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<br />.003337 <br /> <br />Action Plan to Implement Recommendations <br /> <br />The YDP/Cienega Workgroup recognizes that implementing the short term and <br />long term plans will take time and will involve many interests. The Workgroup <br />recommends that the responsible agencies should move forward on multiple levels to <br />carry out the following activities: <br /> <br />. The Bureau of Reclamation should expeditiously initiate a public process to address <br />the issues related to the national obligation to replace the WMIDD bypass flows. <br /> <br />. The Bureau of Reclamation should continue correcting design deficiencies at the <br />YDP to make it operational. Studies should be made to determine how best to use the <br />YDP product water including the potential use for M&I purposes. New analysis <br />should be undertaken on how best to dispose of the brine stream that results from <br />Plant operation. <br /> <br />. The Basin States and the Bureau of Reclamation should initiate discussions regarding <br />a program to re-regulate and salvage Colorado River water that is lost due to changed <br />orders or storm water inflows. Ifnecessary, legislation should be drafted to <br />implement any resulting program. <br /> <br />. The Department of the Interior should undertake action pursuant to its Memorandum <br />of Understanding with SEMARNAT or otherwise initiate consultations with <br />appropriate federal agencies or transboundary institutions (such as the Department of <br />State or the International Boundary and Water Commission) to ensure that a <br />monitoring and research program is established in the Cienega, and that the United <br />States initiates discussions with Mexican officials with regard to Mexico's <br />participation in land fallowing, use ofYDP product water for M&I purposes in <br />Mexico, and opportunities to create additional flexibility in the administration of <br />Minute 242. <br /> <br />. Arizona and California water agencies should determine potential border area <br />communities' M&I demand for YDP product water. <br /> <br />. The Bureau of Reclamation should analyze the utility of several concepts to help <br />alleviate bypass flow-related shortage impacts which include: <br /> <br />a Basin wide land fallowing program in the United States and Mexico, <br /> <br />establishment of a shortage alleviation contingency fund, and <br /> <br />use of excess Yuma area groundwater as a bypass flow replacement supply. <br /> <br />· The Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with the State of Arizona and Yuma area <br />water users, should evaluate the opportunity to obtain additional water resources as a <br />source of supply to Mexico or as a replacement supply to maintain the Cienega. <br /> <br />Executive Summary <br />Recommendations of the YDP/Cienega Workgroup <br /> <br />iv <br />