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<br />~ <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />~ <br />N <br /> <br />C', <br />,~ <br />~3'" <br /> <br />FINAL <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT <br />TUCSON AQUEDUCT - PHASE A <br />CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT <br /> <br />Prepa red by <br />Lower Colorado Region <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />U. S. Department of the Interior <br /> <br />This Environmental Impact Statement is also intended to serve environmental <br />review and consultation requirements pursuant to: <br /> <br />Executive Order 11988 (Floodplain Management) <br />Executive Order 11990 (Wetlands Protection) <br />Clean Water Act of 1977 (Section 404) <br /> <br />This statement analyzes the environmental consequences of the construction and <br />operation of Phase A of the Tucson Aqueduct and its associated electrical <br />transmission system. The Tucson Aqueduct is an authorized feature of the <br />Central Arizona Project. Phase A of the aqueduct would convey Colorado River <br />water about 40 miles (64.4 kilometers (km)) from the terminus of the Salt-Gila <br />Aqueduct in south central Pinal County to the vicinity of Rillito in northern <br />Pima County. About 185,000 acres (74,925 hectares (ha)) of farmland in Pinal <br />and Pima Counties could receive water via Phase A of the Tucson Aqueduct. The <br />proposed action includes three pumping plants, 40 miles of open, <br />concrete-lined canal, 2 miles of pipeline aqueduct, and about 38 miles of <br />overhead 69 or 115-kV transmission line. The affected environment is <br />described, and the impacts of alternative courses of action are presented, <br /> <br />For further information on the processing or content of this document, please <br />contact Mr. Kenneth M. Trompeter, Box 427, Boulder City, Nevada 89005 or call <br />702-293-8560. <br /> <br />Statement Number: <br /> <br />. <br />INT FE5 82 - 26 <br />~Ul1 S \S82 <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Fil i ng Date: <br />