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<br />SCOPING REPORT
<br />GUNNISON RIVER CONTRACT
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<br />CHAPTER 1. IN11WDUCTION , , . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . , . . . . . . , , . . . . . , ., 1
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<br />A. Background.. , , , , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1
<br />B, Historic Operation of the Aspinall Unit . . . . . . . . . , . . . , . , . . . , , , . ,2
<br />C. ProposedP1;oject, , , , , , , . , . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . , . . , . . .. . . . .. 4
<br />D. Goals of the Proposed Contract, , , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , , . , , , . . ." 4
<br />E. Lead and Cooperating Agencies ",.,............"",...." 5
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<br />CHAPTER 2, INIlJAL SCOPING PROCESS . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , , . , . . , . . , " 6
<br />A, PUlJloseof Scoping . . . , . . . . . . . , . , . , . . , , . , , . . . , . . . . . . . " 6
<br />B. Initial Infonnational and Scoping Meetings .....,.........."... 6
<br />C. Letters of Comment . , . . . . . . . . . , . , , , . . , . , , , , . . . . .. . , , , .. 7
<br />D. Analysis of Comments ,. . . . . . , . . , , . , . . . . . . . , , , . . . . . . . . " 8
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<br />E. Newsletter"", , , . , , , , , , . . , . , . , , . , . . . . . . , , , . , , . . . , ., 8
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<br />CHAPTER 3. SCOPE OF NEPA ANALYSIS. , . , , , , , , , , , . . . . , .. . , . . . .. 9
<br />Preliminary Outline for a NEPA Document. , , . . . . . . . . . . . . ,. ,. .. . .. 9
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<br />CHAPTER 4, SCOPE OF ISSUES AND CONCERNS . . . . , . , . . . , . . . . . , . . .. II
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<br />I. INTRODUCTION ,."."..,.,.....,. 11
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<br />A. Background . . . . . . . . . . , , , , , . . . , . . , , , . . . . . . , . .. . . . . , , . 11
<br />Item 1, Historic/Current Operation of the Aspinall Unit . . . . . . .. 11
<br />Item 2. Aspinall Unit Purposes . . , . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . , 13
<br />Item 3. Black Canyon and Curecanti Purposes and Resources ".. 14
<br />Item 4, Gunnison Gorge Resources "",.,........."" 15
<br />Item 5. Colorado's Interests . ; . . , , . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . 16
<br />Item 6, Endangered Fish. , , . . . . , , . , , . . . . , . , . . . , . . . , 17
<br />B. Need for and Purpose of Action .,..,."......,..""...,." 18.
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<br /> II, ALTERNATIVES 18
<br />A. Fonnulation of Alternatives . , , , 18
<br /> Item 7. Compatibility with Federal and State Laws 18
<br /> Item 8, Accountability: Meet and Balance Goals . 20
<br /> Item 9. Release Priorities, Quantities, and Patterns 20
<br /> Item 10, Colorado's Compact Entitlement 21
<br />B, Alternatives Considered 22
<br /> Item 11. Alternatives to Consider , 22
<br />C. Comparative Analysis . .24
<br /> Item 12, Evaluation Criteria/Methods 24
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