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<br />r <br /> <br />" <br /> <br /> <br />- &Ull -::::- --:--...,... :t\O~ <br />~AU OF RECLt."'P. <br /> <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION <br />For Release: March 22, 1995 <br /> <br />Contact: Paul Bledsoe <br />(202) 208-4662 <br />Barry wirth <br />(801) 524-6477 <br /> <br />RECLAMATION RELEASES FINAL GLEN CANYON DAM STUDY <br />TO PROTECT GRAND CANYON <br /> <br />(Washington, D.C.) -- Commissioner of Reclamation Daniel P. <br /> <br />Beard today released a Final Environmental Impact statement <br /> <br />(FEIS) recommending changes in the water flows of Glen Canyon <br /> <br />Dam, Arizona. The changes are designed to minimize adverse <br /> <br />effects of changing water levels on the Colorado River, its <br /> <br />shores, and the cultural and environmental resources of the Grand <br /> <br />canyon. <br /> <br />"Today's recommendations are part of a permanent health plan <br />for the Grand Canyon and Colorado River," Commissioner Beard <br />said. "Flows from the major dam above the Grand canyon will be <br />permanently altered to protect its unique and priceless <br />environment." <br /> <br />"It is sad to say, but it was not too long ago, back in the <br />early 1980'S, that the Bureau of Reclamation and other agencies <br />wanted to ignore the impact Glen Canyon Dam was having on the <br />Grand Canyon." <br /> <br />"Now, the only thing that stands between this report and <br />permanent protection of the Canyon is a General Accounting Office <br />(GAO) audit, which has been quite slow in coming. I urge <br />congress, which oversees GAO, to expedite the audit so that <br />secretary Babbitt can implement permanent protection as he has <br />pledged to do." <br /> <br />"Some groups, including Grand Canyon Trust, have raised <br />concerns regarding ramping rates and maximum release levels. I <br />share these concerns and will work with them to see that they are <br />addressed in the final Record of Decision made by Secretary <br />Babbitt." <br />