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This Environmental Assessment analyzing the potential effects of the Ouray Park Canal Salinity Control Project, located in Uintah County, Utah. The federal action is whether the Bureau of Reclamation should authorize the use of federal funds to implement the Project, which includes the abandonment of the 13-mile-long Ouray Valley Canal, and the replacement of 5 miles of the existing open Ouray Park Canal with pipe. This EA has been prepared as required by the National Environmental Policy Act the Council on Environmental Quality and the U.S. Department of the Interior regulations implementing NEPA. This EA analyzes the potential impacts of the Proposed Action. As required by the NEPA implementing regulations, if potentially significant impacts to the environment are identified, an Environmental Impact Statement would be prepared. If no significant impacts are identified, a Finding of No Significant Impact would be issued by Reclamation.