Volume III: Apendices B-T Of the Biological Opinion

• Description: related to the Platte River Endangered Species Partnership ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP)‎
• State: NE
• Basin: North Platte
• Date: 7/1/1997
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Grand Island, Nebraska
• Title: Volume III: Appendices B - T of the Biological Opinion ‎(BO)‎ on the Federal Engergy Regulatory Commission's ‎(FERC)‎ Preferred Alternative for the Kinglsey Dam Project ‎(No. 1417)‎ and the Northe Platte/Keystone Dam Project ‎(No 1835)‎ ‎(PROJECT NO. 1835)‎
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Biological Opinion

June 30, 1997
(c) With discussions with NGPC, FWS'
Environmental Account Manager will assume the
Program's authority to identify the goals or objectives to
guide annual water plans for operation of the
Environmental Account.
(3) The Districts will assume responsibility for funding
whatever component may remain of Program water conservation
task force or consultant efforts to identify and estimate the costs
and feasibility of various water conservation opportunities with a
revised scope of work limiting the study to Project facilities and
the lands they serve.
(4) The Districts will assume responsibility to formulate a
water conservation/supply action plan or plans in coordination
with FWS within one year limited to the Project facilities and the
lands they serve, and may modify the Program's plan. The
Districts' plan will include any Program conservation activities
already implemented involving the District's facilities or lands
served by the Districts. Central will continue to make available
in the Environmental Account the estimated net controllable
conserved water attributable to the use of BuRec funds and any
net controllable conserved water which was purchased by the
Program or other Program participants. In addition, the Districts
will implement conservation activities under their plan or plans
costing the equivalent of $300,000 /year for ten years for all
conservation activities, less any Program expenditures which
were made for conservation activities involving the Districts'
facilities or lands served by the Districts, unless and until their
licenses are amended to change this requirement. That portion of
the net conserved water which is storable will be credited to the
Environmental Account.
(5) DOI, the Districts and NEDWR will take over
responsibility to implement Subparagraph C.2(1)(d) of Part IV of
this agreement.
(6) The Districts will consult with FWS and NGPC for the
purpose of implementing such changes to their North Platte to J -2
Habitat Land acquisition and management Program as FWS may
request pursuant to Paragraph IV.A.3(c) of this agreement.
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