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<br />environmental <br />activities <br /> <br />The NAtional Environmental Policy Act <br />IPL 91-190) requires lhal the Federal <br />Government, in its activities, maintain <br />conditions which will encourage pro- <br />ductive and enjoyable harmony <br />between man and his environment. <br />Environmental statements must be pre- <br />pared on major federal actions signlfi. <br />cantlv af(eclin~ thequ8Iit~. of the human <br />environment. Preliminary 10 the bid <br />(:all onconslruclion whereenvironmen. <br />tal slulements are required. the Buteau <br />obtains comments from interested gOY. <br />ernmental and private organizations <br />and conducts an environmental review. <br />Following the environmental review <br />the findings are distributed 10 interested <br />fedlmd agencies as well as slate and <br />local organizations and the public. Ttw <br />results of this exchange of information <br />are used in preparation of a draft <br />environmental statement which is filed <br />with the Council on Environmental <br />Quality and circulated to interested <br />organizations. In Fiscal Year 1972 <br />environmental statements were drafted <br />and circlllAh~d for review on Chinll <br /> <br />Meadows Dam and Reservoir and on <br />Huntington Canyon Genere.ling Station. <br />a privately-owned thermal power plant <br />under construction for which cooling <br />water is to be purchased from the <br />Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />Realizing that the public must be pro- <br />vided timely information on major <br />plans and programs, the Bureau held <br />public hearings in order to obtain the <br />views of interested parties on the China <br />Meadows Dam and Reservoir. Bon- <br />neville Unit. and San Juan Generating <br />Station Draft Environmental State- <br />ments. As a result of this process, final <br />environmental statements were pre- <br />pared for China Meadows Dam anti L <br />Reservoir and Huntington Canyon and...._ <br />filed with the Council on Environmen. ... <br />tal Quality. <br /> <br />In addition. environmental statements <br />are being prepared for the Bonneville <br />and Jensen Units of the Central Utah <br />Project. Savery-Pot Hook Project and <br />Cutocanti-Shiprock No.2 Transmission <br />Line and are expected to be circulated <br />early in Fiscal Year 1973. <br /> <br />Early in Fiscal Year 1972, Ihe Secretary <br />of the Interior determined that the <br />energy resource development in the <br />Soulhwp-st related 10 coal-fired power- <br /> <br />plants needed more complete study. <br />Twelve groups were organized into the <br />Southwest Energy Study. Thestl'grollPs <br />will investigRte various RSpP.(:tli bf the <br />development such as the mtttd for llower <br />and coal resotlrces-and ttwir\)lussible <br />impacts upon air, water) biota. and <br />recreation within thl; en"iirn lJppm and <br />Lower Colorado Region tlrens. <br />~: <br />" <br /> <br />,,:~ <br />"'(, <br />j. ,._~" <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />~I>JO <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" <br />1111 <br />''''1 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />,\ \ <br />'1'1'1' 'I' <br />,11"11 "11"111 \ <br />111"':1\ \ ,I~\..~' <br /> <br /># <br />""'- <br />"'~. <br />.... <br />J;{'~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br />IIIIII <br />.,1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />\ <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />1\ <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />, <br />, <br />'" <br /> <br />3 <br />