Platte River Habitat Conservation Program

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Under this Program, it is assumed that all imglementing parties will carry out the Program's recommendations if, in the parties' independent judgment, the recommendations are justified. If any party finds the recommendations are not justified, they will report their position to the Conservation Committee in writing. In addition, each party will need to periodically assess whether its expectations are being met. If any participant determines not to participate in the future, they will be requested to report their reasons for withdrawal to the Conservation Committee in writing. The Committee will be given sufficient time to resolve any problems. 3.3 ORGATIIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Recommended organizational structure to implement the Platte River Habita.t Conservation Program includes a Conservation Committee and staff to implement the Committee's decisions. The functions, responsibilities, and membership of the Committee and staff are described below. 3.3.1 Conservation Committee The Cooperative Agreement will establish a Conservation Committee pursuant to Sections 2 and 4 of the Endangered Species Act as well as other applicable laws. The Committee will be responsible for establishing policies for the Program, providing oversight and direction for all Program activities, appraval of annual operating and capital expenditure budgets, resolution of differences among the Program participants, approval of plans, including the annual operating plan, long range plans, etc. The Committee will be responsible for assessing the overall effectiveness of the Program, meeting Program goals in a timely and effective manner, and will be ultimately responsible for coordinating all Program activities to achieve Program purpose and goals: Membership in the Conservation Committee will include the following: l. Representative of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2. Representative of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 33