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upstream Program activities so as to increase storage water as
<br />described in the EA Document. However, not all water regulated
<br />far Program purposes will be storable in that Environmental
<br />Account, and that water need not be stored to contribute toward
<br />Program objectives. The rules governing operation of a Program
<br />water conservation and supply project must be approved by the
<br />Governance Committee.
<br />d. Delivery of Program Water.
<br />i. The Program has agreed to secure defined benefits for the
<br />target avian species and their associated habitats. To do so, the
<br />Program seeks to deliver Program water at the appropriate
<br />time, place, and in the appropriate quantity. The Integrated
<br />Monitoring and Research Plan (Attachment 3, Section V) will
<br />study the geomorphological processes of the Platte River,
<br />including the feasibility of using Program water or other tools
<br />to provide defined benefits for the target avian species and their
<br />associated habitat. Undertaking these studies will not increase
<br />the habitat maintenance requirement of the Program (which is
<br />10,000 acres for the First Increment), or the water requirement
<br />of the Program (which is providing water capable of reducin?
<br />*h° r^aue*io? shortages to target flows by an average of
<br />130,000 to 150,000 acre-feet of water per year for the First
<br />Increment). Ultimately the Program is anticipated to select and
<br />implement an effective suite of activities including the delivery
<br />of Program water that, in conjunction with other Program
<br />actions, will create sufficient species benefits to be ESA
<br />sufficient.
<br />ii. The Governance Committee shall complete a study no later
<br />than the end of Year 2 of the First Increment to evaluate the
<br />feasibility of delivering bv the end of
<br />year five (1) 5000 cfs of Program water for three days to the
<br />upper end of the associated habitat (at Overton gage) for pulse
<br />flows when other demands on water are low (normally
<br />September 1- May 31) and (2) quantities of Program water
<br />that are likely to yield 800 cfs at the habitat during the
<br />irrigation season. to be imple??ted by-t???year- f??
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