Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume II Appendix K, Part 1

• Description: related to the Platte River Endangered Species Partnership ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP)‎
• State: NE
• Basin: North Platte
• Date: 7/1/1998
• Author: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ‎(FERC)‎ Office of Hydropower Licensing
• Title: Final Environmental Impact Statement ‎(EIS)‎ - Volume II, Appendix K, Part 1 - Kingsley Dam ‎(FERC Project No. 1417)‎ and North Platte/Keystone Dam ‎(FERC Project No. 1835)‎ Projects, Nebraska, FERC/FEIS-0063
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: EIS

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COMMENTS OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER AND
IRRIGATION DISTRICT
correctly states that "the Platte River system is one of the
most highly developed river basins in the world ... [and)
[m)ost of this development has occurred in Wyoming and
Colorado, upstream of Project Nos. 1417 and 1835. "V
There are many different ways to apportion
responsibility, but by any measure, these Projects' role in
the basin is minor. Of the reservoirs larger than 5,000
acre -feet, 47t of the storage capacity is in Wyoming, 30t in
Colorado, and 23t in Nebraska. Most of the smaller storage
facilities are in Wyoming and Colorado. If storage capacity
is used as a basis for estimating basin -wide
responsibilities, something less than (and probably
substantially less than) 23* should be assigned to the
Districts. Using agricultural acreage served as a measure,
`-' (...continued)
Within the basin, the river serves agricultural
interests in the three states, provides facilities for a
wide variety of recreational activities, provides municipal
water supplies, and contributes substantially to the
enhancement of wildlife habitat.
V RDEIS at 3 -2. Within
the North and South Platte
Rivers are literally thousands of diversions. Large
upstream storage reservoirs
include:
Wyoming
Colorado
Reservoir Capacity
Reservoir
Capacity
Seminoe 1,011,000
of
Eleven Mile Canyon
97,779 of
Alcova 189,000
of
Cheesman Lake
79,060 of
Glendo 795,000
of
Chatfield Lake
235,000 of
Pathfinder 1,134,300
of
Cherry Creek
95,000 of
Grayrocks 104,110
of
Point of Rocks
81,350 of
Wheatland No. 2 98,334
of
Wheatland No. 3 90,872
of
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RESPONSES TO CENTRAL NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER AND
IRRIGATION DISTRICT