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1 <br />CHAPTER IV ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES <br />1 <br />discourage depletions in critical months. In addition, some water rights <br />' could be acquired (if the States will agree to administer instream flow <br />rights) and/or other institutional arrangements could be put in place by <br />the private sector to ensure water availability for endangered fishes. If <br />' no method can be found to preserve a flow regime favorable to the survival <br />of the endangered fish, projects that jeopardize the fish through <br />depletion impacts may likely receive jeopardy biological opinions. <br />' Section 7 measures to protect endangered fishes from adverse depletion <br />impacts may affect the ability of future project sponsors to use all or <br />some of their water rights. Under extreme circumstances, i.e., if no <br />' other means were available, the Secretary could condemn water rights to <br />avoid jeopardy to endangered fishes. This action will be avoided if at <br />all possible. Legislative mechanisms exist in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming <br />that could be used to protect instream flows for the endangered fishes, <br />but it is unlikely that progress will be made in the area of obtaining <br />water rights for instream flows without the funding provided and State <br />cooperation that will be agreed to in the Proposed Action. <br />3. Water Ouality <br />Overall, impacts will be the same as under the Proposed Action. <br />4. Channel Maintenance <br />' Overall, impacts will be the same as under the Proposed Action. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I IV-A-9