PRRIP Purposes and Overview Draft ‎(2)‎

• File Number: 8461.350
• Description: Legislation
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 11/29/2005
• Author: DOI, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska
• Title: PRRIP Purposes and Overview Draft
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

Table of Contents
1. PROGRAM PURPOSES ....................................................................................................1
H. PROGRAM GOALS ................................................................................................ .......3
III. PROGRAM ELEMENTS ...............................................................................................3
A. General Description ............................................................................................................3
1. Elements ...........................................................................................................................3
2. Increments ......................................................................................................................... 3
3. Objectives ..................................................................................................................3
4. Progress toward Meeting Objectives and ESA Compliance ........................................543 ?
B. Modification of the Program ........................................................................................... 5
1. Amendments by the Secretary of the Interior and Governors of Colorado, Nebraska, and
Wyoming during the First Increment ......................................................................................5
2. Modifications by the Governance Committee ..............................................................6-56 I
C. Flexibility and Change During the First Increment . ......................................................656
1. Adaptive Management Plan ........................................................................................... 6
2. Assessments of Activities and Criteria During the First Increment .................................7
3. Target Flows ................................................................................................................... 8-7 ?
4. Program Peer Review ..................................................................................................... 8
5. Day-to-Day Flexibility ......................................................................................................8
D. Land ................................................................................................................................. 8
1. Acquisition of Interests in Land ........................................................................................8
2. Restoration and Protection ............................................................................................109 (
3. Credit Toward Program Objectives ................................................................................10
E. Water .............................................................................................................................10
1. The First Increment Program Water Objective, FWS Instream Flow Recommendations for
Central Platte River, and Lower Platte River Flows .............................................................11
a. Target Flow Recommendations ...............................................................................11
b. Peak and Other Flow Recommendations .................................................................11
c. Lower Platte River Flows .................................................................................... 134-2 I
d. Impact of Program Activities on FWS Recommended Flows .............................. 13
2. Program Water Operations to Meet First Increment Water Objectives .......................14
a. Tamarack I, Pathfinder Modification and the Nebraska Environmental Accoun t
(Initial Program Projects) ...............................................................................................14
b. Water Conservation/Supply Activities .....................................................................14
c. Operation of Program Water Conservation/Supply Projects ...................................15
d. Delivery of Program Water .................................................................................. 164-5

3.
Depletions Plans to Mitigate the Impacts of New Water Related Activities .............. I
184-7
4. Institutional Protections .................................................................................................19
F. Evaluation of First Increment and Development of Subsequent Increments ............... 204-3 ?
1. Evaluation of Effectiveness of the First Increment and Review of Goals, Objectives,
Activities and Criteria . ...................................................................................................... 204-1
2. Definition of Second Increment Components and Term ............................................ 2(}4-9
3. Decision to Enter Into a Second Increment . ............................................................... 212-A
IV. REGULATORY CERTAINTY .................................................................................... 212-A
A. Existing Water Related Activities ................................................................................212-A
Septerftb?November 4729 2005 Program Document