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<br />. <br /> <br />IX <br /> <br />Status of Consultation On Cultural Resources Under Section 106 Of The National <br />Historic Preservation Act <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Reclamation is the agency designaled to act on behalf of the Secrelary with respect to the <br />adoption of specific interim surplus guidelines identifed in the Preterred Alternative (Basin States <br />Alternative) analyzed in the FEIS. Reclamation is the lead Federal agency tOr the purposes of <br />compliance with Section 106 of the National Hi;toric Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as <br />amended. Reclarmtiondetermined in the FEIS, that while development and implementation of <br />Interim Surplus Guidelines should be considered an undertaking tOr the purposes of Section 106, <br />it is not ofa type that was likely to affect historic properties. Following publication and <br />distribution of the DEIS, Reclamation received a memorandum from the Nevada State Historic <br />Preservalion Officer (NSHPO) through the public review and comment process. The <br />memorandum stated thai the NSHPO disagreed with Reclamation's finding that development and <br />implementation of Interim Surplus Guidelines constituted an undertaking with no potential to <br />efrect historic properties, and requested the matter be forwarded to the Advisory Council on <br />Historic Preservation (Council) for review. In accordance with the NSHPO's request, and <br />pursuant to 36 CFR 800.S(c)3, Reclamation has prepared a meroorandum on this rmUer and has <br />forwarded it to the Council lOr review. Reclanlltion is proposing tltat further consultation occur <br />within the franlework provided by Section I 10 of the NHP A. Reclamation believes questions and <br />concerns regarding what sorts of impacts might be occurring to, or may OCCill at some future date <br />to historic properties as a result of on-going operation of the Colorado River s)Stem, are better <br />viewed as bng tenn management issues, whch should be addressed through consultation under <br />Section 110 or the NHPA, rather than through Section 106 compliance tOr a specific activity that <br />represents only a small part ofa much larger, on-going program. <br /> <br />X. Environmental Impacts and Implementation of Environmental Commitments <br /> <br />Potential Impacts are associated with changes in the difference between probabilities of <br />occurrence for specific resource issues under study when comparing the No Action <br />Alternative/Baseline Condition to that of the Preferred Alternative. Potential impacts on 13 <br />resource issues from the Preferred Alternative were analyzed by Rec\armtion in the FEIS. These <br />included; Water Supply, Water Quality, River Fbw Issues, Aquatic Resources, Special Status <br />Species, Recreation, Energy Resources, Air Quality, Visual Resources, Cultural Resources, Indian <br />Trust Assets, Environmental Justice, and Transboundary Impacls. Reclamation deternlined these <br />resource issues will not be adversely affecled by the adoption of the Preferred Alternative and <br />thus will nol require specific mitigation measures to reduce or eliminate non-significant effects <br />because the small changes in the probabilities of occurrence of flows which would effect these <br />resource issues are within Reclamation's current operational regime and authorities under <br />applicable federal law. In recognition of potential effects that could occur with implementation of <br />the Preferred Alternative, Reclamation has developed a number of environmental comn~trrents <br />that wiD be undertaken. Some environmental commitments are the re;ult of compliance with <br />specific consultation requirements. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />12 <br />