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<br /> <br />-..__ r <br /> <br />Newsletter Number 6 I';U(;{?~~9-- Glen Canyon Dam <br />August 1981 c. 87 Powerplant Expansion Study <br />Co~PL.ORAD~ <br />This newsletter presents t~~~il;::, JiairtR patterns on the Colorado River with a <br />250-MW addition to the Glen Canyon Del ~~iMke Powell is at a low reservoir elevation. <br />The last newsletter presented flow patterns"~ssociated with high reservoir conditions and <br />pointed out that those were the most likely conditions for the foreseeable future. On the <br />third page we explain our prediction that Lake Powell will remain at a high elevation. <br />On the back page we describe how and where the electricity is sold after it is <br />generated at Glen Canyon Dam. This explanation was prompted by recent magazine and <br />newspaper articles and many letters we've recieved from the public that have contained <br />comments which reflect a common belief that Glen Canyon power is sold primarily outside <br />the mountain west region. <br />The agency I s name Itas recently changed from the Water and Power Resources Service <br />back to the Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />STATUS OF THE STUDY <br />With the concurrence of the pl anning team, we have dropped the 125-MW alternative <br />from further consideration. Appraisal-level analysis has shown it to be infeasible. <br />Appraisal-level estimates of social, biological and recreational impacts and appraisal <br />benefits and costs according to Water Resource Council multi-objective planning criteria <br />~lill be developed for the 250-MW alternative and presented to the technical subteam <br />leaders in a planning team meeting. The infonnation will be presented to the public in <br />meeti ngs in Page, Fl agstaff and Phoeni x, Ari zona and in Denver, Colorado in 1 ate <br />September. The purpose of the public meetings will also be to receive comment from the <br />public concerning further investigation of the 250-MW alternative. By mid-October, a <br />decision will be made, based on the appraisal analyses and on planning team and public <br />input, on whether to proceed with a feasibility-level investigation of the 250-MW <br />alternative or to conclude the investigation. <br /> <br />SCHEDULE <br />This is a revised schedule of future events. <br />Public meetings on size selection...........................late Sept 1981 <br />Si ze sel ecti on. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . early Oct 1981 <br />Feasibility Analysis and Report Preparation.................late 8l-late 82 <br />Environmental Impact Statement Preparation..................late 8l-late 82 <br />Regi ona 1 Di rector's Proposed Report <br />(Draft Feasibil ity Report)..................... .eal'ly 83 <br />Regional Director's Feasibility Report <br />(Final Feasibility Report)......................Fall 83 <br />Draft Environmental Impact Statement <br />(followed by comment period)................... ..early 83 <br />Fi na 1 Envi ronmenta 1 Impact Statement........................ Summer 84 <br /> <br />Copies of Dr. Robert Dolan's reports on potential recreational and erosional impacts and <br />the flow infonnation produced by this office are now available for public inspection in <br />the Denver Public Librar.v, Government Documents Section. <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />,_ _..J <br />