BOARD01021

• Board Meeting Date: 5/11/1998
• Description: CF Section - Update on Existing Authorizations - Ute Water Conservancy District - Plateau Creek Pipeline Project
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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The RPA, as documented in the February 1998 Final Biological Opinion for the project,
allows the Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish in the Upper Colorado
River Basin to serve as the RP A for both historic depletions by the District as well as the
first 3,000 acre-feet of new depletions from the project. A further condition is that the
Grand Valley Water Management Project is completed on schedule, Future project
depletions in excess of 3,000 acre-feet will require initiation of further Section 7
Consultation.

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Status of Permittinl! Activities

In addition to the ROW permit and Section 7 Consultation, a 404 Dredge and Fill Permit
from the Corps of Engineers and a Mesa County Conditional Use Permit are required.
Table 3 summarizes the status of permitting activities for the project

Table 3 - Status of Permitting Activities

Item
BLM Ri ht-of- Wa Permit
404 Dred e and Fill Permit
Section 7 Consultation
Mesa Count Conditional Use Permit

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Water Ril!hts

The District has an extensive portfolio of water rights in the Plateau Creek and Rapid
Creek basins as well as on the Colorado River. The estimated yield of the District's water
rights to meet the year 2045 demand indicates that all but about 4,000 acre-feet (Colorado
River and Rapid Creek supplies) would be supplied from the Plateau Creek watershed
and conveyed to the treatment plant by the Plateau Creek Pipeline.

Financial Analvsis

For the total estimated project cost of $30,311 ,000, the District currently anticipates using
the sources shown in Table 4:

Table 4 - Plateau Creek Project, Sources of Funds

Source Amount
Remaininl! CWCB Construction Fund Authorization $6,427,151
New Borrowinl!, 1999 10,000,000
New Borrowinl!, 2000 10,000,000
From District Reserve Funds 3,883,849
Total $30,311 ,000

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