CWCB Repayment Contract ALP

CHAPTER 4
OTHER IMPACT CONSIDERAI IONS
U Reclamation \viii work wit the. Navajo Nation and the Jicarilla Apache T' the to combine
resources in evalurlt ing options for procceding with the Navajo - Gallup 1'riljcct, Ile. Navajo River '4'1
\ -Vawl- Development Plan, and restoration of the IJogback Proiccl to try anil nlinintixe file.
likelihood that any single tribe bears a disproportionate. burden liar the corlservntion col' listed %I
species under tile. I:SA.
l� Recdaninhon \will initiate in independent revixAv or the hyllroli gie model to ensure its accuracy
and valor as a too in future water planning aelivilies.
❑ Rcclantahon \ -vill consult with the Navajo Nation on the. implementation ofthc above mite wion
measures and will contntcnce a>nsullation early in Ihr implrmrnlaliun process.
The lullo\vin)_ ntiti "aliurl Irleasure.s nlay affect the ahility of the. Naval *Gallup Project 10 Ir,u forward, but
are beyond tic control elf Rccdannadon as a part of Me AIAI Projccl;
I_j An ahernate ImI jest idesiWi that would lake \vatc.r fri,nl the San .luau River belo\N! its confluence.
with Me. Animas River miry increase the potential yield for the. project Awhile protecting (lows fur
endangered fish. In this case, releases drool Nav,tjn Dana \wo dd be sllpplernental to river flows,
leveraging the limilcd sloragc volume awai1i1bde and m,ikinp, Ilse of tinncs when there are flows in
excess of fish needs in the river.
The Navajo - Gallup Prcjccl could be Iuoililicil to reduce dernands.
�j The Navajo Nation could elect to Lnilii.e ,I portion of"thc Nill' allocation to Inccl these nccd.'
Refined Alle•uative 4 fmpaa:l 4 - SigHWC1I111: Itefiucd AIIeI•Iaalive 4 reduces the water supply
avail:lble for restoration of the Hul;bacic Nru.jecl iu the San Juan River.
Rclalke to no action. Retinal Altenwive 4 reduces the present supply available to IFIc Nav,jo Nation to
alloy,' utiliralion or its \valor rights consistent with the IiSA. Section 7(a)(2)of Ihe. 1,-,SA state.; that each
federal agawy stall, in consultation with Ihr. Secretary, insure that mlv actioll autlorixed, funded, or
carried out by him agency shall not je.oparetiie lie continued existence of a listed species or result in Ile
destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat. For federal actions in Ile San Junn Ills-ill, sllrh as
ALP I'roiect, Ile. Service has issued reasonable and prudcul alternatives which have allowed the action to
o lin\v.uil. In Ilse recent past, lhasc. RI'A's have required Reclamation lip participate in research to
determine the flows needed to recover endangered list species and then to operate Navaho Dann to mimic
a natural hydrograph. 'Thus, full implementation of the flow reccnnmemialions, NIII', and the ALP
I'roject could potentially linlit further tribal watts' development in the Sarl Juan basin. Additionally. there
is a potential tot. all increased risk or nn 1=SA Section 9 violation (Section 9 prohibits the "lake" Orally
listed species) by any uon- fccleral developer 01'San .loan River d3a.,in \water. Because SCC6011 9 ol'the
I SA prohibits a range oraclivities that include: habitat modification. any nun- rudcrall,y related Iribal
water development activities will incur the powntial Mr an increased risk or "take" of listed speciec
klifigafiun for Itelined Allernalive 4 Impact 4: The Hallo iig measures Would provhle slime
mitigation for the projeeled impacts.
Again it is reiterated that the Administration Proposal, as represented by Refined Alternative -I, was
developed. in pan, to eliminate the impact of the on final ALA) PnJect on the Navajo Nation. The
original project envisioned tile depletion of 149.000 ary froln the San JIIan River Basin. .Although the
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