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<br />Through extensive coordination with the cooperating agencies, stakeholders, and the public, Reclamation <br />developed a No Action Alternative and four action alternatives and analyzed those alternatives in the <br />Draft EIS. Each of the alternatives in the Draft EIS included some expression of the four elements of the <br />proposed action noted above. Reclamation did not identify a preferred alternative in the Draft EIS and <br />sought comment with regard to stakeholder preferences. <br /> <br />After consideration of the comments received on the Draft EIS and further analysis, Rcclamation has <br />identified the operational elements that it intends to incorporate as the Preferred Alternative that will be <br />analyzed in the Final EIS. The Preferred Alternative is comprised of operational elements identified and <br />analyzed in the Draft EIS. The key assumptions for all of Ihe a1tematives are summarized in Tables I, 2, <br />and 3. <br /> <br />The next steps include determination of the potential impacts to en"ironmental resources of the Preferred <br />Alternative. The results of the resource analyses will be documented in the Final EIS, targeted for <br />publication in September 2007. <br /> <br />2 <br />