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,06/07/96 13:48 '&2318383 ROCKY IITN. SOL ~003/004 .. It Agreement 111'111 have on the implcmeou- d<<i5iOn is allio ~n. olutio1U to the Quality, antity Conflict 'W'hatcw:r the: ultima Delta Mter cases, the illucw Art' p~nl thtouahoot 1M ~m Stat~. r. 'W\Irer qualiry more 81gniftcalll beneficial consumpuve use? Are ~ WlIIter rlghu to be IImiled and qualified _ necessary to maintain "without project" quality of river ~r:ms? $o1Tl(: oomparibility bl;twQ;n wa~r qualIty and wuc:r qiwldty Is caaJaly ID order, but tb limit drpletiM so &r M ~ to mahullin ptt-project condirloM may -well lnd to impairment of JDOS( watCJ' rights. SolUtions to the water quality /wacet quan- tity C(JnfIict ClIO be (QUnd within the ~k of the prioriry system. Pot Jnsr.~e, tile SWRCB could have utUizN the Jaw of prior appropri- arion IS a mechan1&m for ensurill8 hJgb-qulUty water for Delta lIliCI'8. Since moat of the CVP pcrmttl wen; ~ pnor to tilt tim(: till; SWP pcl'mltS wcn: bsued, me fundamearal burden for m<<tina ~ltz 'ftttr qUlllity sUU\dard$ should bavc rested UPOD SWP, tbe junior.approprlalo:. In fact, tbe SWP authOri~On contemplated that w SWP would be opented to 1IH!~ Ot:lta water quality lMJIDdards, IIld the stare bat ncvel' arsucd Othenvise. Thl.s priority ~m 501utiOll. was i8- ~d by the SWRC8 and the California couns, hQwcvcr, u it may 1;w; ignc;u-t:d in water quaHty regulation aaivides throusbout the n:glon, ~ir~r on the basis tIw; t~ ptiJ\&p1~ ot the priority sysu:m were not considered by tbe rei. l')' audlor_tr or duu Ihey were purposely d to .recluce the Imf4Cl of wattr quality - on one particular ua:r. Ano r avl:lll,le foe solution of the walei' qualitylM r qumdty contlict on IUCarn .,.. temS, tom iblc with th~ I"cc:.-osnitil)n of vl;$b:d. wattl' rightS, woulCl be 10 let w:u:u quality. standards for. t Dc-lm area al the hIghcsr level by IImltln, funhc lecioM by new appro- priations_ To the ut~ a level is inade- quue ro serve the pubIk in w:u:er supplies am always be augmented by acqu tI.OD of rlyel' Rows for dilution of poIluraDts A4d tc~IIiQ& of .It intrusions by purchase or coodeJriJlation, with C(mlp~ti(lrt to tk VC$tcd ri~ owner fDr' Ios6 of private rights in pUfmlt of I public: ~t~~. ~ ESA Consultations to consider c:hanp JII. bocb water quality and (l'umlify. The CoqI& WIi nut to war bliJldel'5 and mult look at the downRrnm deplerl.vr cf. ftta; of the opttation of dams. The coun swed that ~D. if the Corps bad Jmptited me SIa~'S aUthoriry EO allocMe waa:t. an iaue on which the COUJ't decLtlled to rule, tbe Cofps had 0Iaed within Its luthorlty. The coun explain" that althQu;h l\iI;c;tion 101(1) WlI$ a ~neral policy SCltement which couJd not oolIlfy substantive audlorlty, k WU5 an IndklltlOll that CoJlllCi5 )0. tended mat tMtt: bt: M ~ uU~rk~ with SUite wacer management man DeceInJ'f. Jttwr. side Jrrlg_tion lJUtrl(;t v. AJ'ldrftJ.S. 7S8 f.2d JOB (10th Cu. 1985). 70 T~ 11f.tuotl Come Togdher One year beforr llbNJNlM 'W:I8 da'=1dM, ar. commodation became the new pmc plaD CuI" the ESA/CoIorado River probJ~.... The aid. dsm and luror raised by the DR and deYclop- mcnt tn~ over ln5l:~am fl<nvs propoeed by ConN"ueII from pdge 4&.- the dnJ\ conservation plan lot Colorado Rivcc ~naertd fi$h reSulted in the: fWS wilbdraw- Ing rM plan in February 1984. ConfUCtI be- "",een the flsb's habitat needs and local wat~r ngbC;$, CQuph::d wid) a 1982 EM ameDdmeru to ~Ive tbese Issue.$ wlth state and local lieD- clcs, led to a new approach. Finally, realizlog that thr ~ue; ~.::eded tQ be:: wIved. in coope:. arlon with the BR, the starell. the wau:r dcvcl. opctS, and the conservation ~Dlzatlol15, the FWS invired IWO ~gional dittttOd of the BR. and l'epre$Cl1t2tiVf;$ flom Colorado. Ut2h, and WyominS to a Much 1984 meellng. lbe meel- IDg resulted in six cnuue.i formiDg die Upper Colondo Riftt Blasia Coocdioatina Committee (UCRBCC). By Aupr 1984, the: uact)CC ~gRed to de- velop aDd implement a JK'O,vam of reasonable 81\d ptu~nt &ltttnlldves which wc;re intcqdcd to allow development without Jeopardizing the endangered t1sh and to Icknowlc:dgc and con. sid~ state WIUb' righl5 and the Colol'lldQ 'tUver compactS. The UCRBCC IDvited development and t;Onservatloll groups to partiCipate 04 a