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<br />Environmenlal <br />Activities <br /> <br />Fiseal Y f'ar 1 ~)71 was thp first full YI':'U <br />of CI{SI' opt'ration and planning umlpr <br />tht' National Environmt'lltall'olicy Ad <br />(1'1. HI-t90). This Ad rf'ljuirps that tht' <br />Fl.dl'ral (;o\'t'rnnH'tlt. in it'i activitil'S. <br />main!<.lin ('onditions which will (,Ileum- <br />a~(' prodUrlivt' and t'njoyahk harmony <br />h"lWt't'1l man and his {'Iwironnwnt. <br /> <br />Environllwntal stahomt'nL.. must lw prp- <br />pari'd for major (pdt-tal ad ions sij:t"nifi- <br />('anUy affl'din~ thl' quality of thl' <br />human l'lwirOllllH'nt. I'n'liminary to is- <br />sllill~ invitations fnr hids on a Burl'lIu <br />('onstnu'tioll projt'd. tlw Burl'all of <br />Hl'dumatioll oht:'lins ('omrnC'nls from <br />intt'rt'stt'd gm'I'rnmptlwl agpl1t'jps. pri- <br />vau' (Irganizations and l'llvironnwntal <br />groups and ('olldud,,'i an l'llvironmt'ntal <br />n'v]t.w. SUt'h n'dews Wl'rt> l'ondul,tl'd <br />durinJ:: FY 1 ~)71 on thl' China i\li'adnws <br />Dam, Illl' Enwry County Drains. and <br />thp Uinlah Basin Collpdion Systt'lll, <br />F(lllowin~ t1w l'llvironnwnta] n'vii'''''', <br />tlH' rilHlings art' dislrihult'd to intpr. <br />I'sti'd fl'dl'ra] alZt'IWil's as wl'll as to statl' <br />and h)('al or~;U\i1.alions and to ('onspr. <br /> <br />vatioll 1O'0Ups. Tht> signifieanl rl'!;ults of <br />this eXl'hangi' of informal ion is I'on- <br />sidi'rt'd in prt'p,tralion of a Draft Envi- <br />ronml'nlal Stati'nwnt. whirh is fi]l'd <br />with tht' Council on Environrnpntal <br />Quality. and distribul('d to intl'reslNl <br />or~anizations, Such st.alt'nwnts haw' <br />I)('t'll fih,u on tht' .Jordan Aqul'duct and <br />Crystal Dam, A Fina] Environmi'ntal <br />Slaknwnl (which mllst prt'l~i'di' tht' <br />award of a nlnst.rul,tion ('ontrad by 30 <br />days) is also fih>d wilh thl' Couni'il on <br />Environmpnlal Qualit.y. Drafts of SUdl <br />stalt'llwnts havl' bl'l'n I'rl'part'd for lhf' <br />.Iordan Aqut'dut'l and Cryst.ll Dam, <br /> <br />Ttw BUrt'all of Hpf'lamat.ion is also <br />dl't'ply involvf'd in (hi' l'nvironnwntal <br />prolt-'ction and pnhanC{'llwnl a"pl'cts of <br />('oa!-firpd powPrplants in thl' South. <br />Wt'sC In many ('ast's thl' BUrt'all pro- <br />vidi's thi:' wa({'r supply for t1WSl' planL.. <br />or must provid{' granls of right. of-way. <br />or ilHh'nluri's of ]{';l"t', Th('s(' l.'ontraeL.. <br />to whil'h the Unill'd StaU's is a party <br />rt'qllirf' l.~ompliall('(' with Fl'di'ral. Statf'. <br />and local air and wati'r qualily <br />st.andards. Draft Environmpntal Stau'. <br />!Twnls art' now hi'ing written on a num- <br />l)i'r of fut.uf(' thl'rmal powprplallt.s in <br />thl' Uppi'rColorado Basin. <br /> <br />Thl' Hurt'au's improvl'd appearance <br />program has l'ontributi'd siWlifieantly <br /> <br />:l <br /> <br />toward a lwt.u.'r pnvironml'lll. Thl' sallO' <br />stOIlt' hpllt'ath tht, Ipft. ski'whack Oil tlw <br />Glt'n Canyon Brid~{' was sand hlaskd <br />to f('mo\'t' the llnsi~htly cOllerI'll' slains <br />left from (.'onstnlelion, I'owt'r Opl'fU- <br />. " <br />lions mninu'llanl'l' cn'ws .m' pn~ul<((>d in_ <br />a l'lJllt.inuing program of pailltillji!:tral1~.r <br />formprs, circuit hn'aki'rs, tJ.nI<llng';;'r,l.O, <br />and otlwr strlll'turl'S to i:onfrir~jlib'A J <br />coonlinat.pd color scht'(h,ll': t,l~~rnu. <br />tiotlal orangi:'. cr~J"m.l:.tli(tr~;rt<.t.u " <br />colo" now ,eplaee; t 'ql<I(t)18 \~<t ' <br /> <br /> <br />_0'"_ ';:\ ~I :))1 ;' <br />~ ~~ _~~ '!t <br />... ~ t J' <br />:"i'q'Y ... <br />.)- .:I..~.. .. <br />I I - - ~ .~ - <br />. -f \1 ~~, . ' IjI !) [I. <br />11~,,:p~ '_.\~~\ . <br /> <br />~~, ..,,,,,..lm.:!~ ~ ~ <br />'Ii <br />. '-':'1 <br />~ \. -... J~ <br />~ ~ ... <br />,.IiI '-;,2- ~ . <br />), ..'::0. II}) <br />~. ~ <br />...~.:..-....~.~I <br />~ r.: .. <br />'? ,-' -- <br /> <br />... <br />~ <br /> <br />I <br />\ <br />;' <br />t <br />/ <br />I~' <br />, <br />I <br />'v <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />:II <br /> <br />wi <br /> <br />'r" <br />~k <br />, <br /> <br />l!' <br />