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

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distribution of the accretive /depletive effects of the sources of supply at the end
of the first reporting period as provided for in Att. III, App. A, Tab 3B.
W9 -1 Within six months from the date the Water Management Committee completes
the "Tracking /Accounting Procedure" described in Milestone W14 -1, Colorado
will provide to the Governance Committee a calculation of the average monthly
distribution of the cumulative effect at the state line for anticipated water related
activities in the South Platte River Basin in Colorado for the period ending five
years from the effective date of the Cooperative Agreement (in accordance with
Att. III, App. A, Tab 3B).
W10 -1 Colorado will monitor population increase and net change, location and mix of
water sources in the South Platte River Basin in Colorado and, within one year
of the effective date of the Cooperative Agreement, report such information to
the Governance Committee (in accordance with Att. III, App. A, Tab 3B).
W11 -1 Colorado will elect which option it will undertake for new water related
activities in the North Platte River Basin in Colorado as provided in Att. III,
App. A, Tab 3B.
W12 -1 Wyoming will develop means, if such are necessary, for protecting Program
water deliveries to the Wyoming- Nebraska state line.
W13 -1 Wyoming will develop means for protecting existing flow conditions in
Wyoming by: monitoring and annually reporting new water related activities in '
the North Platte River Basin in Wyoming within its boundaries; and, using the
procedures and methodologies developed pursuant to Milestone W14 -1, '
analyzing means of offsetting such depletions if a Program is implemented.
W14-1 The Governance Committee (or the Water Management Committee if so '
designated) will begin developing a "Tracking /Accounting Procedure for
Determining Depletion/Accretion Impacts for the Three Program Water Projects
and New Water Related Activities, Including Water Conservation/Supply '
Projects." This procedure will include:
determination of existing flow conditions in the associated habitats and at ,
the Colorado- Nebraska, Wyoming- Nebraska, and Colorado - Wyoming
state lines (hereinafter "the state lines ");
determination of la g and g ain/loss factors, and an associated verification '
monitoring network, for use in determining how the distance of ,
depletions from and accretions to the river affect flow conditions in the
associated habitats and at the state lines;