Lake McConaughy EA Service Agreement

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license, unless terminated as provided herein. III. Central will make water available from the Environmental Account as follows: (A) POINT AND ROUTING OF DELNERY: The point of delivery shall be the Kingsley Dam oudet facilities. After delivery, and consistent with the Enviromnental Account Document and the Administrative Plan for Managing Water Commitments (hereinreferred to as "Admuustrative Plan") as approved by FERC, Central may route water from the Environmental Account to the habitat area between Overton and Grand Island via the North Platte and Platte Rivers, or via the Central Supply Canal for return via the Johnson No. 2 Return or Jeffrey Return. Rouring shall be at Central's discretion except that Environmental Account water will be routed through the Jeffrey Return pursuant to section III.A.10 of the Envirorunental Account Document, if the Enviromnental Account Manager so requests in accordance with the procedures in the Administraave Plan for making such a request. (B) AMOUNT: On the day requested, Central will release, from water made available in the Environmental Account in Lake McConaughy by appropriations granted Central by the State of Nebraska for such purposes, whatever amount of Envirorunental Account water may be requested by the Enviromnental Account Manager consistent with water right A-17695 and the Environmental Account Document, and with the procedures for making such requests in the Administraave Plan. The amount of water released shall be measured at the point of release from Lake McConaughy and debited against the total in the Enviromnental Account. Consistent with section III.A.9 of the Environmental Account Document, nothing in this agreement shall preclude Central or the Nebraska Public Power District from diverting Environmental Account water for beneficial use subject to the conditions of sections III.A.9 and .10 and rhe communications and record-keeping requirements of the Administrative Plan. Releases shall also be contingent upon the following conditions: (1) The Environmental Account Manager shall specify the amount of the release as set forth in the procedures governing requests for releases in the Administrative Plan approved by FERC; (2) Central shall be released from its obligation to release water upon the request of the Environmental Account Manager if and to the extent that the requested amount is beyond the physical limita.tions of its system, or if events occur which limit or prevent Central's ability to provide them as set forth in secrion TI.C.2.a. of the Enviromnental Account Document, and subject to the communications and record- keep'ing requirements of the approved Administrative Plan; (3) Consistent with section II.C.2.c of the Environmental Account Document, the Environmental Account Manager may not request releases from the Environmental Account when the Platte or North Platte River at Keystone, North Platte, Brady, Cdzad, Kearney or Grand Island are at or above flood stage as defined for those locations by the National Weather Seivice (NWS), or when releases would cause the Platte or North Platte River to rise above flood stage at any of those locaaons. If the Environmental Account Manager requests a release of Envirorunental Account water that Central believes would cause the Platte or North Platte River to rise above flood stage, the request for release may be denied under the circumstances and procedures of secaon