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Price -Stubb Fish Passage FONSI Pagel <br />WCAO- GJ- FONSI -04 -05 <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />Western Colorado Area Office <br />Grand Junction, Colorado <br />FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT <br />PROVIDING ENDANGERED FISH PASSAGE <br />AT THE PRICE -STUBS DIVERSION DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER <br />In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Council <br />on Environmental Quality's Regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the <br />National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR Part 1500- 1508), the Bureau of Reclamation <br />(Reclamation) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for providing Endangered Fish <br />Passage at the Price -Stubb Diversion Dam on the Colorado River near Palisade, Colorado. The <br />EA assesses five alternatives for restoring endangered fish passage including: 1) No Action, <br />2) Conventional Fish Ladder, 3) Downstream Rock Fish Passage, 4) Downstream Rock Fish <br />assage with Whitewater Features, and 5) Dam Removal alternatives. The proposed action will <br />restore endangered fish passage above the Price -Stubb Diversion Dam and provide endangered <br />fish access to approximately 50 miles of upstream designated critical habitat. Based on the <br />following, Reclamation has determined that the proposed action with implemented mitigation <br />measures will not result in a significant impact on the human environment. <br />Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program <br />In 1987, Federal and State agencies, water users, and environmental groups established the <br />Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program (Recovery Program). The Recovery <br />Program is comprised of a partnership between the States of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, <br />Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), Western Area Power Administration, <br />National Park Service, Colorado River Energy Distributors Association, Colorado Water <br />Congress, Utah Water Users Association, Wyoming Water Association, and the Nature <br />Conservancy. <br />Recovery Program elements include: <br />1) Habitat management including identifying and acquiring instream flows, changing operations <br />of Federal dams, and operating other reservoirs in a coordinated manner to benefit endangered <br />fish. <br />• <br />