7951

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7951
• Author: Boudreaux, J.
• Title: Techniques For Computing Endangered Species Mitigation For Water Development Projects In The Upper Colorado River Basin.
• USFW Year: 1981.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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gage (1906-1978 average) is 1.01 X 4,243,400 = 4,285,800
acre-feet per year.
(4) Current water depletion = 5,419,700 - 4,285,800 =
1,133,900 acre-feet per year. Round off to I.13 million
- acre-feet per year depletion.
(5) A Green River project's fair share cost of the conservation
plan can be calculated by the following formula:
_ Project's Average Annual Water Depletion X $20 million
COST = 1.13 million acre-feet
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PART VII. Comments
The following table shows dollar amounts set for 3 projects' share of the
cost of the conservation plan and the amounts that would have been requested
under the new formulas.
Project Name Basin
Windy Gap Colorado River
Cheyenne
Green River
Amounts Requested
$ 500,000
180,000
Moon Lake Electric Green River 500,000
TOTAL $1,180,000
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* $550,000 provided
New Formula Amts.
$ 647,000*
345,000**
385,000
$1,377,000
** Based on 19,500 acre-feet project depletion. If depletion is lowered to
to 15,800 acre-feet, cost would be $280,000.
As can be~seen, two projects underpaid and one overpaid, according to
the new formulas.
It should be evident that the Service cannot continue to "shoot from the hip"
on this new concept. The errors made to date were honest ones and could