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<br />Question 1 b. Are annual payments made to only <br />the agricultural users fallowing for that year or to all <br />program participants? <br /> <br />NT pays annually to farmers who are fallowing on a per acre basis, <br />based on CU per acre saved. Individual farmer contracts allow for <br />different payments to SID farmers. Program participants benefit <br />through generous administrative payments to SID reducing operation <br />and maintenance assessments to all SID shareholders. <br /> <br />~ <br />1. MWD - PVID: All fallowing participants in for long term; paid same per <br />acre-foot each year <br />2. SDCWA - 110: Participants vary by year; participants' payment same per <br />acre-foot each year <br />3. Aurora - Rocky Ford: Annual payment to fallowing program participants <br />per share <br />4. MWD - Sacramento Valley: Only program participants compensated <br /> <br />Sources: MWD - PVID Rotational Fallowing Program, SDCWA -110 Program, <br />Aurora - Rocky Ford Program <br /> <br />Question 1 C. Are there regional or statewide benefits <br />to an interruptible or rotating fallowing program, such as <br />preservation of open space or providing for environmental <br />flows? Should a portion of the program costs be borne by <br />the public or third parties? <br /> <br />There are indeed statewide benefits, because the direct parties in <br />Strawman took pains to adhere to the goal of maintaining agriculture <br />while meeting the "Gap". If this goal is a statewide value, financial <br />help with the feasibility study on the third party mitigation may be <br />warranted. <br /> <br />~ <br />1. MWD - Sacramento Valley: Historic return flows were preserved. No <br />downstream environments or wildlife areas were affected. <br />2. SDCWA - 110: Historic return flows preserved. No impacts to the Salton <br />Sea as a result of fallowing <br />3. MWD - PVID, SDCWA -110, Aurora-Rocky Ford: Financial support to <br />farmers who want to remain in farming <br /> <br />Sources: MWD - Sacramento Valley Program <br /> <br />17 <br />