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<br />.- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />THE <br /> <br />op, TRIBE <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />JUl 13 1998 <br /> <br />Colorado Water <br />Cons9Nation Board <br /> <br /> <br />Wayne Taylor, Jr. <br />CHAIRMAN <br /> <br />Phillip R. Quochytewa, Sr. <br />VICE-CHAIRMAN <br /> <br />07 July 1998 <br /> <br />Mr. Dave Trueman, Program Manager <br />Glen Canyon Dam Temperature Control Project <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />Upper Colorado Regional Office <br />125 South State Street <br />Room 6107 <br />Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1102 <br /> <br />RE: Hopi Tribe's Comments On the Glen Canyon Dam Modifications To Control Downstream <br />Temperatures: Preliminary Draft Plan and Environmental Assessments. <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Trueman, <br /> <br />The Hopi Tribe has received and reviewed the submitted Glen Canyon Dam Modifications To Control <br />Downstream Temperatures: Preliminary Draft Plan and Environmental Assessme nts. The Hopi Tribe <br />appreciates the opportunity to review and comment on this preliminary draft and provides you with the <br />following comments. <br /> <br />Overall, the preliminary draft appears to be well structured and the infonnation presented clearly and <br />succinctly. The Hopi Tribe is concerned, however, about the assessment of cultural resource impacts <br />described in Chapter III. Specifically, the document recognizes that properties and resources that <br />embody Native American traditional cultural values may be affected by the proposed action, but the <br />document fails to adequately identify and consider the potential effects of this proposed action on <br />those resources. Moreover, it appears to simply relegate this responsibility to the "programmatic <br />agreement" The Programmatic Agreement Regarding Operations of Glen Canyon Dam deals only with <br />those properties that are considered eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, <br />and does not address those resources, places, or properties that are considered sacred or traditionally <br />important to Native American tribes but do not, for many reasons, meet the criteria for eligibility. <br />Further, the programmatic agreement specifically addresses the Bureau of Reclamation's <br />responsibilities under section 106 of the NHPA for operations of Glen Canyon Dam. The Hopi Tribe <br />feels that a separate compliance under section 106 is warranted for the proposed thermal modification <br />structure because it falls outside of the parameters of the current programmatic agreement <br /> <br />P.O. BOX 123- KYKOTSMOVI. AZ. - 86039 -15101 734.3000 <br />