Cottonwood Ranch: History, Settlement, AIP and Habitat

• File Number: 8461.300
• Description: Platte River Land Issues
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Author: Various
• Title: Cottonwood Ranch: History, Settlement, Liscensing, and Habitat
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

TABLE OF CONTENTS_ f'(11VT'n_
c. Tern and Plover Habitat Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
E. Monitoring ............................................. 103
F. Reopeners ............................................. 103
G. Other License Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
l . Management of Project Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
2. Cultural Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
3. Public Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
H. Other Commitments Which Should Not Be Reflected in
License Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
l. NPPD's Transmission Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
2. Confornung License to Program Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
3. Miscellaneous Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
I: Additional Areas Where No FERC Action is Appropriate .......... 111
1. Energy Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
2. Study of a Reregulating Reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
3. Sandhill Crane IFIM Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
7. Standard License Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
l. Standard Form L-3 Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
2. 200-Series Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
V. APPROVING THE AGREEMENT WOULD SATISFY THE ESA AND FPA
... ........................................................ 112
A. ESA Consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
B. FPA Section 100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
C. FPA Section 10(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118