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Executive Summary <br />FEIS - Navajo Reservoir Operations <br />discuss the Summer Low Flow Test. Approximately 65 people attended the public meetings <br />held on April 4, 2001, in Farmington, New Mexico, and April 5 in Bluff, Utah. Thirty-five <br />written comments were submitted to Reclamation. <br />Document Review <br />In September 2002, the DEIS was available to interested parties, including the agencies, <br />organizations, and individuals in Reclamation's distribution list, and copies of the technical <br />appendices referenced in the DEIS were available from Reclamation upon request. The <br />DEIS was also available at Reclamation offices and area public libraries. <br />The public comment period was extended for 90 days following publication of the Notice of <br />Availability in the Federal Register. Public hearings on the DEIS were held on October 1, 2, <br />and 3, 2002, to provide an opportunity for interested parties and agencies to present oral and <br />written comments on the DEIS and the proposed Navajo Reservoir operations. Comments, <br />including Reclamation's responses to comments, are published in volume III of the FEIS. <br />When appropriate, changes were made in the text of the FEIS. <br />Reclamation's NOI to prepare an EIS was published in the Federal Register on October 1, <br />1999. Scoping meetings were conducted on November 3, 4, 9, and 10, 1999, in Farmington, <br />New Mexico; Durango, Colorado; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Pagosa Springs, <br />Colorado, respectively. The DEIS was made available to interested parties in <br />September 2002, and public hearings were held in October 2002. <br />Consultation and Coordination <br />As the lead agency responsible for preparation of the EIS, Reclamation invited Federal <br />agencies and local, State, and Tribal governments with appropriate expertise or jurisdiction <br />in the project area to participate in the NEPA process as cooperating agencies.10 These <br />agencies included: <br />Federal agencies <br />Bureau of Indian Affairs <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />Environmental Protection Agency <br />Federal Energy Regulatory Commission <br />10 Status as a cooperating agency does not necessarily imply concurrence with all the conclusions presented in <br />this document.