Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume I, Main Text and Appendices A-J

• Description: related to the Platte River Endangered Species Partnership ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP)‎
• State: NE
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 7/1/1998
• Author: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ‎(FERC)‎ Office of Hydropower Licensing
• Title: Final Environmental Impact Statement ‎(EIS)‎ - Volume I, Main Text and Appendices A-J - 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

TABLES
Table 1 -1. NPPD 1993 -2023 local forecast.
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Table 1 -2. 1991 Nebraska electricity generation by fuel type.
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Table 2 -1. Winter flows for the Districts' Proposal.
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Table 2 -2. Spring flows for the Districts' Proposal.
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Table 2 -3. Autumn flows for the Districts' Proposal.
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Table 2 -4. Summary of Supplemental Measures Comprising Each Alternative
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Table 2 -5. Instream flows at Grand Island for the NGPC Plan.
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Table 2 -6. Instream flows at Grand Island for the Trust Plan.
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Table 2 -7. Instream flows at Grand Island for the Conservation Intervenors Plan.
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Table 2 -8. Instream flows at Grand Island for the Instream Enhancement Alternative .
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Table 2 -9. Required nonirrigation season Keystone diversions (cfs).
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Table 2 -10. Required nonirrigation season average /minimum Central diversions (cfs).
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Table 2 -11. Total directs costs of relicensing ($1,000).
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Table 2 -12. Summary of relicensing costs, 1996 present value ($1,000).
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Table 2 -13. Economic analysis summary.
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Table 3 -1. Water quality conditions in Lake McConaughy.
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Table 3 -2. Water quality conditions in Johnson Lake.
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Table 3 -3. Vegetation change (acres) in Platte River floodplain.
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Table 3 -4. Acreages (1987,1989) of each land/water cover type along the Upper Platte,
Central Platte, and the projects.
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Table 3 -5. Estimated numbers of least terns and piping plovers in Project Area.
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Table 3 -6. Canals and acreages served by the projects.
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Table 3 -7. Summary of public recreational development at project facilities.
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Table 3 -8. Project lakes with no developed recreation facilities.
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Table 3 -9. Cultural resources in the project area of potential effects.
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Table 4 -1. Average monthly flow (cfs) in the North Platte River below Keystone
Diversion Dam over the 49 -year simulation period.
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Table 4 -2. Average monthly flow (cfs) in the North Platte River near North Platte over
the 49 -year simulation period.
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Table 4 -3. Average monthly flow (cfs) in the Platte River below Tri- County Diversion
Dam over the 49 -year simulation period.
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Table 4 -4. Average monthly flow (cfs) in the Platte River near Overton over the 49-
year simulation period.
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Table 4 -5. Average monthly flow (cfs) in the Platte River near Odessa over the 49 -year
simulation period.
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