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<br />.. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Reclamation Instructions <br /> <br />Series 350 General Instructions <br /> <br />Part 376 Environmental Quality - <br />Preservation and Enhancement <br /> <br />/iJ <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />CHAPTER 5 STATEMENT OF ENVIRONl\IENTAL IMPACT <br /> <br />376.5.6F <br /> <br />(6) Scenic attractions. <br /> <br />(7) Wetlands and estuaries. <br /> <br />(8) Fr~e-fl0win~f streams or major changes in re(JUlated streams. <br /> <br />(9) Air quality. <br />(10) Water quality. <br /> <br />(ll) Key wildlife or fish habitat. <br /> <br />F. Plamling Federal water and related land resources projects and programs. <br />Examples; irrigation, municipal and/or industrial water, hydroelectric <br />projects, and atmospheric water resources management programs. <br /> <br />G. Research or investigations where the on-the-ground tests involve treatment <br />or modification of natural resources. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />H. Construction activities on Federal water and related land resources <br />projects and programs. Examples: irrigation, !nunicipal and/or indus- <br />trial water; hydroelectric projects which have not been covered by a prior <br />environmental statement, or where there has been a major change in <br />design from that presented in the Authorization Report and environmental <br />statement accompanying that report; and major new transmission lines or <br />transD1ission line relocations. <br /> <br />I. Other activities such as: <br /> <br />(1) Changes in river operation or reservoir operation procedur0s. <br /> <br />(2) Maj or dam modification programs. <br /> <br />(3) Major canal modification programs. <br /> <br />(4) Vegetative management programs. <br /> <br />(5) Major acquisition leases, exchanges, or disposals of lQI1(fs. <br /> <br />(6) Major public service developments, such as recreation facilities <br />developed after the initial construction period. <br /> <br />(7) Maj or powerplant modification programs. <br /> <br />. 7 General Criteria. The following criteria as they pertain to effects on the <br />environment should be applied in determining whether a statement is required: <br /> <br />(1) Degree of disturbance on the components of the ecosystem. Both on- <br />site and offsite effects should be recognized. <br /> <br />(2) Irreversible effects on basic resources; short-term versus long-term <br />comrnitments. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />376-4 - 1/12/72 <br /> <br />0229 <br />