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- 05/Q7/96 13:48 "C2S15383 steering comffli<<Cc lUld Oft hydroJoB)" and bi- ology subcommlnccs_ Mttr 1I. tumultuous be. ginning, the: steer-Ing committee g1O\lp', compri~ of mch diVCd~ ttulties IS the Col. orado Water Congrcas and the National Audu. boo Society. llre oow working together. Moreover, M:lte ad fedenJ agencies are pn:s. ("otly coopedung by sharing in (1;11: analysis of ~. After there was general a~eat by the tecl'1niciilJls em the habiw needs ot the ftsh, a subconunlttcc: representing aU im:en:_ aroups ~ted I. recovety implementation plan. 1be plan requires a cooperative fcdcml.state-prlvate etton and iQclu4ef. ~ to I.CquiN In- stream tlOWl for the flab pursuant to ~te Isw. The plan further cub COr a cbaoge In operation of ul\ daJna tl) bent:tit the fisb. NonnOW' pro. grams, 5Uch as stocking native fish. contn)lIins st~ltini of $poct fish. :Ind habitat development, are also lmpomlm elements or dll: proparal. 1be programs ate dnigned to Qf&ct dtpJetion Jill- pacts of water proJcc:tl :aad allow du: 'FW$ to issue nonjeoparoy biOlogical optnlODl_ ODe proof that the process Is worIdng is tba.t developmem and copservation inteteSrs h:tv~ &inee requested the formatloa oCa similar group for the Platte River. The FWS and ebe &Jt had been working $i1KC: 1983 to avoid :II Jeop. ardy opinion for the Narrows Prolect on the South Plane River. The aa~~ had Invited rends COfttlnllMl fro". /KIP 46 ;limed dcLIiog 'With complete fallun: of pro- duction:l.ll resulr of physical problems wilh tbe well or mental inttn'C1.\tion. Closely I"Cld---llnd ~ CIl rtainJy coum Oft them beiOS closely read by Ic;uon; ~ couns-rhey may noc maintain 1caK5 In the railing pdc;cs. The opcrulOn3 clause In an OJ makes opcratil)n$ fOt dtilJing or well the cquiv:alc:nt of production in payiu. Q. dth~$. WhUe the COWlS arc: generally vtty liberal in d~fining wIw consdtur.es "opendODS, "-If'P. for ~xamp". Alf,M Oil, 1~. v. Miller, 11 lCut. App.2d 152,71' P.2d U9S (KlID.App.1986) holding that prepannory opel'ations ro.. drllliJt8 II sindt well conscltutcd "operations," though the drill bit did not KtualJy begin 1'0 mm and. no actiyjty took pl:ace on the leased pt'Opcny~ few produccrs are likely to opt to drill eddi. liooal wrII$ or t~work existing wrII8 'W'~n tbey annor sell their produaion profitably. ROCKY MTN. SOL Colorado. WyomJng, and Nebraska to partid. pille. The 5talCli were llninteteSttd until the nvs bi ) 984 proptl8C<l tQ indude on tlu: threatened and cndaDaered IIsl twO new bitd 5pcd~ which use PI~ Rivrr habitat_ ')be 1985 ESA rtalJrhOrlWion htarin&li are anOlhcr Indication lbat the UCRBCC prO((ss is wotkiftS. In t~ put, dewlOpIf\eDt imerests lob- bied against the FWS's handling of C0D5ultati4;m$ ;lIId pI'OpOHd aJUcnclluents to limit FWS au- tJLodty under tbe I!SA. But, by 1985, te6timo~y by dntt'lopmt:nt interestS _ hiJhly supportive of the fWS's c:urrem approach. ConservatiOft group$ ~rc t;ritial, tIowever, of the Windy G2p pIOCeN. SiAce no single intc["est sroup iu the UCRBCC balds the balaatt of pqwtr, aU "Wllnt a:hc contllct resolved, The lawyers for thc in- '9o(~d Stoups bave been co~ntrating on how ro accomplish rhc program cooperatively rlltM:r dWl taking a diviJiln; iippr'Oja(;h. for example. in a rcc:cnt braillStDl'lDiog IC:.HIoa of tbc Wa~ r..w S<<tiOft of the Colorado Bill' Associlltioo the lawyenl discu81100 aJu:madve approaches unde[' COJondo l;tw to p~1;t water n;I(:aKd. fl'Qm a D'R dam 10 thu the flows would rach the: tlsl1 babitll(. With imagJMl:ion and continued coopel'll- don, lOlutlons caa be fouod tblt will protect C1Klan8~d s,ptdtls while providing addJtiOftal water dew:lopmenr for western states. ~ Likcwile. while a c~tiOl:l of ptodUctiOD <:Ia1isc -,v;U c:a:t<:nd the k2se after production CCUCll. IUCh clauses generally are drafted to J:e- quUoe lIdditiooel drillio8 Of ~worklng open- tiODlI within sixty or ninety da}l5. It 15 ualJkc;1y d1U a prodUCCT who . ~ng IIIQDq from op- etations will spend IIlOI'C drilling :additional well. or reworking ex~lin8 -wellS. F\u'IMl"D\OU. rbefe ate t;a5el5 that SOIY that tilt: gn.ce period of E csntJoD of pmdualon clause begiJl$ to run at du!i . r Iny month in which 1C2IC oJlCl'a. lioaalreoo .table. Sfi.foruample. m1lc:h p. 7P.llftn Oil S7 Okla. D.AJ. nos (May 20, 1986). UDder Ib rcrprctltlon the grace period 1MY bI~ roo be the oil company tftIizn dIIt the lease Ii unpro Ic. Many in the; ifJd\lttty n&y assu that the fall of 011 plces J&:an ~J'l.t beyond thei thlt will triJFr W saviD&S proVisions ~. rlU6jtnlrtI clawe. J1orc. majeurt/ cia IiII 0041004 71