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<br />Pennitting k~JJnormallY requiring an EA, but not necessarily an EIS include: <br /> <br />. Regulatory actions: most pennits will normally require only an EA <br />. Authorized projects and projects under construction: changes that may <br />be approved under the discretionary authority of the Secretary of the <br />Army. <br />. Continuing authorities programs Projects recommended for approval if <br />the Chief of Engineers such as the section 205, Small Hood Control <br />Authority. <br />. Construction and Operation Maintenance: Changes and environmental <br />impacts that were not considered in the project authorizing legislation, <br />EIS or EA. Examples are changes in pool level operations, use of new <br />disposal areas, location of bank protection works; etc. <br />. Real Estate Management and Disposal Actions. <br /> <br />Lead Agency <br /> <br />If more than one Federal Agency has pennitting responsibility, as in the case for these <br />alternatives, a lead federal agency is determined. Lead agency status is determined by <br />consultation among potential pennitting agencies and is detennined by the following factors <br />(40 CFR 1501.5): <br /> <br />I. Magnitude of each agencies involvement <br />2. Project approval/disapproval authority; <br />3. Expertise concerning the actions environmental effects; <br />4. Duration of each agency's involvement; <br />5. Sequence of each agency's involvement. <br /> <br />Lead agency status has not been detennined for each of the projects under consideration and, <br />in accordance with the above regulations, will be determined by consultation among the <br />agencies after pennitting activities are initiated. <br /> <br />The following outlines a summary of the Pennitting Issues by agency. <br /> <br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />The USBR owns and operates the Fryingpan-Arkansas (Fry-Ark) Project. Pueblo Reservoir <br />enlargement and Turquoise Reservoir enlargement involve physical modification to Fry-Ark <br />facilities, while Reoperations involves modifications to the original allocation principals of <br />the Project. Therefore, the USBR is the likely lead agency for NEPA pennitting. However, <br />this has not formally been decided upon at this time. <br /> <br />The USBR has the same general comments regarding both reoperations of the Project and <br />enlargement of Federal facilities. Enlarged federal facilities will remain federal facilities. <br />However, the role of the USBR in management of the enlarged space will need to be <br /> <br /><m> <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />Pennilling and Regulatory Issues <br /> <br />. '. ....... ~".. '.~.._. <br />