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<br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />2. Overall, the greatest potential adverse impacts arise from <br />nondiscretionary actions required under Section 7 of the Endangered <br />Species Act. These nondiscretionary actions are common to both <br />alternatives. Section 7 consultation will result in flow release <br />recommendations for Federal water projects that avoid jeopardy to <br />endangered fishes. The electrical generation, coldwater sport fish <br />and sportfishing, and recreational boating impacts which arise from <br />refinement of these dams' operations would be identical under both <br />alternatives. Moreover, since refinement of Federal dams' operations <br />account for all or most of the impacts in the above-mentioned areas, <br />there is ultimately no difference or very little difference between <br />the two alternatives' impacts on electrical generation, coldwater <br />sport fish and sportfishing, and recreational boating. <br />3. Activities contemplated under the two alternatives are often the same <br />or similar (see Table II-1-B), hence, impacts are correspondingly the <br />same or similar (see Table ES-1). If one compares the future with the <br />Recovery Implementation Program (Proposed Action) and the future <br />without the Recovery Implementation Program ("No Action" alternative), <br />this "with/without" analysis would show that the added benefits of the <br />Proposed Action are achieved with relatively small additional costs to <br />the human environment. <br />E. Consultation and Coordination with Others <br />The Recovery Implementation Program was developed by the multi-interest <br />Upper Colorado River Basin Coordinating Committee, with the assistance of <br />water development and conservation organizations. The preliminary draft <br />was circulated to 59 organizations, and the public review draft was <br />circulated to 109 organizations for review and comment. A Notice of <br />Intent was published in the Federal Register to scope out issues and <br />solicit public comment to assist in preparation of the environmental <br />assessment. The major issues surfaced during these review processes are <br />summarized in Chapter V. <br />I ES-3