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, . . . November 22-23 , 1999 Board Meeting Agenda Item 20 g UPPER COLORADO RIVER RECOVERY PROGRAM IS-MILE REACH PROGRAMMATIC BIOLOGICAL OPINION CWCB ACTIVITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS November 1999 What it does: The 15-Mile Reach PBO protects approximately 1,000,000 AF of existing depletions in future Section 7 consultations that might be required, It also provides protection for up to 120,000 AF of new depletions, Further, it requires that certain RIPRAP items be implemented, The following is summary of activities and accomplishments that the CWCB has been involved with towards this end, 1, 15-Mile Reach Flow Protection . Case Number 92CW286 -- Decreed instream flow right for 581 cfs during July, August and September to protect return flows from the Orchard Mesa Power Plant and hydraulic pumps, · Case Number 94CW330 -- Decreed instream flow right for 300 cfs during July, August and September to protect accretion flows to the 15-Mile Reach, · Case Number 95CW297 -- Year round instream base flow application filed and subsequently withdrawn, · Case Number 95CW296 -- Year round instream recovery flow application filed and subsequently withdrawn, · RIPRAP has been revised to include an annual review of the need for further instream flow protection, This buys the 3-years of time the Colorado Division of Wildlife wants to develop a procedure for quantifYing instream flow needs and making recommendations on larger, warm water rivers, such as the IS-Mile Reach, 2, Ruedi Reservoir Releases · 5,000 AF is provided in 4 out 5 years via modifications to annual operations, · 5,000 AF is provided from storage, · 21,650 AF is provided presently via an annual contract between U,S, Bureau of Reclamation, U,S, Fish & Wildlife Service and the CWCB, which also protects these releases to the 15-Mile Reach, This 21,650 will be split into two blocks of 10,825 AF in the future, One block will be split into two pieces of 5,412,5 AF with one piece coming from any facilities benefiting the east slope and one piece from any facilities benefiting the west slope, This first block will be provided on permanent basis, On an interim basis this first block will be provided from William Fork Reservoir (DWB) and Wolford Mountain Reservoir (CRWCD) pending the completion of an agreement. The 2nd block will still come from Ruedi under a long-term contract (15 years is being discussed), Contract negotiations of this 2nd block are just beginning, with Reclamation developing its basis for negotiation,