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Interagency coordination in the EIS process Interagency coordination will be a basic way of doing business as the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement (GCD-EIS) is prepared. To facilitate this, all cooperating agencies will meet throughout the EIS process at key check points to review work progress, provide policy guidance to the EIS writing team and, in general, oversee the project. Each cooperating agency is responsible to help facilitate the EIS procl"ss; however, they also retain the right to also work on EIS issues through that agencies normal chain of command from the ground level up to the appropriatl" Assistant 5l"cretary of the Interior or, in the case of Western Area Power Administration, through the Secretary of Energy. The coopl"rating agency representative is a management level official from the following Federal and State agl"ncies and Indian tribes: Department Of The Interior Bureau of hu!ian Affairs Bureau of R<'damation Fish and Wlldlife Service National Park Service Office of Environmental Affairs Department Of Energy Western Area Power Administration State Arizona Game and Fish Deparllnent Indian Tribes Hopi Indian Tribe Navajo Nation The Havasupai and Hualapai Indian Tribes also have been invited to be coopl"rating agencies. Advisors to the committee are Dr. Duncan Patten, Arizona State University and GCES Senior Scientist, and Bob Moeller, Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor. According to the regulations {or EIS preparation, 'cooperating agency' means any Federal agency other than a lead agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved in a proposal (or a reasonable alternative) for legislation or other major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. A state or local agency of similar qualifications or, when the I"ffects are on a resl"rvation, an Indian Tribl", may by agreement with the lead agency become a cooperating agency. Coordination and cooperation will also ex lend to E1S preparation. The EIS Team includes broad membership. The selected individuals, specific duties of the team, and timetables, will bl" describl"d in the next issue of the newsletter. Speaking of timetables, as stated in the report on scoping in this newsletter, the timelable for the ErS has been extended an additional year. 111is is important to the researchers and the EIS team since the Information obtained from thl" research river flows taking place now through July 1991 can bl" bl"tter incorporated into the draft BIS. What's coming in future newsletters? This is the first of a series of newslettl"rs to be issued throughout thl" GCD-EIS process. As you can tell from this full edition, thl"re's a lot of Information to convey. Hl"re's a projected look at what's coming in future issues: · A summary of the Scoping Re- port, including an identification of the major issues, concerns, and suggested alternatives * us GOva::NMENT PFlNlING OffiCE: 1990-776-019 FE310N NO.8 · A review of the makl"up of the ElS team and a look at their functions · A review of the plan of work for the EIS team, including princi- piI" tasks and time lines. · A discussion of the process to be followed in the formulation and sell"ction of alternatives for study in the GCD-EIS As you rl"ad this newsletter, we would like to stress that suggestions and comments are welcome. Our goal is to providl" a publication that is Informative, easy to read, and timely. We are pleased to add additional naml"S to the mailing list for this publication, and for otho!r public hwolvement activities in tlte future. To comml"nt on tbe newsletter, or to add additionli names and addrl"sses, pll"ase writ,': Newsleller Glen Canyon Dam - Enviromnenlal Imparl Statement U.S. Bureau of Reclamation P.O. Box 11568 Salt Lake City, UT 84147 7