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<br />Anne: Any info on what benefit, outcome, comes of that membership? <br /> <br />Rick: They have water projects that cause depletions, come under the umbrella of depletion as <br />part of 3 -state agreement. <br /> <br />Anne: And that actually benefits them? <br /> <br />Rick: Not yet, isn't there a Biological Assessment that will address those issues, and that's <br />where these entities will be impacts will be mitigated. <br /> <br />Anne: And that gets ruled on by the Court? <br /> <br />Ronda: Fish and Wildlife will decide under Section 7 consultation, Corps will approve it. <br /> <br />Rick: They will write that. <br /> <br />Mary: TT will write the BA, F&W will write the BO. <br /> <br />Rick: They will give their opinion that our membership will be covered. Weare having effects <br />on endangered species, but the ones down in Nebraska, they will be covered by the 3-state <br />agreement. <br /> <br />Anne: Did you joint for a past depletion? Do you need a new membership each time you have a <br />new depletion? <br /> <br />Rick: Only started 2 years or so ago. You can have more than one depletion and have them <br />covered by the SPW AP. Works for 13 years, then it gets refigured. Some people had depletions <br />before the SPW AP was there and they had to make replacements down in Nebraska. This is the <br />new era that the SPW AP is the new way to mitigate those. <br /> <br />Tom: Alan Berryman gave a good presentation last week, and at the website. SPW AP.org, I <br />believe. Thanks for the update on that. Other Items? <br /> <br />Tom: Does not fit in this meeting, will move to coordination meeting There was a conference <br />call in the last few days. To talk about the economics, the bottom line, we are in good shape for <br />now, looking at the cost of reallocation in Chatfield vs. the alternative, the no-action alternative, <br />what is the next least costing alternative, the numbers are working out fine right now. Taking <br />those fears out of the costs. Piece of good news. <br /> <br />Rick: Part of the preliminary DEIS, think it's ready to go. <br /> <br />Tom: 8 and 9 covered, and now, roundtable? Other items? <br /> <br />Rick: Talk about this committee whose name we are not sure of. Committee that brought out the <br />hiring ofEDAW as an accomplishment. Trying to find somebody being a facilitator/advocate/on <br />behalf of water users, and we have talked with various people, scheduled interviews, not at a <br /> <br />13 <br />