Final Environmental Assessment: Clipper Irrigation Salinity Control Project 4 Smith Fork Project Delta County, Colorado.

摘要

This Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to evaluate the environmental effects of Crawford Clipper Ditchs proposed Clipper Irrigation Salinity Control Project 4 (hereinafter, Project or Proposed Action). Rare Earth Science, LLC prepared this EA on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Interiors Bureau of Reclamation (hereinafter Reclamation), which is authorized by the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to provide funding assistance for the Proposed Action. Reclamation awarded a funding agreement to Crawford Clipper Ditch for the Project in August 2012 (Agreement Number R12AC40033, hereinafter, Funding Agreement). This EA represents a coordinated screening and analysis of the environmental effects of the Proposed Action and a No Action Alternative. If Reclamations review of this EA results in a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Proposed Action, preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement would not be required before the Proposed Action could be implemented.