJIl operations, seemed to be oriented toward <br />delays, not decisions." <br /> <br />lmPA iet the congressione.lly lIlanlia.tecl. tool for plamdng <br />government actions that affect: tbe environment. It has been in <br />effect for: 20 yetlXs. The NEP1-. process. is public t accountable <br />and comurehensive_ The.Dep~ent of the Interio~ cOlIlplies <br />"'-_"'-" --"'r-:::-- <br />