PRRIP Draft Environmental Impact Statement

• Description: DRAFT EIS for Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 12/1/2003
• Author: U.S Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Title: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program ‎(PRRIP)‎ Draft Environmental Impact Statement
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: EIS

Platte River Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
(b) First Increment Objectives. The Interior and
ne Increment of the commit
a achieving the
following objectives by the end of the First the Central
1) Improving the occurrence of Platte River flows
. occurrence of spec es and annual
( associated habitats relative to the present
pulse target flows'$ (hereinafter referred 000 to 150 000 acre-feet per year at
target flows ") by an average of 130, 1 y projects. 19
Grand Island, through re- regulation water conservationlsupp Service's target flows are subject to
The Interior and the States agree Zhat the er review and may be modified by
Program Adaptive Management and pe
the Service accordingly. The Interior and the Stat nd reed, pulseer,
that during the First Increment of the Program, species periods e of
target flows serve as an initial of program reeregulation and water
excess and shortage in the operation
conservation/supply projects.
(2) Protecting; restoring,
where appropriate; and maintaining at least 10,000
and
acres of habitat in the Central Platte River mmittee may agree Lexington undertake,
Chapman, Nebraska. The Governance
fund, or give credit for land activities outside this area to provide biological
benefits to the target species
KEY PROGRAM PRINCIPLES
d pa yin of taxes (or equivalent
Cooperative Agreement established some important parameters for the proposed Program, including:
The Cooper g roach; adaptive management, a p y
willing seller /lessor; incremental app
on Program land. These principles guide the Governance Committee Alternative and the other
amou nt )
action alternatives:
"See the Service's Instream Flow Recommendations for the Central Platte River (May of agree and Pulse Flow
' ements or the Central Platte River (August 3, 1994) for flow targets. The States have not agreed that these target flows
are biologically f
are biologically or hydrologically necessary to benefit or recover toward reducing shortages to target flows.
'Any water that is used for other Program purposes will b e counted
21 Program Adaptive Management is defined in the Program Document.
December 2003