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<br />. <br /> <br />001178 <br /> <br /> TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />1. PURPOSE AND NEED FOR ACTION 1 <br /> A. Introduction 1 <br /> B. Purpose of this Programmatic Document 2 <br /> C. Purpose and Need For Proposed Action 3 <br /> D. Examples of Possible Interstate Transactions 4 <br /> E. Related Reclamation Actions 4 <br /> F. Related Non-Reclamation Actions 5 <br /> G. Elements of Off stream Storage Programs, and Aspects of the <br /> Proposed Rule Relevant To NEP A Compliance 6 <br />II. PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES 9 <br /> A. Proposed Action 9 <br /> B. Alternatives Analyzed 9 <br /> I. No Action Alternative 9 <br /> 2. Agency Preferred Alternative-Proposed Action 10 <br /> C. Alternatives Eliminated 10 <br /> l. Revision of the Arizona Groundwater Act Alternative 10 <br /> 2. Onstream Storage Alternative 10 <br />III. AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENT AI.. CONSEQUENCES II <br /> A. Affected Area II <br /> B. River Management Environment 11 <br /> I. River Operations II <br /> 2. Third Party Impacts 14 <br /> C. Biological Environment 15 <br /> 1. Wildlife and Threatened and Endangered Species 15 <br /> 2. Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act 16 <br /> 3. Riparian Habitat 17 <br /> D. Human Environment 18 ~ <br /> 1. Indian Trust Assets 18 <br /> 2. Social, Economic, Financial, and Regulatory Impacts 19 <br /> 3. Cultural Resources 22 'd <br /> 4. Indian Sacred Sites 23 <br /> 5. Environmental Justice 23 <br /> E. Cumulative and Indirect Effects 24 <br />IV. NEPA COMPLIANCE FOR INTERSTATE AGREEMENTS 25 <br /> <br /> <br />12197 <br /> <br />