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Section 1.0 Introduction and Background this second series of meetings was to solicit comments from the public on the scope of specific shortage guidelines and other coordinated reservoir management strategies and the issues and alternatives that should be considered and analyzed in the EIS. A discussion of the Public Scoping Meetings is provided in Section 2.0. 1.6 Organization of This Report This report includes an introduction and background discussion (Section 1), an overview of the public participation and scoping process (Section 2), an overview of the method used to catalog, review and evaluate the comments received (Section 3), a summary of the number and nature of comments received (Section 4), a listing and discussion of the issues that were raised by certain comments that were determined to be beyond the proposed scope of the environmental assessment required for the proposed Action (Section 5), and a section that describes the proposed scope of the EIS (Section 6). As noted in Section 1.5, Reclamation conducted two series of public meetings for this project. The results of and public input received in the initial series of meetings are summarized in a memorandum dated September 7, 2005, a copy of which is provided in Appendix D. Further, the comments and issues raised in the initial series of public meetings are considered, evaluated, and analyzed jointly with the comments received in the second series of meetings. The results of the preliminary evaluation of all of the comments received are discussed in Section 4. Reclamation will consider the input received to date as it prepares this EIS. This report also provides the following supporting information, included as appendices to this report: A. The Secretary's Letter to the Seven Colorado River Basin States on May 2, 2005 B. June 15, 2005, Federal Register Notice C. September 30, 2005, Federal Register Notice D. Memorandum - Summary of Preliminary Public Input for the Development of Management Strategies for Lake Powell and Lake Mead, Including Lower Basin Shortage Guidelines, Under Low Reservoir Conditions, September, 2005 E. Public Involvement Plan F. Notices of Public Meetings - News Releases G. November 1, 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah Public Meeting Documents H. November 2, 2005, Denver, Colorado Public Meeting Documents 1. November 3, 2005, Phoenix, Arizona Public Meeting Documents J. November 8, 2005, Henderson, Nevada Public Meeting Documents K. Public Meeting Presentation L. Methodology for Categorizing/Cataloging Public Comments M. January 19, 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada Tribal Consultation Meeting Documents N. January 27, 2006, Phoenix, Nevada Tribal Consultation Meeting Documents 0. February 16, 2006, Phoenix, Arizona Tribal Consultation Meeting Transcripts 1-4