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<br /> <br />3CDEIS Process <br /> <br />1991-lnterim <br />Operations <br />~f the dam <br />Degin. <br /> <br />Jan 1994- <br />Draft EIS <br />released for <br />public <br />comment. <br /> <br />1992-Grand <br />Canyon <br />Protection <br />Act signed. <br /> <br />1992-EIS <br />team <br />recommends <br />7 alternatives <br />for detailed <br />analysis in <br />the draft EIS <br />and begins <br />impact <br />analysis, <br /> <br />1993-Two <br />alternatives <br />added for <br />impact <br />analysis in <br />the draft EIS, <br /> <br />1993- <br />Modified <br />Low <br />Fluctuating <br />Flow <br />selected as <br />preferred <br />altemative <br />for draft EIS, <br /> <br />Draft Biological Opinion <br />(Continued from Page 3) <br /> <br />Feb-Mar <br />1994-DEIS <br />Public <br />information <br />sessions in <br />Phoenix, <br />Flagstaff , <br />Salt Lake <br />City, and <br />Washington <br />DC. <br /> <br />1993- <br />Cooperating <br />Agencies <br />request Fish <br />and Wildlife <br />Service (FWS) <br />to prepare draft <br />biological <br />opinion (DBO) <br />on <br />recommended <br />preferred <br />alterative. <br /> <br />endangered fish can be better managed through <br />steady flow conditions. <br /> <br />Actions of FWS through their preparation of an <br />RPA will "jump-start" the adaptive management <br />process. The debate over benefits/impacts of <br />steady flows on native and endangered fish can only <br />be solved through experimentation with steady <br />flows, However, rather than adopt the RP A <br /> <br />March 1994- <br />DEIS Public <br />Hearings, <br /> <br />April 1994- <br />Public <br />comment <br />period <br />concluded. <br /> <br />Oct 1994- <br />Final EIS . <br /> <br />Begin Adaptive <br />Management and <br />Long-term <br />Monitoring <br /> <br />1993-FWS <br />submits DBO and <br />Reasonable and <br />Prudent <br />Alternative which <br />includes <br />April-October <br />steady research <br />flows for <br />endangered <br />humpback chub <br />and razorback <br />sucker. <br /> <br />Dec 1994- <br />Proposed- <br />Record of <br />Decision, <br /> <br />verbatim, the EIS team, with the cooperating <br />agencies' concurrence, has modified the MLFF <br />alternative to incorporate the intent of the RP A <br />Between the draft and final EIS, FWS may be <br />further consulted and requested to prepare a [mal <br />biological opinion, These actions should allow <br />eventual selection of discharge patterns from. Glen <br />Canyon Dam that benefit all downstream resources <br />and comply with the terms of the Endangered <br />Species Act <br /> <br />7 <br />