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20120110_Upper CO River WS Mgmt Plan Alternative_Section III <br /> III. ORV INDICATORS AND RESOURCE GUIDES <br /> A. Definition and Use of ORV Indicators and Resource Guides. <br /> This Plan aims at monitoring and protecting the ORVs using two distinct <br /> tools—"ORV Indicators" and "Resource Guides" — as follows: <br /> 1. ORV Indicators <br /> In the first 3-to-5 years of implementation of this Plan, the <br /> Stakeholder Group will gather necessary data and develop specific <br /> indicators which will be used to gage whether the ORVs are being <br /> protected. These indicators are referred to in the Plan as "ORV <br /> Indicators." Failure to meet the criteria related to the provisional or <br /> final ORV Indicators would be cause for elevation and potential <br /> termination of this Plan pursuant to Section IV.C.-D. and VI.J. <br /> 2. Resource Guides <br /> Streamflow-influenced ORVs may be affected by factors such as <br /> flows, temperature and water quality. This Plan establishes ranges <br /> for these factors, referred to as "Resource Guides," which are <br /> described in Part III of the Plan. Not all stakeholders endorse these <br /> Resource Guides or believe that the ranges they represent are <br /> necessary to support the ORVs. Nevertheless, the SG has <br /> negotiated the provisional Resource Guides as one source of <br /> information among others for informing SG discussions under the <br /> Plan. The Resource Guides are not intended to be used as a test <br /> for Plan success, nor for use by permitting agencies or entities as <br /> the criterion for evaluating a project's effects on the ORVs. <br /> However, nothing in the Plan shall preclude or limit the use of any <br /> data regardless of whether such data has been used in the <br /> negotiation of the Resource Guides. <br /> B. Establishment of Provisional ORV Indicators. <br /> Until such time as final ORV Indicators are developed, the Plan will use <br /> the following provisional ORV Indicators: <br />