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Table ES-1 Impact Findings of Environmental Assessment Executive Summaryl/ M N .A Potentially Affected Resource Impacts of the Proposed Action Impacts of the "Pb Action" Alternative A. Water Resources 1. Water management a. Federal Reclamation dams and reservoirs will Same as Proposed Action, except Aspinall will refine their operation to protect not be required to meet an interim 2,000 cfs endangered fishes, resulting in altered minimum flow requirement prior to completion of storage and releases. (See Table IV-A-2.) consultation. b. State and private Proposed State and private projects requir- Proposed State and private projects requiring ing Federal authorization will not be re- Federal authorization could be required to modify quired to modify their design or operations their design or operations and/or provide a monetary because of depletion impacts to endangered contribution toward recovery efforts to offset fishes. Instead, project sponsors can make depletion impacts to endangered fishes. a monetary contribution to the recovery pro- gram to fund management and recovery actions that would address depletion impacts. 2. Water rights Water rights will be purchased by the Pro- Section 7 consultation and water acquisition by gram to protect instream flows in rivers not the private sector will provide water for in- controlled by Reclamation dams. stream flows in rivers not controlled by Reclama- tion dams. Section 7 consultation will not affect the ability of water developers to use their water rights because of depletion impacts to endangered fishes. Section 7 consultation could affect the ability of water developers to use their water rights because of depletion impacts to endangered fishes. The Secretary of the Interior will not con- Under extreme circumstances, the Secretary of the dem water rights to protect rare fishes Interior may condemn water rights to pro- covered under this program. There will tect rare fishes from jeopardy, impacting water be no impact on water rights holders, rights holders. other than those encountered under normal water law administration. m x m n c C m N c 3 3 n MM M MM MM M ? mum M M JM M r MM M