WSP06554

• File Number: 8221.112.I
• Description: Central Arizona Project
• State: AZ
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 11/13/1979
• Title: Final Environmental Statement: Salt-Gila Aqueduct - Central Arizona Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: EIS

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Summary of Significant Environmental Impacts.
Summary of Environmental Commitments. . . .
Cumulative Effect of This and Other Federal
Projects ... . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
a. Floodwater Retarding Structures
b. Aqueduct Seepage Losses .
c. Aqueduct Water Del iveries
d. Lower Colorado River. .

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2. Land............
3. Recreation.........
4. Archeological and Historical
5 . B iota ...........

IV. SUMMARY OF UNAVOIDABLE ADVERSE IMPACTS

A. Environmental Quality
1. Esthetics...
2. Water Quality.
3. Sound . . .
4. Air Quality
B. Biota....
C. Land Use ..
D. Agriculture. ..
E. Sociocultural Effects. . . .
F. Archeological and Historical.
G. Recreation ... . . . . . .
H. Other Agency Programs . . . .
1. Cumu1ati ve Federal ProQrams . . . . . .
J. Possibilities and Risks of Catastrophes and
Man-Caused Accidents. . . . . . . . .

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V. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOCAL SHORT-TERM USES OF
MAN'S ENVIRONMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE AND
ENHANCEMENT OF LONG-TERM PRODUCTIVITY. . . . . . 152

VI. IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENTS
OF RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . 155

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A. Water . . . . . . . . . . . .
B. Land and Associated Resources
1. Land . . . . . . . . . .
2. Mineral. . . . . . . . .
3. Biota . . . . . . . . .
4. Archeological and Historical
5. Recreation
6. Esthetics. . . . . . . . .
7. EconOO1ics . . . . . . . . .

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