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<br />;-- <br /> <br />Cl-/A'IIl.....H <br /> <br /> <br />LESTER ORMSBY <br />....C..INI.TItATOfll <br /> <br />C'wMMISSION <br /> <br />MARSHALl. HU/o'tPHRE'Y <br /> <br />JOHNNY GREGOYICH <br /> <br />vie. eH".,...."'H <br /> <br />J\riznnzr ~ofn2r J\m4rrrufl <br /> <br />MAIl.. AJ:lO,.ca.: <br />~. O. BOX seaA <br />PHOENIX. ARIZOtlA <br />ZI" CODEI 88008 <br /> <br />K. SEWELL. WINGFIEl.t) <br />J....MES K. HENNESS <br />HUGH A. HOL,US <br /> <br />1810 WiEST ADAMS STREET <br />PHOJi;:NIX, ARIZONA <br /> <br />(602) 2~S~.21l13 <br /> <br />May 3, 1982 <br /> <br />Mr. Clifford I. Barrett <br />Regional Director <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />Upper Colorado Regional Office <br />P.O. Box 11568 <br />Salt Lake City, utah 84147 <br /> <br />Re: Regional Office No. 4C-EA-82-l <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Barrett: <br /> <br />Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Draft <br />Environmental Assessment for Glen Canyon Power Plant Uprating <br />dated January, 1982. <br /> <br />The Arizona Power Authority is an agency of the State of <br />Arizona, which presently distributes hydroelectric energy from <br />Hoover Dam to Arizona preference purchasers within the State and <br />is a qualified preference purchaser for federally produced <br />hydroelectric power. <br /> <br />The Authority has reviewed the Draft Environmental <br />Assessment and submits the following comments: <br /> <br />1. The Environmental Assessment shows that, as a <br />result of the proposed change in water release patterns <br />from the ~prating program, there will be "no <br />significant impact" upon useful plant growth, or upon <br />fish and wildlife along the Colorado River below Glen <br />Canyon Dam. <br /> <br />2. The Environmental Assessment also shows that there <br />will not be an~ major change in the operations and <br />releases (approximately 5% change in maximum releases) <br />at the Glen Canyon Power plant, thus recreational use <br />of the Colorado River below Glen Canyon will not be <br />materially affected. <br /> <br />3. The additional capacity which will result from the <br />upratinq program will be economically feasible when <br />compared to alternative sources of supply. <br /> <br />7 <br />