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<br />ill <br />I" <br />I' <br />[ <br />II <br /> <br />i <br />[ <br /> <br />1956- <br />Colorado <br />River <br />Storage <br />Project Act <br />(CRSP) <br />authorizes <br />construction <br />of water <br />storage <br />projects on <br />Colorado <br />River and its <br />tributaries. <br /> <br />1964-Glen <br />Canyon <br />powerplant <br />begins <br />operation, <br />Power <br />revenues <br />used to <br />repay <br />Federal <br />Government <br />for <br />construction <br />of CRSP. <br /> <br />Key Dates in th~ <br />I <br /> <br />1982- <br />Environmental <br />Assessment <br />with a Finding <br />of No <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />prepared for <br />upgrading and <br />rewinding the <br />generators at <br />the dam. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1982-1989- <br />Glen Canyon <br />Environmental <br />Studies, <br />(GCEIS) <br />Phase I, <br />determines <br />effects of <br />dam on <br />downstream <br />envrnmen!, <br /> <br />1989 - present <br />GCES, Phase I <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />1973-Endangered <br />Species Act <br />signed. <br /> <br /> <br />1963-Last <br />bucket of <br />concrete <br />placed. <br />Water <br />storage <br />begins at <br />Lake <br />Powell. <br /> <br />EIS Printing <br />(Continued from Page 1) <br /> <br />1966-Glen <br />Canyon Dam <br />dedicated by <br />"Ladybird" <br />Johnson. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1989- <br />Secretary of <br />Interior <br />initiates EIS. <br /> <br />1969-National <br />Environmental <br />Policy Act <br />signed. <br /> <br />1980-Lake <br />Powell first <br />filled to <br />capacity. <br /> <br />close of the official public comment period or we <br />cannot assure you that they will be considered in <br />the fmal EIS. <br /> <br />In February, public information sessions will be held <br />in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Flagstaff and Phoenix, <br />Arizona. EIS team members will be available at <br />these sessions with displays to explain the' EIS <br />process, alternatives, and how the alternatives affect <br />the various resources in the Glen and Grand <br />Canyons. A briefmg and a mini-information <br />session will be held in Washington, DC, in late <br />January. Locations, dates, and times will be <br />forwarded to you. <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />1990-EIS <br />scoping <br />conducted <br />with over <br />17,000 public <br />comments <br />received, <br /> <br />I <br />1991- [ <br />Prelimir <br />EIS <br />aitemati: <br />formulal <br />and put <br />commer <br />solicited I <br /> <br />The formal Public Hearings will be held at seven <br />locations: Los Angeles and San Francisco, <br />California; Phoenix and Flagstaff, Arizona; Salt <br />Lake City, Utah; Denver, Colorado; and <br />Washington, DC. These locations correspond to the <br />locations of the EIS scoping meetings. A schedule <br />of these hearings will be forwarded to you. <br /> <br />We appreciate your interest in the EIS and invite <br />your comments on the draft at the formal Public <br />Hearings and/or in writing, <br />