9582

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9582
• Author: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
• Title: Final Environmental Impact Statement - Navajo Reservoir Operations Volume III Comments and Responses.
• USFW Year: 2006.
• USFW - Doc Type: Grand Junction - Durango, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

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Chronology
1. Introduction
• The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Navajo Reservoir Operations
• was filed with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and made available to the public

• September 3, 2002. A DEIS summary was also distributed to individuals and organizations
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• The public comment period on the DEIS opened September 3, 2002, and was scheduled to
close November 4, 2002. The public comment period was extended 30 days to December 4,
• 2002, for inclusion of comments in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). More
• than 300 oral and written comments were received.
• Reclamation conducted three public hearings on the Navajo Reservoir Operations DEIS on
• October 1, 2, and 3, 2002, at Farmington, New Mexico; Durango, Colorado; and Bluff, Utah,
• respectively, to receive oral and written comments. Notice of the public hearings was
• announced in local media and published in the Federal Register. At the hearings, 34 people
presented oral testimony and 6 submitted written testimony. Speakers represented Federal,
State, and local agencies; American Indian (Indian) Tribes/Nations; various organizations,
• industries, and businesses; and individuals.
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• Volume Organization
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• Oral, written, and electronic comments received during the public comment/public hearing

• period are collectively termed "letters" and are arranged alphabetically throughout.
General and/or specific responses within the scope of the proposed action have been
• prepared according to points raised in each letter and, when appropriate, changes have
been made in the text of the FEIS.
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