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<br />" <br />, <br />I <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Glen Canyon Dam Operations - 1995 AOP Issues <br />Beach/Habitat Building Flows <br />CWCB Meeting May 25-26, 1994 <br />Page -2- <br /> <br />Reclamation and the U.S.G,S. believe that the high releases should be made in 1995 <br />because: <br />there is a large supply of sediment available in the river from the February, 1993 <br />flood on the Little Colorado River; <br /> <br />the U,S.G.S. has staff available for the program which may not be available in the <br />future, as many as 50-60 people will be required to monitor the release; and <br /> <br />because the releases could be made as part of the interim flow criteria that are <br />presently used to operate Glen Canyon Dam. <br /> <br />Colorado continues to oppose the test flows on the basis that a bypass of the Glen Canyon <br />power plant violates the Law of the River and the Grand Canyon Protection Act and is not <br />necessary at this time. <br /> <br />Others, including the Fish and Wildlife Service believe that these large steady releases <br />may have an adverse impact on trout populations below the dam and on the endangered <br />. humpback chub population at the Little Colorado River confluence, <br /> <br />The Bureau has stated that they believe that research flows in excess of power plant <br />capacity are legal and they propose to reco=end to the Commissioner of Reclamation and the <br />Secretary of the Interior that the proposed research flows be included in the 1995 Annual <br />Operating Plan and scheduled during April, 1995. <br /> <br />EIJ/vt <br /> <br />vt20.ltr <br />