5.0 Consultation, Coordination, and Public Involvement
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5.0 Consultation, Coordination, and Public Involvement This chapter details the consultation and coordination between the Bureau of Reclamation and other State, Federal, and local agencies, Native American tribes, and the public in the preparation of this environmental impact statement (EIS). Since the Notice of Intent to prepare this EIS was published in June 2000, input has been actively solicited from a broad range of public constituencies as part of the ongoing public involvement process. Comments and involvement in the planning for and preparation of the Flaming Gorge EIS were generally sought through two broad efforts: communication and consultation with a variety of Federal, State, and local agencies, Native American tribes, and interest groups; and the formal EIS scoping process and draft EIS comment process, both of which invited input from the general public. 5.1 CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES In June and July 2000, Reclamation invited a number of State and Federal agencies and the Northern Ute Tribe to become cooperating agencies in the preparation of this EIS. The eight agencies that agreed to become cooperating agencies for this EIS are listed in section 1.2. Reclamation has hosted periodic cooperating agency meetings throughout the preparation of this EIS, to ensure that all of the agencies were informed of and involved in the issues and analyses related to the EIS. Other interested 5.0 Consultation, Coordination, and Public Involvement ˜ 255 tribes, government agencies, and public During the public comment period, five organizations and individuals have been kept public hearings were held to receive oral informed on the status and progress of comments on the draft EIS: Moab, Utah, EIS preparation, as requested. October 12, 2004; Salt Lake City, Utah, October 13, 2004; Rock Springs, Wyoming, In July 2000, Reclamation initiated October 19, 2004; Dutch John, Utah, consultation under various cultural resource October 20, 2004; and Vernal, Utah, laws, Executive orders, and regulations with October 21, 2004. All written and oral the following tribes: the Southern Ute Tribe, comments received during the comment the Ute Mountain Tribe, the Northern Ute period were considered in preparing the final Tribe, the Northwest Band Shoshone Tribe, EIS. These comments, along with the Wind River Shoshone Tribe, the Hopi Reclamation’s responses, may be found in the Tribe, the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, the separate volume, Comments on the Draft Kaibab Paiute Tribe, the Pueblo of Nambe, Environmental Impact Statement and the Pueblo of Zia, the Pueblo of Laguna, and Responses. the Pueblo of Zuni. Consultation with interested tribes has been an ongoing process This final EIS, like the draft EIS, has been and included a briefing on the EIS for the mailed to the over 600 agencies, Northern Ute Business Council and a field organizations, and individuals on the mailing visit with representatives of the Wind River list (see section 5.3 below), and notice of its Shoshone Tribe. None of the tribes expressed availability has been published in the Federal concerns regarding either traditional cultural Register. It has also been made available on properties or sacred sites within the area of the Flaming Gorge EIS Web page. A Record potential effect. of Decision, to be prepared no sooner than 30 days after publication of this final EIS, will also be published in the Federal Register, mailed to the interested public, and posted on the Flaming Gorge EIS Web page. 5.2 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT Section 1.3 details the scoping process for this EIS. As stated during the scoping hearings, meetings with Reclamation staff 5.3 DISTRIBUTION LIST were available to the interested public throughout the period of EIS scoping and This EIS has been sent to the following preparation. Throughout the preparation of agencies, groups, and individuals for their this EIS, the Flaming Gorge EIS Home Page information and review. Those who on the Upper Colorado Region, Bureau of commented on the draft EIS are noted with an Reclamation Web site has been updated and asterisk (*). available to all with Internet access. In November 2001, a newsletter regarding the development of the EIS was sent to those on Federal Agencies the EIS mailing list. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation The draft EIS was mailed to the interested Department of Agriculture public for review and comment in early USDA Forest Service September 2004, and a Notice of Availability Natural Resources Conservation of the draft EIS was published in the Federal Service Register on September 10, 2004. The 60-day Department of Army review and comment period for the draft EIS Corps of Engineers ended on November 15, 2004. 