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<br />.' <br /> <br />'.. <br /> <br />','~"'\",,, <br />~.'''C ~:'}. <br />" '; <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />721 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (]O]) 8&&.]441 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO; <br />8' <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Members, CWCB <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Covernor <br />I. William McDonald <br />Director <br />David w. Walker <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Bill McDonald <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />July 5, 1988 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 4, July 14-15, 1988, Board Meeting-- <br />Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Studies <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />~ <br />j;~ <br /> <br />At its May 12-13, 1988, meeting, the Board discussed at <br />some length the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies prepared by <br />the Bureau of Reclamation (see my May 5, 1988, Board memo, copy <br />enclosed). ReClamation had advised as of that time that the <br />Executive Review Committee Report, which was to include the <br />committee's findings and recommendations for further action, <br />would be available for review during July, with comments from <br />interested parties to be submitted by mid-August. Based on the <br />Committee Report and pUblic comments, Interior was to make a <br />decision regarding further studies and future reservoir <br />operations this fall. <br /> <br />, <br />'. <br />" <br /> <br />Contrary to what we had been advised, the Executive Review <br />Committee Report has already been reviewed by the Assistant <br />Secretaries for Water and Science and for Fish and Wildlife and <br />Parks and their decision rendered even though the Committee <br />Report has yet to be released, let alone time provided for <br />review and comment. The Assistant Secretaries' recommendations <br />with respect to future action are outlined in the attached June <br />15 memorandum. <br /> <br />" <br />:;' <br /> <br />,-~ <br />..;. <br /> <br />'(-! <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />~j; <br />~, <br />~? <br />~~ <br /> <br />The Assistant Secretaries' memorandum directs the <br />Department of the Interior agencies on the Executive Review <br />Committee to develop a coordinated plan of study that addresses: <br /> <br />,~ ; , <br /> <br />1. The effects of both low and fluctuating flows on the <br />endangered fish species, the trout fishery and beach <br />aggradation and degradation; and <br /> <br />2. Detailed economic analysis of operational options <br />with respect to hydropower production. <br /> <br />7443E <br />