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

W17 -1 As set forth in Paragraph VIII.A.5 of the Cooperative Agreement, the FWS
will request the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ( "Foundation ") to
expend funds collected and held by the Foundation for flow augmentation
pursuant to biological opinions for existing water related activities and new
small depletions in the state in which such activity occurs. The Governance
Committee will establish and implement any other appropriate criteria for the
expenditure of such funds.
Program Development Measures
Pi -1 Department of the Interior ( "DOI ") will initiate programmatic NEPA
compliance for a basin -wide Program as contemplated by the Cooperative
Agreement.
P2 -1 FWS in cooperation with the Governance Committee will begin efforts to assess
if activities to enhance flow conditions in the Big Bend reach of the Platte River
undertaken under the proposed Program alternative will increase the likelihood
for recovery of the pallid sturgeon in lower reaches of the Platte River.
P3 -1 The Governance Committee will identify, after receiving recommendations from
FWS, milestones for the first increment of the proposed alternative, which will
be used to determine if the proposed alternative is serving as the reasonable and
prudent alternative.
P4 -1 DOI, in consultation with the Governance Committee, will develop a plan for
conducting NEPA review including a detailed description of the data and
information needs required from all parties and a detailed schedule for .
implementation, and will implement the process.
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P5 -1 The signatories will provide information and data identified in Milestone P4 -1 as I
necessary to implement the NEPA analysis.
Administration '
Al -1 The Governance Committee will be formed within 45 days of the execution of
the Cooperative Agreement and will in turn establish and implement the ,
administrative processes necessary for carrying out the provisions of the
Cooperative Agreement, including: establishing required committees and task
forces; entering into a financial agreement for administration of funds; and, if '
necessary, selecting an executive director.
A2 -1 The Governance Committee will develop a plan and program to involve the ,
public and local governments in activities under this Cooperative Agreement.
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