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<br />ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES <br /> <br />The National Environmental Policy Act <br />(P.L.-190) requires that the Federal <br />Government, in its activities, maintain <br />conditions which will encourage pro. <br />ductive and enjoyable harmony be- <br />tween man and his environment. Envi- <br />ronmental impact statements (EIS) <br />must be prepared on major Federal <br />actions sigmficantly allecling the qual. <br />ity of human environment. Where envi. <br />ronmental statements are required, a <br />drall is prepared and comments are <br />obtained Irom interested governmental <br />and private organizations. The com- <br />ments are used in preparation of a final <br />environmental slatement which,like the <br />drall, is also filed with the Council on <br />Environmental Quality and furnished to <br />interested organizations. <br /> <br />In Fiscal Year 1973, final environmental <br />statements were prepared and ftled with <br />the Council on Environmental Quality <br />on Crystal Dam and ReserVOir, China <br />Meadows Dam and Reservoir, Savery- <br />Pot Hook Pfojecl. Huntington Canyon <br />Generating Station Unit No.1, and on <br />San Juan Generating Station Unit No. <br />1. The Crystal Dam Final Environmental <br />Statement was amended. Preliminary <br /> <br />/ <br />work lor the preparation of an environ. <br />mental statement began on the follow- ,,- <br />ing: Second Unit of Huntington Canyon- <br />Generating Station and 345.kv Trans. .. ...- <br />mission Line, the Second Unit of San <br />Juan Generating Station, Curecanti- <br />Shiprock No, 2 Transmission Line, <br />contract lor sale of 125,000 acre-feet <br />01 water from Fontenelle ReserVOIr to <br />the State of Wyoming for municipal and <br />industrial development, coal gasifica. <br />tlon plants proposed by EI Paso Natural <br />Gas and Western Gasification, and <br />Four Corners Generating Station. In <br />September 1972 public hearings were <br />held on the draft environmental state- <br />ments for the San Juan Generating <br />Station and the Bonneville Unit, Central -----. <br />Utah Project. <br /> <br />After review of the environmental im- <br />pacts associated with China Meadows <br />Dam and Reservoir, the Secretary <br />directed the Bureau of Reclamation to <br />conduct further investigations 01 water <br />use and to restudy alternatives to China <br />Meadows Dam Depending on the re- <br />sults of the study, another environmen. <br />tal statement may be required before <br />the Secretary can propose one of the <br />alternative sites. <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- < <br /> <br />/' <br />,j <br /> <br />\ <br />\' , <br />"--' - <br />---- <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />l ---..... <br /> <br />5 <br />