NOTE: The Bureau of Reclamation has formally terminated the process to develop an Enivornmental Impact Statement for the construction of the Lake Powell Pipeline Project.

• September 9, 2020 - Surrounding states bash Utah's Lake Powell pipeline project. By Brain Maffley for the Salt Lake Tribune

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 The Draft EIS/Draft RMPA analyzes the potential direct, indirect, and cumulative physical, biological, and socioeconomic environmental effects that may result from construction and operation of the two action alternatives: The Highway Alternative and the Southern Alternative, including three RMPA sub-alternatives for the Southern Alternative.

Both alternatives consist of a water delivery pipeline that begins at Lake Powell near Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Arizona, and ends at Sand Hollow Reservoir near St. George, Utah. The pipeline would deliver up to 86,249 acre-feet of water from Lake Powell to Washington County. Both alternatives also include a water exchange contract between Reclamation and UBWR.

The BLM Arizona Strip Field Office is considering amending a portion of the Arizona Strip Field Office (ASFO) Resource Management Plan (RMP) related to the Kanab Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC). Pursuant to 43 CFR 1610.7–2(b), the BLM is required to publish a notice in the Federal Register of proposed ACECs, including changes to existing ACECs, and specify the resource use limitations.

• Website for the official documents of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Reclamation.
• Federal Register Notice for LPPP DEIS

DUE DATE (now closed): The 90-day public comment period ended on September 8, 2020

Comments on the draft EIS/draft RMPA and requests to be added to the mailing/notification list were submitted by mail, e-mail or fax to:    

     Lake Powell Pipeline Project
     Bureau of Reclamation
     Provo Area Office
     302 East Lakeview Parkway
     Provo, Utah 84606
     lpp@usbr.gov
     801-379-1159

PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR DEIS & RECEIVED DURING 90-DAY COMMENT PERIOD ENDING 9/8/20

• Nevada
• Six States
• LPP Coalition Comments. Conserve Southwest Utah.
• Utah Rivers Council
• Living Rivers & Colorado Riverkeeper
• Great Basin Water Network & Great Basin Waterkeeper
• National Parks and Conservation Association
• Arizona Game and Fish
• Peter Mayer. Technical Memo.
• Harding & Lynker. Technical Memo.
• WaterDM. Technical Memo.

ALL COMMENTS & COMPILED BY RECLAMATION (Website)

• Public Comments via Form Letters
• Public Comments Part One (large file)
• Public Comments Part Two (large file)
• LPP MOU: LPP Water Exchange Contract. Reclamation.
• LPP Opt Out Letter. KCWCD.
• LPP Virtual Public Meeting Presentation. Reclamation.

Other Public Information about LPP DEIS

• WEBINAR: Western Resource Advocates on August 25, 2020 "Lake Powell Pipeline Leaky Proposal Does'nt Hold Water Under Scrutiny"
• Slide presentations for the webinar
• Transcript for presentation by Eric Kuhn.

News about public participation of LPP DEIS

• Click here to read this story by Hillary Davis from Las Vegas Sun
• Click here to read this OpEd by Tick Segerblom called "Utah Pipeline Plan An Affront to Nevada"
• Click here to read this OpEd by Kyle Roerink called "St. George's Water Grab Worth Fighting"

News announcing the publication of LPP DEIS

• Salt Lake Tribune by B. Maffly, June 2020: Feds Release Environmental Analysis on Possible Powell Pipeline Routes, Critics Point to Flaws
• Salt Lake Tribune by B. Maffly, June 2020: Lake Powell Pipeline Will Make River Angry, Southern Paiutes Warn as Feds Release Analysis

PUBLIC SCOPING COMMENTS

• Scoping Comments LPP 2020 & Compiled. USBR.

DEIS DOCUMENT ARCHIVE

From Environmental Protections Agency

• All DEIS Documents Combined (Searchable & requires Arcobat Reader software)
• 01 - LPP DIES Volume One
• 02 - Appendices A, B & C
• 03 - Appendix C13 Vegetation
• 04 - Appendix C19 Visual Resources
• 05 - Appendix C Supplemental 01
• 06 - Appendix C Supplemental 02
•      Appendix C Supplemental 01 & 02 Combined
• 07 - Appendix C20 Cultural Resources
• 08 - Appendix D & E Tribes

From Bureau of Reclamation

• Federal Register Notice for LPPP DEIS
• Draft EIS Vol 1
• Appendix A: Consultation and Coordination
• Appendix B: Purpose and Need Report
• Appendix C: Supplemental Resource Reports
• Appendix C-13: Vegetation Communities
• Supplement 01: Vegetation Species of Tribal Concern
• Appendix C-19: Visual Resources
• Appendix C-20: Cultural Resources
• Appendix C: Supplemental Information (Part One)
• Appendix C Supplemental Information (Part Two)
• Appendix D: Analysis and Perspective of the Tribes
• Supplement 03: Environmental Justice
• Supplement 04: Cultural Affiliation & Cultural Ethnographic Resources
• Supplement 05: FERC Appendix on Cultural & Ethnographic Resouces
• Appendix E: Plan of Development
• ALL DOCUMENTS ABOVE COMBINED
• All Public Scoping Comments (large file). USBR.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

• Nevada
• Six States
• LPP Coalition Comments. Conserve Southwest Utah.
• Utah Rivers Council
• Living Rivers & Colorado Riverkeeper
• Great Basin Water Network & Great Basin Waterkeeper
• National Parks and Conservation Association
• Arizona Game and Fish
• Peter Mayer. Technical Memo.
• Harding & Lynker. Technical Memo.
• WaterDM. Technical Memo.

Other Public Information about LPP DEIS

• WEBINAR: Western Resource Advocates on August 25, 2020 "Lake Powell Pipeline Leaky Proposal Does'nt Hold Water Under Scrutiny"
• Slide presentations for the webinar
• Transcript for presentation by Eric Kuhn.

News about LPP DEIS

• Click here to read this story by Hillary Davis from Las Vegas Sun
• Click here to read this OpEd by Tick Segerblom called "Utah Pipeline Plan An Affront to Nevada"
• Click here to read this OpEd by Kyle Roerink called "St. George's Water Grab Worth Fighting"

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Humpback chub extirpation in Dinosaur National Monument

• 2018 - Humpback Chub 5-year Review. USFWS.
• 2001 - An Evaluation of the Role of Tributaries for the Recovery of Endangered Fishes in the Upper Colorado River and Recommendations for Future Recovery Actions. Tyus and Saunders.

• September 23, 2019: The Administrative History of Lake Powell Pipeline
• October 22, 2018 - The Water Rights of Central Utah Project, including Ultimate Phase
• September 18, 2018 - Green River Block Environmental Assessment for a Federal Water Contract for Eastern Utah Counties
• August 22, 2018- Lake Powell Pipeline Permitting Process Renewed
• June 28, 2018 - Proposal to amend the Arizona Strip Resource Management Plan (RMP)
• December 26, 2017 - Lake Powell Pipeline Approved for Environmental Analysis (Temorarily Suspended)
• March 21, 2011 - Lake Powell Pipeline Documents
• June 03, 2010 - Ultimate Phase Water Rights Stored at Flaming Gorge Reservoir
• May 06, 2008 - Announcing: Scoping of environmental issues for the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline Project in Utah and Arizona