256 ˜ Operation of Flaming Gorge Dam Final EIS Department of Energy Representative Gordon E. Snow, Office of Policy, Safety, and District 54, Roosevelt Environment Representative David Ure, District 53, *Western Area Power Administration Kamas Argonne National Laboratory Senator Beverly Evans, Altamont Department of the Interior Senator Allen M. Christenson, Bureau of Indian Affairs North Ogden Bureau of Land Management Wyoming *National Park Service Representative John M. Hastert, *U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service District 39, Green River U.S. Geological Survey Representative Mick Powers, District 18, *Environmental Protection Agency Lyman Office of Management and Budget Representative Marty Martin, District 48, Rock Springs Representative Stephen Watt, District 17, U.S. Congressional Delegation Rock Springs Representative Bill Thompson, Colorado District 60, Green River Representative John Salazar, 3rd District Representative Pete Jorgenson, Senator Wayne Allard District 16, Rock Springs Senator Ken Salazar Senator Tex Boggs, District 13, Utah Rock Springs Representative Chris Cannon, 3rd District Senator Stan Cooper, District 14, Representative Rob Bishop, 1st District Kemmerer Representative James Matheson, Senator Rae Lynn Job, District 12 2nd District Senator Bob Bennett Senator Orrin Hatch State Agencies Wyoming Representative Barbara Cubin Arizona Senator Mike Enzi Governor Senator Craig Thomas Arizona Department of Water Resources, Phoenix Colorado American Indian Tribal/National Governor Governments Local Affairs Department/Division of Local Government, Department of Kaibab Paiute Indian Reservation, Pipe Law, Denver Spring, Arizona *Colorado Department of Natural Northern Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Resources, Denver Reservation, Fort Duchesne, Utah Utah Pueblo of Zuni, Zuni, New Mexico Governor Department of Natural Resources, Salt State Legislators Lake City *Governor’s Office of Planning Colorado and Budget, Salt Lake City Representative Al White, District 57, *Office of the Attorney General, Salt Denver Lake City Senator Jack Taylor, District 8, Denver State of Utah Trust Lands, Salt Lake City Utah State Parks and Recreation, Salt Lake Representative John G. Mathis, City District 55, Naples 5.0 Consultation, Coordination, and Public Involvement ˜ 257 *Utah Associated Municipal Power *Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Systems, Salt Lake City Orem, Utah Utah Division of Water Resources, Salt Colorado River Board of California, Lake City Glendale, California Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Colorado River Commission of Nevada, Salt Lake City Las Vegas, Nevada Utah Farm Bureau Federation, Payson *Colorado River Energy Distributors Utah State Clearing House, Salt Lake Association (CREDA), Tempe, Arizona City *Colorado River Water Conservation District, Utah State University, Logan, Utah Glenwood Springs, Colorado *Utah State University Extension, Vernal Colorado River Water Users Association, Wyoming Coachella Valley Water District, *Governor Coachella, California Wyoming Department of Environmental Colorado Water Conservation Board, Denver, Quality, Cheyenne Colorado Wyoming Department of State Parks and *Duchesne County Water Conservancy Cultural Resources, Cheyenne District, Roosevelt, Utah Wyoming Division of Economic and Metropolitan Water District of Southern Community Development, Cheyenne California, Los Angeles, California *Wyoming Game and Fish, Cheyenne, Moon Lake Water Users Association, Wyoming, and Green River, Utah Roosevelt, Utah Wyoming Office of Federal Land Policy, Provo River Water Users Association, Orem, Cheyenne Utah *Wyoming State Engineer's Office, *Sweetwater County Conservation District, Cheyenne Rock Springs, Wyoming *Wyoming State Geological Survey, Upper Colorado River Commission, Salt Laramie Lake City, Utah Wyoming State Historic Preservation Utah Water Users Association, Murray, Utah Office, Cheyenne Libraries Local Agencies Colorado *Daggett County Commission, Manila, Utah Denver Public Library, Denver Uintah Basin Association of Governments, Mesa County Public Library, Grand Roosevelt, Utah Junction *Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce, Rock Norlin Library, University of Colorado, Springs, Wyoming Boulder Sweetwater Commission, Green River, Utah Wyoming Daggett County Library, Manila *Town of Manila, Utah Duchesne County Library, Roosevelt *TriCounty Health Department, Vernal, Utah Grand County Library, Moab *Uintah County Commission, Vernal, Utah Green River City Library, Green River *Uintah County Mosquito Abatement Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young District, Vernal, Utah University, Provo Uintah County Public Lands, Vernal, Utah J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Provo Irrigation Districts and Water Users Merrill Library, Utah State University,