Volume II: Appendix A Of the Biological Opinion

• Description: Contains the 1997 Cooperative Agreement for Platte River Research ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP)‎
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 7/1/1997
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Grand Island, Nebraska
• Title: Volume II: Appendix A Of the Biological Opinion On the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Preferred Alternative for the Kingsley Dam Project ‎(No. 1417)‎ and North Platte/Keystone Dam Project ‎(No. 1835)‎
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Biological Opinion

Although the signatories agree to cooperatively participate in the Governance
Committee, nothing in this paragraph is intended to modify the provisions of Paragraph
X.E.
D. Contributions of the Signatories. The Department of the Interior and the States
of Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming will provide representatives to the Governance
Committee and to any technical committees established by the Governance Committee
without compensation from any other signatory.
E. Governance Structure for Any Program. The governance structure,
responsibilities and authorities described in Attachment III, Appendix C, shall be
applicable to any Program developed pursuant to this Cooperative Agreement unless,
after the NEPA evaluation, the signatories agree otherwise.
' X. OTHER PROVISIONS
A. Geographic Scope. This Cooperative Agreement applies only to water related
activities and new water related activities occurring in the Platte River Basin upstream
of the confluence of the Loup River with the Platte River.
' B. Term. This Cooperative Agreement shall remain in effect for three years or
until the signatories enter into an agreement implementing a Program following the
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3. establish technical committees composed of persons with appropriate
expertise, as appropriate, to carry out activities under the Cooperative
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Agreement;
4. serve as arbiter of disputed external peer reviews upon request of any
technical committee;
5. agree on allocations of funds and other available resources to any
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technical committees for utilization consistent with the committees'
responsibilities, subject to any applicable limitations on the use of federal or
state funds;
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6. enter into an agreement with an appropriate entity for the administration
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of certain funds expended pursuant to this Cooperative Agreement;
7. assess accomplishments, implement measures to correct any shortfalls,
and revise milestones accordingly; and
8. develop specific milestones for implementing a Program.
Although the signatories agree to cooperatively participate in the Governance
Committee, nothing in this paragraph is intended to modify the provisions of Paragraph
X.E.
D. Contributions of the Signatories. The Department of the Interior and the States
of Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming will provide representatives to the Governance
Committee and to any technical committees established by the Governance Committee
without compensation from any other signatory.
E. Governance Structure for Any Program. The governance structure,
responsibilities and authorities described in Attachment III, Appendix C, shall be
applicable to any Program developed pursuant to this Cooperative Agreement unless,
after the NEPA evaluation, the signatories agree otherwise.
' X. OTHER PROVISIONS
A. Geographic Scope. This Cooperative Agreement applies only to water related
activities and new water related activities occurring in the Platte River Basin upstream
of the confluence of the Loup River with the Platte River.
' B. Term. This Cooperative Agreement shall remain in effect for three years or
until the signatories enter into an agreement implementing a Program following the
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