WSP03336

• File Number: 8220.101.09B
• Description: Glen Canyon Dam/Lake Powell
• State: AZ
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/1/1994
• Author: Bear West Consulting
• Title: Operation of Glen Canyon Dam Draft Environmental Impact Statement - Public Comments Analysis Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: EIS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER THREE: Summary of Public Comments (continued...)

Analysis . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Impacts ................,............................ 32
Recreation ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Importance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Issues of Concern ...................................... 32

Hydropower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 33
Importance of Resource .................................. 33

Cost of power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Impacts of Proposed Changes in Dam Operation ................. 35
Alternatives to Hydropower Generation ....................... 35
Analysis of Power Issues in the DEIS ........................ 36

Non-Use Values ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Inclusion ............................................ 36
Methodology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Statements of Belief, Opinion, or Philosophy That Could or Should Influence
Discussion and Decisions of this Process ...................... 37
Beliefs About Nature and Mankind's Relationship to Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Grand Canyon and Glen Canyon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Living in the Southwest .................................. 38
Mankind's Use of Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Beliefs About Rivers, Dams, and Dam Operation ...................... 38

Rivers ............................................... 38
Dams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Dam Operation ........................................ 39
Beliefs About the EIS Process ................................... 39
Priorities and Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Bias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Outcome and Decisions (Record of Decision) ................... 40
Government Role and Leadership ..........,................ 40

Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Alternatives .......................................... 41
Public Participation ..................................... 41
Expressions About Comments Made by Others ...,................... 41
Suggested Word Changes and Corrections ........................... 41

CHAPTER FOUR: Statistical Ana{vsis and Conclusions of the Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Statistical Analysis of the Public Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Consultant Conclusions About Public Comment ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Number and Substance of Comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . 45

Fonn Cards ,............................................... 46
Shifting Source of Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
"Special Interest" Groups. . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . 46
Role of Science in Decisions .................................... 46
Controversy Over Endangered Species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Support for the Adaptive Management Program ....................... 47