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3/29/1999
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Legislation - Long-Term Funding Legislation
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<br />c <br /> <br />programs have also allowed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to streamline its required a <br />consultation process and to reduce financial burdens on water development projects. .. <br /> <br />The Upper Colorado River Program has provided the reasonable and prudent alternative to <br />provide compliance with the Endangered Species Act in Section 7 biological opinions for <br />508 large and small water projects in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. These projects have <br />an aggregate capability to deplete approximately 586,000 acre-feet of water per year (about <br />462,000 acre-feet were historic or "pre-Program" projects that required ESA consultation). <br /> <br />In the San Juan River Program, substantial progress has been made in the identification of <br />limiting factors for the;: species through the cooperation of program participants, and <br />recovery activities are just beginning. The program, along with the re-operation of Navajo <br />Reservoir, provides the reasonable and prudent alternative for approximately 700,000 <br />acre-feet of historic depletions in the Basin. The Program serves as a part of the <br />reasonable and prudent alternative for the Animas-La Plata Project (57,IOO-acre feet of <br />future depletion) in Colorado and New Mexico and the Navajo Indian Irrigation project <br />(133,OOO-acre feet of pre-program depletion) in New Mexico. The program will also <br />provide the reasonable and prudent alternative for future development as "sufficient" <br />progress is made in the recovery of the endangered fish. <br /> <br />The protection and development ofIndian Trust Assets and the success of key water rights <br />settlements in the San Juan River Basin depend upon the success of the San Juan River <br />Recovery Implementation Program. Secure funding for the capital projects and the <br />continued research necessary for the recovery of the species is critical to the protection of <br />these assets and honoring the provisions of the water rights settlements. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Requests for funding for both recovery programs have received considerable support in <br />Congress because the programs serve as a dispute resolution mechanism and provide a <br />means to resolve potentially conflicting national goals in the Upper Colorado River and <br />San Juan River Basins. <br /> <br />Since 1988, the programs have relied primarily on the good will of Congressional <br />appropriators and the Department of the Interior for adequate funding. While the U.S. <br />Fish and Wildlife Service has specific authority to undertake capital projects under the <br />federal Endangered Species Act, no such specific authority exists for the U.S. Bureau of <br />Reclamation, the Bureau ofIndian Affairs or the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to <br />implement recovery actions. As the amount of funding required is increasing because <br />capital construction projects are finally underway, program participants believe these <br />recovery programs need clear statutory authority to help ensure that needed funds continue <br />to be appropriated by Congress. <br /> <br />The escalation in program costs has also led the Bureau of Reclamation to conclude that it <br />must seek greater cost sharing from the participating states to ensure the continued <br />viability of these programs. <br /> <br />tit <br />
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