9631

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9631
• Author: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
• Title: Operation of Flaming Gorge Dam Draft Environmental Impact Statement Executive Summary.
• USFW Year: 2004.
• USFW - Doc Type: Salt Lake City, UT.
• Copyright Material: NO

S.7 EMERGENCY POWERPLANT OPERATIONS
Normal dam and powerplant operations under the Action Alternative or any other
alternative could be altered temporarily to respond to emergencies. These emergencies
may be associated with dam safety, power system conditions, or personal safety of
individuals or groups associated with recreation or other activities on the river. The
North American Electrical Reliability Council and the Western Electricity Coordinating
Council have established guidelines and requirements for emergency operations of
interconnected power systems that apply to Flaming Gorge Dam operations. Examples
of system emergencies include insufficient generation capacity, transmission overload
and voltage control, and load shedding.
S.8 PUBLIC SCOPING PROCESS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT
The scoping process for the DEIS was initiated on June 6, 2000, with the publication in
the Federal Register of a Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS. During the public scoping
period, Reclamation received both written and oral comments (oral comments were
received at five public scoping meetings in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming) which were
considered in determining the scope of the DEIS. The formal scoping period ended on
September 5, 2000.
S.9 SCOPE OF ANALYSIS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT
The purpose of the DEIS is to identify and consider the impacts of developing and
implementing dam operations guidelines that result in protecting and assisting in the
recovery of the populations and designated critical habitat of the four endangered fishes
living in the Green River downstream from Flaming Gorge Dam. The scope of analysis
for the DEIS focuses on responding to the following question:
If Reclamation operates Flaming Gorge Dam to achieve the 2000 Flow and
Temperature Recommendations needed to avoid jeopardy and to protect and assist
in the recovery of the endangered fishes and their critical habitat in the Green River,
consistent with CRSP purposes, then the effect(s) on other relevant resources/issues,
both upstream and downstream from the dam, would be ...
The geographic project area, as shown in the frontispiece maps, analyzed for possible
impacts of the Proposed Action and alternatives includes Flaming Gorge Reservoir and
the Green River downstream from Flaming Gorge Dam, to its confluence with the
Colorado River. Because the Proposed Action depends exclusively on the operation of
Flaming Gorge Dam, which is dependent on inflow into the Flaming Gorge Reservoir,
the Green River upstream of the reservoir is not affected.
Executive Summary A. S-9