Project-Specific Agreement- for the Heyborne Recharge and Wildlife Project

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II � �� i cxpertise needed for the issues then bcing addressed. However, in ordcr to crcatc somc ic��cl of continuity, witl�in 30 clays following the execution of this MoA, the Coloraclo Watcr Conservation Boazd, tha Division of Wildlife, and SPWRAP wili euch dcsignate a primary and an alternate Operating Committee contxct person, and these individuals will coordinate meetings oC the Operating Committee. The Operating Commiltcc: may choose to crcatc subcommittees to focus on certain subject azeas if it determincs that doing so is advisable. I� ii It is anticipated lhat on most issues the Operating Committee w-ill be able to reach a consensus, and such detemunations will be ratified by DNR and SPWRAP. !n the event the Operaiing Committee is unable to reach x I� conscnsus, appropriate membcrs of the Operating Committee will prescnt the competing so(utions or determinations to thc Director of the BNR and tite SPWRA.P board. DNR and SPWRAP will then agree on a resoluGon of the I� issuc. Through this proccdure, ultimately, all decisions will he made by cc�nsensus. b. Water Oblieations Associated With The Colorado Proeram. The proposed prograni to re-time or rc-rc�ulate llows in the lower South Plattc River is an important eleme�tt of the PRRIP within Colorado. The Parlies will agree upon a plan far meeting Golorado's re-regulation obligations (the "Water Projects Plan" forn�erly known as ihe "Tamarack Plan"} baseci on rccqmmenciations of the Operating Committce. The Parties acknowledge that thc Water Projects Plan may evoh�c over the course of the First Inerement, nevertheless, thc Parties will seek to have an initial Watcr Pmjects Plan in place by January 1, 20b8. The Operating Committce wiil also devetop an appropriate mcans of documenting tl�e Parties a�m,�cment on the inilial Water Projects Plan, including arnendments thercto. Purther agrecmettts betwecn DNR or sub-agencies wid�in DNR, SPWRAP and perhaps 3hird parties may be entcred to implement thc Water Projects Plan. One such anticipated further agreement involves the Colorado Division of Wildlife ("CDOW") pertaining to fhe use of the Tamarack Ranch State Wildlife Area and thc Aony Express State Wildlife Area, along with ccrtuin wells and related recharge facili�ics locared thereon. SPWRAP and DNR ucknowlcdgc that use ofthese Fdcilitics for PRRIP purposes ca»not violatc the reyuirements of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Kestoration Act by interfering with tha primary use and management of the propcnies Tor the wildIife purposcs by thc CDOW.' ii An annual operating plu� describing all of Coloradds re-regul�tion activities and demonstrating compliance with Colorado's PRRIP obligations must be I� ' These SWAs werc acquired, in pan, with funds pmvidcd tluough the Pitttnan-Robcnson Wildlife Restor�tion Act and pursuant to CR.S. 33-1-I 17, the State of Coloxado assented to manage the SWAs in I� aecordance wiUi said Act and tlic ntles and mgulations promull;atcJ by tlie Sncretary af the U.S. Dcpartmcnt nf Intcrior ("USDOP'1. I � 3 SPWRAP-DNR�MoA I1-14-fH