Repayment

CHAPTER
01 HER IMPACT CONSIDERAIIONS
�] Operate. the Durango Pumping flint to limit pumping during dry' years, allowing illore wafer to
be available in Navajo Reservoir (!i meel project dernands (See SCCIinn 3.2).
❑ Facililalc discussions, be(wcc:n tlrc.licni -illy Apache Tribe and other parties with interests in the
San .Juan River Basin. Interested parties will include, but not be limited to. the C00", In I lte- N
'tribes, Navajo Nation. the Service, awl private. parties with CNisline• cuntraCts Isom NavaJo
Rcscrvoir. I)iscus; ions will lull, to develop oNkmq liar obtaining the 25,500 afp depletion From 'X,
Navajo River or Reservoir, which is authorised render the .l nAlla Apachc Tribe W;llcr Rights
Sculcmcni Act. Such discussions among ILcclarttatiorr, the .licarilla Apache I ribc, emit Public
Service Company of Nc.v hpx&o (pNNo we currently underway to Icasc 1 6.200 ;Ifs of their
water rig,his to I'NPvI. If uecesslll1, Ihis would place a portion of IbC Jicarilla Apniche I'rihc`s
depletion allocation ill the baseline.
U Reclamation will work with the Navigo Nation and the JiCarilla ;Apache Tribe to collibinc. 'y
resources in evahtating options liar procc -ding• will] the Nav,ijo- gallop l'rgjecl, the Nawt jo River
walcr 17cvclopment Plot, and mmomoml Woe I WgI ack Pro.lew in try and minitnke the
likelihood that any single "I'ribe bean's a dispn:,porlimmic honlen Or the orris rvalion car listed
species unite, the FSA.
U Reclantaliim, through its Native American Affairs ;ind lerhnical assisurucc pronrants, till Iwtrl: °f.
with the .licarilla Apache Tribe rn racilita(c its ability to independently utilize. Iltc San .luau laver 16
basin hydiviogic model to o"mv more c:rl'Ove participation in the S. HHRIP and other
appropriate. uses. "
A Reclamation will initiate an independent review orthe hyilrolo�, is nuxlCI la costae its accuraia'.
and vahw as a fool in Rati e water pWnnkg aclivilles.
U Reclamation will consult with Ihc.licarilla Apache Trilw on the implcntut slAn ofIhc above
mitigation nictrsures aril will contntcucC such consultation early in Iltc implementation process.
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Relined Alternative 1 Lmpael 3 - `tiignincann 1Zefined Ahern vc -1 limits the wafee supply
available Im- the development or the pnWused NawgW( Hup Pru,jecl desirued to deliver drinl :ilig
water to portions of the Navajo Nation with limited or no supply.
Relative. to no aciOn, Relined Alternative if reduces the present supply available to the PTIvajo Nrt hm to
allow utilimlion of Its water rights corlsWell With the HSA. Scclion 7(a)(2)ol'the I-SA- sl;lles that each '%,
federal atcney shall, in consullalioll with the Secretary, insure Mat pray action authorized, WWI, or N•
carried out by that agency shall not je"nr'dl /.e the cominued existence OI n listed species OI' result In the K,
deslruclion or adverse modification oferitical habitat. For federal actions in the S.in .lu,tn Basin. such as s,
AP, L, Ihc. Scr'vice. has issued reasonable and prudcnl allnIMINes which have allowed the action to go z,
101-ward. In the recent past, these RPA's have required Reclamalion to partictale in research to
dcterntihe the flows needed to recover cndangered fish species and then to gwmte Navajo Darn lit mimic. 1
a natural hyclrograph. Thos, full intplcmemadon orthe flow recommendations. NIIP, and ALP could 'n,
potendally limit further lr'Ibal Ivaler do'clopment in the San Juan basin. Additionally. there is Il potenlial N.
kw an increased risk Oran ESA Scohn 9 violalion (Section 9 prohibits the "yke'- orany listed species) 19)
by any non -federal developer of San .luau River Basin walcr. Because Scclion 9 cif the FSA pmhibils a
rant;: of aoWhics that include habitat mod icalion, any non - laterally related tribal water development 'w
wividus will incur the potential lit, an increased risk owwke' ora listed species.
4.6 f-NVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND
4-25 INDIAN TRUST AiGET S