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<br />001501 <br /> <br />Canyon Environmental Studies focused on providing specific data for use in the Glen Canyon <br />Dam Enyironmental Impact Statement (Reclamation 1995). <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />Grand Canyon Protection Act <br /> <br />The Grand Canyon Protection Act (Appendix A) was enacted on October' 30, 1992. Section <br />1802 states: <br /> <br />(a) IN GENERAL.- The Secretary shall operate Glen Canyon Dam in accordance with <br />the additional criteria and operating plans specified in Section 1804 and exercise other <br />authorities under existing law in such a manner as to protect, mitigate adverse impacts to, <br />and improve the values for which Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon <br />National Recreation Area were established, including, but not limited to natural and <br />cultural resources and visitor use. <br /> <br />(b) COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING LAW.-The Secretary shall implement this section <br />in a manner fully consistent with and subject to the Colorado River Compact, the Upper <br />Colorado River Basin Compact, the Water Treaty of 1944 with Mexico, the decree of the <br />Supreme Court in Arizona vs. California, and the provisions of the Colorado River <br />Stor~ge Project Act of 1956 and the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968 that <br />govern allocation, appropriation, development, and exportation of the waters of the <br />Colorado River Basin. <br /> <br />(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.-Nothing in this title alters the purposes for which the <br />Grand Canyon National Park or the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area were <br />established or affects the authority and responsibility of the Secretary with respect to the <br />management and administration ofthe Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon <br />National Recreation Area, including natural and cultural resources and visitor use, under <br />laws applicable to those areas, including, but not limited to, the Act of August 25, 1916 <br />(39 Stat. 535) as amended and supplemented. <br /> <br />The Secretary of the Interior was also directed to establish and implement long-term monitoring <br />programs and activities to ensure that Glen Canyon Dam is operated in a manner consistent with <br />the Grand Canyon Protection Act. These programs include necessary research and studies to <br />determine the effect of management of the dam on the natural, recreational, and cultural <br />downstream resources. These actions will also be undertaken in consultation with other federal <br />agencies, the Governors of the Basin States, Indian Tribes, and the general public, including <br />representatives of academic and scientific communities, environmental organizations, the <br />recreation industry, and contractors for the purchase of federal power produced at Glen Canyon <br />Dam. To accomplish these requirements, the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program <br />was established. <br /> <br />Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement <br /> <br />The Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement (Reclamation 1995) was completed in <br />March 1995. Its purpose was to "determine specific options that could be implemented to <br />minimize-consistent with law-adverse impacts on the downstream environmental and cultural <br />resources and Native American interests in Glen and Gran~ Canyons." The Glen Canyon Dam <br /> <br />8 <br />