Price-Stubbs Fish Passage: Final Environmental Assessment, Finding of No Significant Impact

• Description: Colorado River Endangered Fish
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 12/1/2004
• Author: Bureau of Reclamation
• Title: Price-Stubbs Fish Passage: Final Environmental Assessment, Finding of No Significant Impact
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION
Need for and Purpose of Action
This Final Environmental Assessment (EA) discusses alternatives for providing
endangered fish passage at the Price -Stubb Diversion Dam on the Colorado River in
Mesa County, Colorado. It was prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to comply
with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act, and
related U.S. Department of the Interior policies and regulations. If, based on this
analysis, Reclamation concludes the selected action would have no significant impact on
the human environment; preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement would not be
required before the action could be implemented.
A Draft EA for the Price -Stubb Diversion Dam fish passage was distributed for public
comment in April 1999 (Reclamation, 1999). A Supplemental Draft EA was distributed
for public comment in July 2002 (Reclamation, 2002a). A Revised Supplemental Draft
EA was distributed in April 2004, which provided additional evaluation and refinement
of the alternatives analyzed in the Supplemental Draft EA.
Figure 1- Price -Stubb Diversion Dam on the Colorado River near Palisade, Colorado