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<br />Under this Program, Reclamation will be responsible for implementing any water management <br />activities under its authority to comply with the ESA. Other Program participants will use their <br />authorities and cooperative actions to enable imptementation of Reclamation's water management <br />responsibilities, including protection and transmission of reservoir releases to the Big Bend area, <br />if required. The Program will assume responsibility for implementing any portion of a <br />reasonable and prudent alternative requiring land management, including acquisition, clearing, <br />shaping, and maintenance. Habitat improvements in the Big Bend area that result from the <br />Section 7 consultation will contribute to meeting the Program goals and objectives. <br />Following completion of Reclamation's Section 7 responsibilities associated with the above <br />evaluation, additional Section 7 consultations that may be necessary in the future on existing <br />Reclamation projects will occur in accordance with the general approach described in Section <br />2.5.1, and the Program will be responsible for providing the reasonable and prudent alternatives. <br />2.5.3 Nebraska Public Power District/Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District <br />Consultation <br />?Pending before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) are the relicensing of two <br />existing projects on the Platte River system in Nebraska. One is an application by Central <br />Nebraska Public Power and Trrigation District (CNPPID) for a new license for the Kingsley Dam <br />Project (FERC No. 1417). The second application was filed by Nebraska Public Power District <br />(NPPD) for the North Platte/Keystone Diversion Dam Project (FERC No. 1835). The two <br />projects are jointly operated by the Districts for irrigation and power production and are being <br />reviewed jointly by FERC. <br />In June 1984, CNPPID and NPPD filed applications for new licenses for their respective <br />projects. Additional information requested at that time by FERC was jointly submitted by the <br />Districts in May 1990, and the FERC staff announced that the license applications had been <br />accepted for processing. In 1990 FERC initiated federal action on the license and initiated <br />informal consultation with the Service under Section 7. <br />28