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<br />Congressional.Delegation, and on December 19,2000, Public Law 106-549 was passed by
<br />Congress. As discussed above, this Act provides authority for approval of non-project water
<br />carriage contracts within the Mancos Project facilities.
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<br />1.4 Approval Process
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<br />In order to implement non-project water carriage actions proposed under Public Law 106-549
<br />requirements, Reclamation must first:
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<br />1. Develop basis of negotiation (BON) and receive CoII11tJissio~r's approval;
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<br />2. Evaluate the action for potential environmentaleffects'ijs.required by National
<br />Environmental Policy Act (NEP A). NEP A analyses musl-~:g.c1ude implementation
<br />of other federal environmental and resourG,~re~af6(l standat~'~~J;1c1usive of: the
<br />National Historic Preservation Act (NH)?A--SeC'. 106), Cleari:Wat~r Act (CW A),
<br />Clean Air Act (CAA), Fish & WildHfeCoordin'ltion Act (FWCA)~Md."
<br />Endangered Species Act (ESA); ,"
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<br />3. Develop and execute water carriage/conveyariC,e contract.
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<br />1.5 Current Requests for Water Carria-ge',(;jC).Qtract
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<br />Following passage of Public Law 106-549, the District-received requests for carriage of non-
<br />project water from:
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<br />1. Glen Spen%er, carriage ,of 1.0 cubic feet per second (ds) (up to 60 acre-feet)
<br />2. Marily,nC9~y~r, carri~ge of 0.5 cfs (up to 30 acre-feet)
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<br />3. Robbins RafiG);J.;>,carri~ge9,f 2.521 cfs (iip~to 375 acre-feet)
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<br />According_td~the2:atml1(;;~ts, cari:i~~e of these'hch-project water quantities through the Inlet
<br />Canal, Jackson Gu1cliRe~~rvoir, aTIA4he Outlet Canal would enable these irrigators to utilize
<br />theirR;:-' , non-project~~t~r in afu~J..;~efficient manner. In addition, based on its management
<br />and ope ,,>al requirement~i:tpe Dispfict has determined that there is excess capacity available
<br />in project fa"Cl,l!ties and that cij,iTiage of non-project irrigation water would not be incompatible
<br />with the use artdtputpose for w;hich the facilities were constructed. The District has therefore
<br />requested ReclaIlHifi'~IJ.'s app~oval of water conveyance through these three carriage contracts.
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