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<br />0011% <br /> <br />No Action Alternative <br /> <br />Under the No Action Alternative the proposed rule would not be implemented and there would <br />be no Federal undertaking to impact cultural resources. Arizona and California entities may <br />construct off stream storage facilities for their own needs that could impact cultural resources. <br />The State entities would be the action agencies and consult with SHPO's through established <br />State procedures. It is possible that off stream storage credits could be developed between <br />California and Nevada for interstate redemption purposes without the proposed rule. <br />Reclamation would initiate the Section 106 process and consult with the SHPO on a case-by- <br />case basis. <br /> <br />LC Region DEAl I <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />12197 <br /> <br /> <br />4. Indian Sacred Sites <br /> <br />Reclamation is required, to the extent practicable, permitted by law, and not clearly inconsistent <br />with essential agency functions, to avoid adversely affecting the physical integrity ofIndian <br />sacred sites and to allow access by Indian religious practioners to such sacred sites (Executive <br />Order 13007). <br /> <br />Preferred Alternative <br /> <br />Implementation of the Preferred Alternative would not have adverse impacts on Indian sacred <br />sites or access tD such sites. There would be no change in current conditions in relationship to <br />this issue. <br /> <br />No Action Alternative <br /> <br />It is possible that off stream storage credits could be developed between California and Nevada <br />for interstate redemption purposes without the proposed rule. Reclamation would address this <br />issue in an appropriate NEP A document for such actions on a case-by-case basis. <br /> <br />5. Environmental Justice <br /> <br />Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income <br />Populations (Executive Order 12898) was signed on February 11, 1994 and amended on <br />January 30, 1995. In general, Federal agencies shall make achieving environmental justice part <br />of their missions by identifYing and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and <br />adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on <br />minority populations and low-income populations in the United States and its territories and <br />possessions. <br /> <br />In accordance with Executive Order 12898 and Reclamation policy (pEP-No. ECM 95-3), all <br />NEPA documents shall consider the impacts of Federal actions on minority and low-income <br />populations and communities, as well as the equity of the distribution of benefits and risks of <br />those actions. <br /> <br />