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<br />001054 <br /> <br />CHAPTER 1-INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Need for and Purpose of Action <br /> <br />This Final Environmental Assessment (EA) discusses alternatives for providing <br />endangered fish passage at the Price-Stubb Diversion Dam on the Colorado River in <br />Mesa County, Colorado. It was prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation <br />(Reclamation) in cooperation with the u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to comply <br />with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEP A), Endangered Species Act, and <br />related u.s. Department of the Interior policies and regulations. If, based on this <br />analysis, Reclamation concludes the selected action would have no significant impact on <br />the human environment; preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement would not be <br />required before the action could be implemented. <br /> <br />A Draft EA for the Price-Stubb Diversion Dam fish passage was distributed for public <br />comment in April 1999 (Reclamation, 1999). A Supplemental Draft EA was distributed <br />for public comment in July 2002 (Reclamation, 2002a). A Revised Supplemental Draft <br />EA was distributed in April 2004, which provided additional evaluation and refmement <br />of the alternatives analyzed in the Supplemental Draft EA. <br /> <br /> <br />Figure I-Price-Stubb Diversion Dam on the Colorado River near Palisade, Colorado <br /> <br />1 <br />