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<br />. <br /> <br />.,. I", (~ I') <br />I. <;l<:. <br /> <br />~ <br />" <br /> <br />above its present elevation, pending the completion of a!1 l:':nvironmental <br />Impact Statement. This is because the Natiol~l ~nvironmental Policy <br />Act becffine effective on January 1, 1970, and the long-range operating <br />criteria for Colorado River Reservoirs \Vere not approved until June 10, <br />1970. No Environmental Impact Statement Has filed for the operating <br />criteria. ' <br /> <br />4; <br /> <br />1(' <br /> <br />3ix of the indlvidual Navajos and one of the Chapters of the <br />Navajo l~ation in the present case were also involved in a U. S. 3upreme <br />Court petition for rehearing on February 21, 1974, in the original <br />Rainbm'l Bridge case. That petition for rehearing was denied on <br />April 16, 1974. <br /> <br />On November 11, 1974, attorneys for the United States filed an <br />anS\'mr to the complaint \'Ihich denied the Indians' allegation that an <br />Environmental Impact Statement v;as required prior to the filling of <br />Lal;e Povlell to an elevation vlhich would encroach upon the Hational <br />i:lonw,lent. The answer also included, as an exhibit, a copy of the <br />1970 J:Jemorandur.l of Agreement betvleen the I'iavajo Tribe and the United <br />St.ates for adiiIinistrat.ion of the Glen Canyon Hational Recreation Area <br />in which increasing visitation and use of the Rainbml DridG8 area <br />was implicity recognized by the Tribe. <br /> <br />At the close of 1974, the States of Colorado. and Utah and three <br />local 1'Iater conservation districts vlere contemplating petitioning the <br />District Gourt to intervene in the case as defendants. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /><< <br /> <br />- 33 - <br />