FLOOD02168

• County: Gunnison
• Community: Uncompahgre Valley
• Basin: Gunnison
• Title: Uncompahgre Valley Reclamation Project - Hydropower - Part 4 - Scoping Report Gunnison River Contract
• Date: 1/1/1990
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Project

FederBl R.eIIial8r I Vol. S'J. No. 88 I Wednesday. May 8. 1992 I Notice.

19431

Bureau of RecIama1Ion

Wal.r ServIce Contract. Wayne N.
Alpln.a Unit. Black Canyon of tile
GuMlaOft NaUanal Monument,
Gunnlaon and Montrose CountIeS,
CO

AGENCIES: Bureau of Reclamation
(1nterior~ National Park Service
[Interior). Bureau of Land Management
(Interior). Fish and Wildlife Service
[Interior). Colorado Water CoDlervation
Board [Stile 01 Colorado. Department of
Netural Resouroe.). .
ACTION: Notice 01 Intent Notice of
.coping.

. IIUIlMARr. Pursuant 10 aeclion 102{2)[C)
01 the National Environmental Policy
Act. the Bureau of Reelam.tioll. th.
National Park Service. th. Bureau of
Land Managem.n~ th. Fiah and Wildlife
Servic.. and the Colorado Wat.r
Cona.rvation Board announc. th.ir
int.nt to prepare an envll'Onmental
impact atat.m.nl on a propo..d water
aervice contract to lurnish wat.r from
th. Wayne N. Aspinall Unit runit) of th.
Colorado Riv.r Storage Proj.ct to the
Black Canyon 01 the Gunnison National
Monument (Monument). The purpo.e of
the c~ntract is to provide wa ter for the
10foll-t.nn prot.ction 01 r.creation.
Icenic and scientific values.. and natW'al
resources of the Monument for
prot.ction olth. Unit'. purpo... and
Colorado'. wat.r suppli.s. .nd to assist
in the recovery of dO\\'11stream
endang.r.d fish sp.ci.s. Seoping
me.tings will b. held in thr.. locations
.to d.t.rmine the scop. ollh. i.sues to
b. addr....d and to id.ntify the
. aigniflcant iuu.. related to the
propos.d action. Th. m..tings "il\
aerY' to d.velop allemaliv..to
accompli.h th. purpose and n..d lor the
action. Writt.n commenLs will be
accept.d lollowir.g the scoping
meetings.
OATES AND LOCATIONS: Th. meelings
will be held: .
. May 19. Ill9%. at 2 p.lO. and 7:30
p.rn.. Gunnison County Fairgrounds.
Multipurpo.. Room. 275 SoulhSpruce.
Gunnison. Colorado:
. May ~O. 1992. at 2 p.m. and 7:30
p."'_ The Pevilian. 1800 Pavilion Dri,'"
~~ontrose. Colorado: and
. May 21. 1992. at 7:30 p.r:-...
Columbme Senior Service Duildins:. :-17
Mecker. Delta. Colorado.
FOR f'VRTHE.A INFOAM.ATlON CONTACT:
Sieve McCall. Bu.rcau of Redamallon.
Grand Junction Project. Office. :7c.l
Campau Drive. PO Box GlP-lll. Grand
lunctlon. CO 815oc.. lelephooe: (303) ~;&-
0638. .

SU_Dn'ARY 1NF0llllAnOIC n.
Black Canyon of u,. GUIIIIi.on National
. Monument ia locat.d downatream !rom
the Wa)'118 N. A1pinaU Unit [Blue M....
Monow Poln~ and err.tal Ra..rvoi..}.
n. MOIIlIIIl.nt wu establi.hed by
. PresidenUal ProcIamaUaD In 1933. prior
to constnlCUOD 01 the AapinaU Uni~
With crealion of the Monumen~ .
Congre.. e.labUah.d a res.rved water
righllo maintain the integrity 01 the
azeL Thia reaerv. right ha. never b.en
quantifi.d. With COl1ltnlCtiOD of the
Aspinall Unit In the 1960'. and 1970'a.
relea... 01 wal.r !rom th. AspinaU Unlt
[.xcept those div.rt.d through the
interv'nin8 Gunnison Tunnel) now
lhrougb and aff.ct th. nature and
funcliODl of the Gunnison River within
the MonWDenL n. propos.d water
aervice contract would Dot estahlish the
res.rved wat.r rigb~ but it would
e.tahlish a process to det.rmine and
guarant.e the quanUty 01 wat.r which
can annually be d.livered to the
Monument lrom the Aspinall Uni~ and it
would s.tlorth F\lid.ltnes regarding the
mann.r in which the rei..... are made.
Wormalion mat.rial. can be oblain.d
!rom the contact id.ntified in this notic..

