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3/22/2005
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WSP Section - Platte River Cooperative Agreement
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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br />vvww.cwcb.state.co. us <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />CWCB Members <br /> <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />From: Ted Kowalski <br />Rick Brown <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich <br />CWCB Director <br /> <br />Date: March 14, 2005 <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />Re: Agenda Item 30, March 22-23, 2005 Board Meeting, Water Supply Protection - <br />Platte River Cooperative Agreement <br /> <br />Back!!found <br />In 1997, the Governors of the States of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming signed an agreement with <br />the Department of Interior to improve and/or study the habitat of four endangered species inthe <br />Central Platte River in Nebraska. The Cooperative Agreement ("CA") was extended through June <br />30, 2005 to allow additional time to formulate a proposed Program and complete National <br />Environmental Policy Act ("NEP A") activities. An extension of the CA will be necessary to fmalize <br />and get the Program into place, which under the current schedule will occur in October 2006, The <br />proposed Program has three components: water, land and monitoring and research, Colorado's total <br />cash and cash equivalent share was 15 million dollars and 27 KAF of water via the Tamarack Plan. <br />Significant budget issues remain unresolved and Colorado's share could increase substantially, This <br />memorandum will highlight some of the key issues under discussion at the present. <br /> <br />Status of Cooperative Al!reement Activities and Expected Timeline <br />The CA negotiations are continuing, but the negotiations will not be completed, and a program will <br />not be in place, by June 2005, As such, an extension of the CA will need to be pursued in order to <br />pennit negotiations to continue until the Program is in place, Recent negotiations have focused on <br />an Adaptive Management Plan, and other issues that the Bureau of Reclamation and the Fish and <br />Wildlife Service have indicated that they needed to complete their analysis of the Program in their <br />Environmental Impact Statement and Biological Opinion, Right now, the current schedule (which <br />may be optimistic) is as follows; Spring, 2005, continue working on the program document, <br />including the Adaptive Management Plan; Fall 2005, finalize and publish the Biological Opinion, the <br />Final Environmental Impact Statement, and the Record of Decision; December 2005 or January <br />2006, fmalize and sign the Program Agreement <br /> <br />Remaininl! Issues <br />Currently, there are several issues that remain, Following is a list of the key issues that remain: <br />. South Platte Water Related Activities Program. Inc, The Platte River Project is going to be <br />disbanded, and a new organization is being formed that will be called the South Platte Water <br /> <br />Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection. Conse-r:vation and Drought Planning <br />
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