7281 ‎(2)‎

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7281
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Environmental Assessment, November 1987.
• USFW Year: 1987.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver, Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table II-2
Impact Findings of Environmental Assessmentl/ _
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Impacts of the
Potentially Affected Resource Impacts of the Proposed Action "% Action" Alternative
A. Water Resources
1. Water management
a. Federal Reclamation dams and reservoirs will Same as Proposed Action, except Aspinall will
refine their operation to protect not be required to meet an interim 2,000 cfs
endangered fishes, resulting in altered minimum flow requirement prior to completion of
storage and releases. (See Table IV-A-2.) consultation.
b. State and private Proposed State and private projects requir- Proposed State and private projects requiring
ing Federal authorization will not be re- Federal authorization could be required to modify
quired to modify their design or operations their design or operations and/or provide a monetary
because of depletion impacts to endangered contribution toward recovery efforts to offset
fishes. Instead, project sponsors can make depletion impacts to endangered fishes. D
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2. Water rights Water rights will be purchased by the Pro- Section 7 consultation and water acquisition by m
gram to protect instream flows in rivers not the private sector will provide water for in- r'
controlled by Reclamation dams. stream flows in rivers not controlled by Reclama-
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Section 7 consultation will not affect the
Section 7 consultation could affect the ability r
ability of water developers to use their of water developers to use their water rights
water rights because of depletion impacts to because of depletion impacts to endangered ---
endangered fishes. fishes. _
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The Secretary of the Interior will not con-
lhder extreme circumstances, the Secretary of the -v
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demn water rights to protect rare fishes Interior may conderm water rights to pro- o
covered under this program. There will test rare fishes from jeopardy, impacting water m
be no impact on water rights holders, rights holders. CD
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water law administration.
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