WSP09528

• File Number: 8220.101.09
• Description: Glen Canyon Dam/Lake Powell
• State: AZ
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 8/1/1989
• Author: USDOI-BOR
• Title: Glen Canyon Environmental Studies Update - August 1989
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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AUG 3 0 '89

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GLEN CANYON

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CONSERVAnON
80ARD
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

UPDATE

August 1989

Bureau of Reclamation
Appoints Upper
Colorado Regional
Director

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oland G. Robison hR!l been
ppointed Regional Director of the
Upper Colorado Region. Robi!Jon
assullled the Salt Lake City-balled
position 011 July 17. 1989. where he
iSl'ellpoll!liblefor maJlRgillgslleight
!ltllte area of Reclamation, He
sllccet'cls Clifford l. BSlTett who
retired February 28. 1989.

As Upper Colorado Regional
Director. Robisnn will manage
wale-I" project.., in ftlllU"ea E'xtending
from the Mexican bordel" in Texas
And Nt'w Mexico to the
!loutheAlltel"l1 E'dge of Idaho, And
from the headwatere of the
Colorado RiVer in Colorado and
Wyoming to Lee':!! Ft'rry in Arizona.

Robi1lon was the Deputy Director of
thE' Bureau of LRnd Management
mLM) at its Washington, DC

headquarters. Previous to that.
from 1981 to 1987. he was the Utah
State Director of BLM. In addition
to his BLM experiences, he ser....ed
from 1976 to 1981 as the
Department of the Interior (DOD
Assistant Regional Solicitor in Salt
Lake City, providing legal advice to
DOl agencies. He also served 08
Associate Solicitor for DOl in
Washington.

From 1974 to 1976, Robison was the
Deputy Assistant SecretalY, Land
and Water, 001. There he wa."!
responsible for developing and
implementing policies related to
water and land management issues,

Robison is a graduate of Weber
State College, Brigham Young
Uni....ersity. and the University of
Utah School of Law. He is admitted
to practice law in the state of Utah.
He has also received the DOl's
Mel"itorious Service Award and the
Distinguished Service Award, the
highe!lt honor given by the
Department of the Interior.

An ElS for the Grand
Canyon

On July 27. 1989. Secretary of the
Interior Manuel Lujan. announced
that he is dirt"<:ting the Bureau of
Reclamation to initiate an
Environmental Impact Statement/
National Environmental Policy Act
(EIS/NEPA) process for the
operation of Glen Canyon Dam.
This decision came after many
meetings with the Colorado River
basin states, power interests,
congressional committees. and
interestt"d citizens. It W8.5 not an
easy decision, but one that offers a
PI"oceSS for taking information and

formulating a decision based on
data and information.
Two questions that many have been
asking are: (1) How will the Glen
Canyon Environmental Studies
(GCES) progl'am fit into the EIS
program, and (2) lIow long is it
going to take to complete? The first
question is relatively easy to
allswel". 1be GeES program will
continue as the technical study
eITort needed to collect and analyze
the data nece!:l!:lary to assess the
impacts of Glen Canyon Dam. 'nle
EIS pl'Ocess will be built aruund the
oll-guing efforts. The second
question of overall GeES/EIS
timing is a bit hardt!J'toallswer.1l1e
NEPA process requires that specific
protocol and procedure be folluwed.
However. a great deul of eITOl't will
be !:Ipent to ensure that all concerns
and details are included, It is no
understatement that the GCES/EIR
will be Olle of the huger and more
important NEPA processes that has
been initiated in the Colorado Rivet"
Basin. It is important that a
thorough and concise mAnagement
and process plan be developed prior
to initiating any action.
We anticipate that o....er the next
several months, we will be
developing the GeES/EIS process
that will address activities and
technical ,'equirements of the
program. The GCES technical
program will continue relath'ely
unaITectt>d during this time, As the
program is assembled. you will be
informed. We anticipate that the
proper forum for discllllsion will be
through our existing public
information eITorts and through the
technical meetings. We will keep
you informed,