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- 8- L\flflrGI(imately 50% Gf tlle aRRHa! mBas availaBle fer mitigatiGB Gf EmistiBg water sHpply facilities will be set aside for the pllichaoe or aCqHisitioR of iRstream flow water ~ Instream flow water right acquisition and river restoration project grants will be limited to 25% of the total acquisition cost or project construction cost respectively, up to a maximum of $250,000, The project applicant must have completed a fully executed funding contract with the CWCB within 2 years of the grant authorization by the CWCB, or the Board will consider de-authorization of the grant. PURPOSE: To establish an approval process for instream flow and river restoration construction project grants from the Fish and Wildlife Resources Fund, APPLICABILITY: This policy and procedure applies to applications for instream flow or river restoration construction project grants from the Fish and Wildlife Resources Fund, PROCEDURE: Prior to a Board meeting, the CWCB staff will prepare for the Board's consideration a summary of the technical, financial, and institutional characteristics of each proposed in stream flow water right appropriation or acquisition, river restoration feasibility study or construction project. Each application will be reviewed for conformity with the goals and objectives of the CWCB Strategic Plan, Grant applications will be considered only in the following two categories: 1, The appropriation or acquisition of water rights for the purpose of preserving or improving the natural environment to a reasonable degree to mitigate the impact of an existing water facility, 2, River restoration feasibility studies and construction projects that are designed to directly mitigate or significantly improve the environmental impacts of existing water facilities, The Board will consider and CWCB staff will evaluate and recommend to the Board grant applications for appropriation or acquisition of water rights to be held by the Board based on the following project types: . Instream flow water rights that assist in the administration of compact-entitled waters, or address problems relating to compact-entitled waters, . Instream flow water rights that facilitate the resolution of federal water rights issues, and . Instream flow water rights that assist in the recovery of threatened or endangered wildlife species or the conservation of existing wildlife species within riparian ecosystems, The Board will consider and CWCB staff will evaluate and recommend to the Board grant applications for river restoration feasibility studies and construction proiects based on the following: . Soundness of the project design, work plan or plan of study, . The need for the proposed project, . The need for financial assistance, . Financial, technical, or administrative participation or coordination by all affected local governments, NOTE: Recognizing that future needs and responses to those needs cannot be predicted with certainty, the Colorado Water Conservation Board reserves the right to recommend for funding any instream flow acquisition, river restoration construction project, or study that it determines is aff-eetea BY would mitigate the effects of an existing water supply facility and furthers the purposes of the Fish and Wildlife Resources Fund, The motion was seconded by Bob Burr and approved 9-0, '" '" , ,. ~T7,"., ",. , ". .,-" 'T , " , ,. -'-...LUUU- -'- ..LUU_'-LLUU. VVctU_-'- -'- ..LVJ'-'-' -'- ..LCLLHHU5 auu- -'-.LUCUH_LU5. '-'LH.eLLH auu- .wetA.... -'- ..LUU_'-LLUU Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning