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Show 1, Hydrology Current Situation ( CS) Alternative A Alternative B Alternative C 1.3 Determine the policy for West Desert Pumping Project operation Feasibility/ Efltetivetaess Not efficient operation and less Requires public investment Costs reflect flood damage and Pumps operate more frequently. effective ( less evaporation/ unit under uncertain circumstances. diking. No WDPP project costs. Highest operational costs. of water pumped). Crisis Efficiencv and effectiveness Pumping 0 percent of the time. Requires public investment management costs more. would improve. Revised under uncertain circumstances. Pumping < 9 percent of time. operational policy would be established and announced. Pumping ~ 9 percent of the time. Pumping 33 percent of the time. Possible Impacts Salts are not returned. Less salt lost from GSL. Added No protection of infrastructure, Highest level of protection from Infrastructure, industry and measure of protection for industry and DNR investments, high lake level. State bears DNR investments protected infrastructure, industry and except protection provided by dikes. larger portion of the costs to except WMA dikes up to 4208 DNR investments, but no Industry bears entire cost of prevent damage from high lake feet, but no guarantees. guarantees. protecting their facilities. Allows for more natural lake fluctuation. levels. Conflicts/ Coordination This would require last minute Coordination achieved through A precedent has been set for the Shifts from emergency to lake coordination with COE, BLM, land use permits issued in the state to participate in protection level management. This will USAF, SITLA and others to normal course of business- no above 4208 ft. require additional coordination, receive emergency permits to pump. crisis. National Environmental Policy Act ( NEPA) work and reconvincing affected entities of the merits. Public Trust/ Protection Economic and ecosystem Economic and ecosvstem No future salt loss. More natural Economic and ecosystem implications of " lost" salt. Less implications of " lost" salt. More lake level fluctuation. implications of " lost" salt. efficient method of operation. efficient method of operation. Efficient method of operation. 178 |