BOARD02400

• Board Meeting Date: 1/27/1999
• Description: Colorado River Basin Issues - Long-Term Funding Legislation
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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(d) the term "Endangered Species Act" means the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.) and any federal regulation implementing the Endangered Species
Act.

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(e) THE TERM "COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT ACT" MEANS THE
COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT ACT (43 U.S.C. 12 (B) ET SEQ.) AND
ANY FEDERAL REGULATION IMPLEMENTING THE COLORADO RIVER
STORAGE PROJECT ACT. THE TERM "COLORADO RIVER STORAGE
PROJECT"OR "STORAGE PROJECT" MEANS THOSE DAMS, RESERVOIRS,
POWER PLANTS, AND OTHER APPURTENANT PROJECT FACILITIES AND
FEATURES AUTHORIZED BY AND CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THECOLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT ACT.

(f) the term "Reclamation" means the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
(g) the term "Service" means the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
(h) the term "Indian Affairs" means the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(i) THE TERM "WESTERN" MEANS THE WESTERN AREA POWER
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ADMINISTRATION.

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(j) the term "capital projects" means planning, design, permitting or other compliance,
construction, construction management, and replacement of facilities, and the
acquisition of interests in land or water, as necessary to carry out the Recovery
Implementation Programs.
(k) the term "facilities" includes facilities for the genetic conservation or propagation of
the endangered fishes, those for the restoration of floodplain habitat or fish passage,
those for CONTROL or supply of instream flows, and those for the removal or
translocation of non-native fishes.

(I) the term "interests in land and water" includes, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, long-
term leases and easements, and long-term enforcement or other agreements protecting
instream flows.

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