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

evaluate and analyze the designs and plans for reconstruction of other ramps, picnic sites,
and campsites affected during high releases along the Green River. Such facilities will
also be relocated pending funding. The USDA Forest Service environmental document
will tier to the DEIS for the operation of the Flaming Gorge Dam, as appropriate, relating
to environmental, social, and economic resources and issues.
The USDA Forest Service, Reclamation, and other concerned Federal and State agencies
will cooperate during the preparation of the referenced environmental document for the
relocation of the trail and related facilities to ensure that issues are addressed for the
operation of the dam, riverflows, user safety, and protection of natural and physical
resources. Reclamation will support the USDA Forest Service in obtaining funding
through the USDA Forest Service budgeting process that will be needed to complete the
USDA Forest Service environmental document and the relocation of the trail and related
facilities.
S.10.2.4 Browns Park Highway Environmental Impact Statement
An EIS is currently being prepared for a Daggett County, Utah, proposal to realign and
pave Browns Park Road from its junction with U.S. 191 in Utah to Colorado Route 318.
The existing, unpaved 16.8-mile long segment of road crosses BLM, State, and private
lands. Scoping meetings were held by the Federal Highway Administration, Utah
Department of Transportation, and BLM in December 1999.
S. 10.2.5 Resource Management Plans
The BLM Vernal Field Office is preparing to scope the draft resource management plan
(RMP)/EIS for approximately 1.8 million acres in northeastern Utah. This plan, known
as the Vernal Resource Management Plan, will combine the existing Diamond Mountain
and Book Cliffs RMPs into a single plan. The final EIS is scheduled to be completed in
March 2005.
The Ashley National Forest began revisions in March 2004 of its Land and Resource
Management Plan, commonly referred to as Forest Plan. The process for revision of this
plan, including NEPA compliance, is expected to take 4 to 5 years.
S.10.2.6 Federal Reserve Water Rights
Canyonlands National Park and Dinosaur National Monument have inchoate (pending
use) Federal water rights to the Green River. However, the National Park Service is not
actively working with the State of Utah to quantify those rights. Future plans for
quantification are uncertain.
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