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<br />The first phase of the study, to be completed by the end of year
<br />one by an independent consultant retained by the Governance
<br />Committee, will identify alternative means to provide water in
<br />the quantities described above. The alternatives identified shall
<br />be limited to those that can be accomplished with water
<br />provided by the three initial Program projects and projects
<br />identified in Attachment 5, Section 6 of the Program Water
<br />Plan, using the National Weather Service flood stage for the
<br />North Platte River at North Platte, Nebraska, after taking into
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<br />capital and maintenance measures described below in E.2.d.iii.
<br />The monetary costs of each alternative will be estimated. In
<br />addition, the impacts of each alternative on the Program's
<br />capability to reduce shortages to target flows or to meet other
<br />Program anobjectives will be defined. Following
<br />completion of the first phase of the study, the Governance
<br />Committee will determine if the deliveries identified above are
<br />feasible, and if not, the Governance Committee will expand the
<br />study (second phase) to identify new water supply and
<br />conservation projects and/or other means to increase the ability
<br />to deliver water. However, any expanded studies must be
<br />limited to alternatives that can be accomplished withix-the
<br />eenstr-aints onsistent with the First Increment water
<br />objective, Section E of the Program Document, and Program
<br />budget (Attachment 1).
<br />Based on the results of the study and the adaptive management
<br />process, a plan would be developed and implemented. The
<br />plan shall include measures expected to deliver, by the end of
<br />Year 5(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, unless the feasibility study and the adaptive
<br />management process find that these deliveries are infeasible or
<br />unnecessary and the Governance Committee concurs. If the
<br />evaluation finds these deliveries are infeasible, the Governance
<br />Committee commits to develop alternative means of providing
<br />similar benefits to the target avian species and their associated
<br />habitats.
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