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and re-regulate water in Colorado to avoid net increased shortages to target flows in the <br />habitat pursuant to Colorado's Plan for New Depletions; <br />2. Participate in the business and operational activities of the Program; and <br />3. Provide $24 million in cash ar cash equivalent contributions to the Program (in 2005 dollars) <br />to fund Program activities such as acquiring additional land and water, performing <br />monitoring and research, and conducting Program operation and maintenance activities. <br />Role of the South Platte Water Related Activities Program, Inc. (SPWRAP) <br />The South Platte Water Related Activities Program, Inc. (SPWRAP), a Colorado nonprofit <br />corporation, has been formed by Colorado water user participants under the Program to assist the <br />State in fulfillment of various Program responsibilities including accounting and reporting <br />requirements, obtaining interests in facilities, water rights and/or recharge credits, and assisting with <br />the State's cash contributions to the Program, if necessary. In addition to the State of Colorado <br />delegate, Colorado water users also have representation on the Program Governance Committee and <br />advisory groups through membership in SPWRAP. <br />Membership in SPWRAP is the exclusive means by which individual water users may <br />participate in the Platte River Program, and thereby be afforded the benefits and certainty of ESA <br />compliance for their projects while avoiding individual Section 7 consultation under ESA. A <br />certification of inembership in SPWRAP is a prerequisite for water users to rely on the Program for <br />purposes of ESA compliance. The river depletions about which FWS is concerned are both the <br />depletions that have been occurring for decades, as well as the compounding effect of future <br />depletions. Because of that and the fact that the costs of the Program are beginning now, fairness <br />requires that all water users in the basin pay their fair share. As a result, water users who delay <br />becoming members will be required to pay assessments for all prior years at the time they do join. <br />-4-