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

2. With the exception of Nebraska v. Wyoming, each state agrees that
during the term of this Cooperative Agreement, it shall not, in any judicial or
administrative proceeding: (1) assert a position adverse to either of the other
states on any issue relating to the target species or the associated habitats, or (2)
assert a position adverse to a water related activity in either of the other states
on any issue relating to the target species or the associated habitats if that water
related activity is covered by this Cooperative Agreement, unless the other state
consents to that assertion.
III. RELATIONSHIP OF ACTIVITIES UNDER THE COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT TO ANY SUBSEQUENT PROGRAM OR SECTION 7(a)(2)
CONSULTATION
Attachment III to this Cooperative Agreement is a Proposed Alternative for evaluation
under NEPA and ESA entitled Proposed Platte River Recovery Implementation
Program.
The signatories anticipate that the process to comply with NEPA and the programmatic
section 7 consultation process will take approximately three years and have planned
specific activities defined in Attachment I, "Milestones for the Cooperative
Agreement, " which are to take place during that period and which are exempt from or
do not require further NEPA review. The Proposed Alternative is designed and other
Program alternatives should be designed to build upon these activities. If the term of
the Cooperative Agreement is less than three years because a Program is reviewed and
agreed to in a shorter period of time, any uncompleted activities planned for the three -
year period will be implemented if appropriate within the context of the agreed -to
Program. For purposes of the NEPA baseline evaluation, the activities planned to be
undertaken during the term of the Cooperative Agreement will be considered part of the
Program alternatives evaluated.
If the Proposed Alternative or an alternative Program is agreed to following NEPA and
ESA evaluation, the activities undertaken during the term of the Cooperative
Agreement will be credited to the appropriate state or the federal government as
contributions to the Program. Similarly, if no Program is adopted, consistent with
Paragraph VIII below, activities undertaken during the term of the Cooperative
Agreement will be credited to the appropriate entity for purposes of ESA evaluations.
IV. RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Research and analysis undertaken pursuant to this Cooperative Agreement will be
designed to resolve issues or fill knowledge gaps concerning actions required to induce
measurable improvements to the recovery of the target species and their associated
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