WSP07715

• File Number: 8220.200.09.I
• Description: Navajo Project
• State: AZ
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 2/4/1972
• Title: Navajo Project: Final Environmental Statement
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: EIS

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(2) Arizona Requirements 35
(3) Utah Requirements . . 35
(4) National Standards 35
(5) Application of Requirements to
Generating Station ... . 35
h. Ash Disposal and Dust Abatement 38
i . No! se ......... lt2
j. Water and Water Quality ~3
k. Aesthetics . . . . . ~7
1. Ecology . . . . ~7
m. Radionuclide Release \7
n. Archaeology ... . ~
o. Sewage Disposal Plant \9
p. Cumulative Int]lact Considerations ~9
2. Any Probable Adverse Environmental Effects Which
Cannot be Avoided Should the Proposal be
Implemented . . . . . 5~
a. Human Health . . . 54
b. Vegetative Effects 56
c. Visibility. . . . 58
d. Other Effects . . 60
3. Alternatives to the Proposed Action 60
a. Alternative Locations .... 60
b. Oil-fired Generating Plant . . . 61
c. Local Dispersion of Several Smaller Plants 62
d. Curtailment of Use of Electrical Ener~y 62
e. Gasification. . . . . . 63
f. Other Energy Sources . . . . . . . . . 63
g. Not Complete the Project . . . . . . . 64
4. Relationship Between Local Short-Term Uses
of Man's Environment and the Maintenance and
Enhancement of Long-term Productivity 64
5. Any Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments
of Resources Which Would be Involved in the
Proposed Action Should it be Implemented 65

IV. BLACK MESA AND LAKE POWELL RAILROAD . . . . 67
A. Selection of Fuel Transportation System 67
1. Selection of Type of Fuel for Navajo
Generating Station . . . . 67
2. Selection of Fuel Supplier for Navajo
Generating Station . . . . . . . . . . 67
3. Selection of a Fuel Delivery Method for
Navajo Generating Station ...... 67

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