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wind and wave erosion in Johnson Lake, additional lost hydro generation due to lower head, costs of avoiding recreational impacts, and, with discharges above the • normal full canal flow, turbine cavitation damage, tailrace damage, and damage to other components. (3) Upon completion of activities to aid the creation or enhancement of peak, pulse or short-duration high tlows, sufficient water will be released frocn the EA to refill the supply canal/reservoir systerns ta levels existing prior to the initiation of reregulation and/or bypass activities, and to avoid refilling using the Districts' storage water. Replaceinent water, including auy EA wa.ter wllich is part of tlie replacement water, will be available for use by the affected District or Districts for power and/or irrigation. Timely replacement of water (as deterinined by the affected District or Districts) will be arranged between the affected District or Districts and the EA Manager. (4) Simitar to the Program's good neighbor policy regarding addressing adverse impacts of the land component of the Program, the Program will address damages to third parties iinpacted by regulation in the Districts' systems and/or intentional EA bypass, such as fisheries, concessionaires, cabii2 owner's docks, boats, and shore stations, sand dams, private river facilities and equipment, without regard to any liabiliry limitations that tlie Districts may otherwise have in place under other agreements. The Pragram shall, prior to iinplementing operations under this agreement in any water year, take appropriate measures to have in place a liability insurance policy naming the Districts as co-insured to cover at least $1 million in documented claims resulting from reregulation and/or EA bypass activities or shall provide other means of addressing third party impacts that hold the Districts • hai-nless aiid u; e acceptabie to the Disiricts. Payments of damages to third parties and cost of the insurance policy or alternatives will be counted toward the $3.081 miilion budgeted for reregulation and intentional EA bypass. d. The GC will be kept informed of plans for reregulation with or wifhout intentional EA bypass and estimated costs, and will be provided the opportunity for comment through the annual Program AOP process described in section 2 above as follows: (1) As part of the development of the Program AOP described in Attachinent 5, Section 1, Subsection 2, the Districts will work cooperatively with the FWS to explore potential water routing and delivery strategies. The EA Manager will annually document the intent to implement reregulation with or without intentional EA bypasss in the draft Program AOP, including the estimated amount of EA water to be intentionally bypassed, the Districts facilities/diversion to be used for reregulation or to be bypassed, and flow conditions anticipated when bypasses would be requested. (2) The Districts witl independently provide estimates of their respective lost power production and increased power acyuisition costs and any other anticipated costs associated with the proposed rereguiation with or without EA bypass within 30 days of receipt of the draft Program AOP for use by the EA Manager in preparation of any revision to the Program AOP. (3) When reporting to the GC on the status of the revised Program AOP per • Attachment 5, Section 1, Subsection 21, the Executive Director will particularly note any costs associated with reregulation andlor bypass flows. The GC may Water Year 2008 EA AOP 34 October 15, 2007