Dated: ^priI17. 1!l!lZ.
'oeD.H.1I.
~puly C"mmissioner.
IFR Doc. 9:-10S06 Filed ~ ~4~ ..mj
..~ COOt: Ql~

Fish and Wildlif. Service

R~lpt of A;>plicatlon lot Permit

Th. public is invit.d to comment on
the lollowing application lor a permit to
conduct certain activities with marine
mammals.. The application was
lubmitted to aati.fy r.quirement. 01 the
Mann. Mammal Prot.ction Act 01197%.
a. am.nd.d (15 US.C. 1351 et seq.). th.
Endang.red Spec..s Act 011973. as
am.nd.d (16 U.S.C. 1531..t seq.) and
the regu)ations governing marine
mammal. and .ndangered speci.s (50
CFR 17 and 16).
Applieonts: Mr.)am.s Bodkin. File no.
765518. V.s. Fish" Wildlif. Servic..
Alaska F,sh end Wildlife R.seerch
C.nter. 1011 East Tudor Road. .
Anehora~e. AK.
Type D/ Permit: Scientjfic Research..
^'cme enc Number cf Animcls: Sca
Oller. IE.,hrdro iu":shl:':s) 201l.
(Enh)'cro iutns nero:s) SO.
Summcl')' of Aet/I'IIY to be
Au:hor;:ed: Th. applicant propos~s to
la;..,e (capture. recapture inst.nJrncnlcd
011..... I:n.'tlobllue. draw blood. tag and
surgically implsnt100 With TDRI
tranSIT'.Jtler package) see aUera to obtain
'd,v. d.pth dala id.ntifi.d with specific

cli.tary and babitat uliliution. Sea
otten will be captured and recaptured
ualDg tangle n.t.. div.r held trapo.and
dipneta.
Source 0/ MaritIBMDmmal./or
Reseorch: Fifty I.a olle.. will be takeD
along Mont.rey p.ninsula. CalilomlL .
Two hundred will b. taken ill Alaska
['Kodiak bland. Kenei I'enin.u1L PrInce
William Sound I. Southeast Alaska).
Period o/Activlty: July 1992lbrough
. Sept.mber 1995-
Concummt with th. publicatioo of
this notica. th. Office 01 Manegem.nt
Authority is lorwarding copies olth.
application to tb. Marin. Mammal
Commiaaion and the Coromillee 01
Scientific Adviso.. lor th.ir review.
Written data or comm.nt. and/or
requ.sLs lor a publi.c hearing on this
application .hould be submitted to the
D.rector. U.S. Fi.h and.Wildlife Servic..
Office 01 Manall.ment Authority. 4401
North Feirlax Driv.. room 432.
Arlington. Vir;:inia ."n3 and must be
r.ceived by the Director "i.thio 30 days
of the date olthi. publicatioll. Anyon.
requesting a hearing. should give sp.cinc ,
r...ons why a h.anng would be
appropriat.. The holding al.uch a
h.anng i. at the discretIon of the
Director.
Docucenls and other information j
submitt.d WIth this epplication are
available lor review by any party who .
submits a writt'en request for a copy DC
auch docum.nLs to. or by appolDUD.nt
during normal busin.ss hours (7:45-4:15)
in. lh. iollowinS offic. within 30 days o~..
publication 01 this no tic.: U.s. FISh and
Wildlile S.rvic.. O.mce 01 Manag.menl,
Authority. 4401 North Fairfax Driv~
room 432. Arlington. Virginia ~..m
Phone: (703/35&-210-:); FAX: (7ll3/3S&- ,
:281)

D.'ed: April 30.1992-
Susan Jacobson.
ActinG Chi'!f. Branch of Permits, O.Frll:~ of
Monos~~ent Authority.
(FR Doc. 92-10412 Filed ~ US ."1 j
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Geological Survey

E~rth ODservlng System Land
Processes. Distributed AcUve Archh
Cent.r Science Advisory Panel; Put
"...tlng

Pursuant to Public l..Jw 9:-163-
eHeclI\"e J.muary S, 19:"'::1. nolice is ~
hereby !:I\'er. th:Jt en,c;>en meeting Cl
Earlh Observtn~ Sy.tem IEOS) Lonl
Processes Dislributed Active Art:hi~
Cen.er (DAAC) Science Ad,'isof)' P]
will be held May W-z:. 1t'9:.. at the I
G'OI0~lcal Surv.y Earth Re.ource.j