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000341 e e Revised Discussion Paper Accounting For Consumptive Uses Under The Programmatic Biological Opinion Colorado River Mainstem August 31, 1999 At the 15-Mile Reach Consumptive Use Accounting meeting on August 4, 1999 the following accounting procedure was recommended by the 14 individuals present (Randy Seaholm, Andy Moore, Eric Kuhn, Ray Tenney, Brent Uilenberg, Phillip Saletta, Robert Muth, Mark Pifer, Don Carlson, David Little Steve Smitzer, Alan Martelaro, Lee Miller, and Robert Wigington). The preferred approach at this time is to only account for the total consumptive use in order to avoid any rush to "vest." The desire is to measure consumptive use increases as they actually occur and to identify when 60,000 acre-feet and 120,000 acre-feet of new depletions have actually occurred. This approach necessarily assumes that "Category 1" depletions remain constant. Consumvtive Use AccountiD!! 1) The following language is contained in the June 28, 1999 draft Programmatic Biological Opinion for the 15-Mile Reach and it is suggested that each consultation contain the following provision: "The recovery actions for Category 2 are intended to avoid the likelihood of jeopardy and/or adverse modification of critical habitat for both 60,000 acre-feet blocks of depletions. However, prior to depletions occurring in the second block, the Service will review the Recovery Program's progress and adequacy of the species response to the Recovery Action Plan elements. According to the criteria outlined in Appendix E, a positive response would require the adult Colorado pikeminnow population to be 1,100 individuals in the Colorado River. This review will begin when actual depletion levels from the first depletion block reach 50,000 acre-feet/year or the year2015, whichever comes first. Tracking of actual depletion!! is to be accomplished jointly by the Service and the Colorado Water Conservation Board using Cameo gage records and State Division of Water Resources data. The review will include a determination if all the recovery action elements have been satisfactorily completed, that all ongoing recovery actions are continuing, and the status of the endangered fish species. q it is determined that the recovery action elements have all been completed and the status of all four endangered fish species has improved (based on criteria in Appendix E), then the Service intends that this opinion would remain in effect for new depletions up to 120,000 acre-feet/year (total of both 60,000 acre-feet blocks of Category 2 depletions). qthe 50,000 acre-foot or 2015 review indicates that either the recovery actions have not been completed or that fish status has not sufficiently improved, the Service intends to reinitiate consultation on the Recovery Program to specifY additional measures to be taken by the Recovery Program to avoid the likelihood of jeopardy and/or adverse modification of critical habitat for depletions associated with the second 60, 000 acre-feet/year block. Any additional measures will be evaluated every 5 years. q other measures are determined by the Service or the Recovery Program to be needed for recovery prior to the review, they can