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e Price-Stubb Fish Passage FONSI Page 1 WCAO-GJ-FONSI-04-05 United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Western Colorado Area Office Grand Junction, Colorado FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT PROVIDING ENDANGERED FISH PASSAGE AT THE PRICE-STUBB DIVERSION DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Council on Environmental Quality's Regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR Part 1500-1508), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for providing Endangered Fish Passage at the Price-Stubb Diversion Dam on the Colorado River near Palisade, Colorado. The EA assesses five alternatives for restoring endangered fish passage including: 1) No Action, 2) Conventional Fish Ladder, 3) Downstream Rock Fish Passage, 4) Downstream Rock Fish Passage with Whitewater Features, and 5) Dam Removal alternatives. The proposed action will restore endangered fish passage above the Price-Stubb Diversion Dam and provide endangered fish access to approximately 50 miles of upstream designated critical habitat. Based on the following, Reclamation has determined that the proposed action with implemented mitigation measures will not result in a significant impact on the human environment. Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program In 1987, Federal and State agencies, water users, and environmental groups established the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program (Recovery Program). The Recovery Program is comprised of a partnership between the States of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), Western Area Power Administration, National Park Service, Colorado River Energy Distributors Association, Colorado Water Congress, Utah Water Users Association, Wyoming Water Association, and the Nature Conservancy. Recovery Program elements include: 1) Habitat management including identifying and acquiring instream flows, changing operations of Federal dams, and operating other reservoirs in a coordinated manner to benefit endangered fish.