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>~ .. OiHlG33 ANIMAS-LA PLATA PROJECT (ALP) SCHEDULE UPDATE - NOVEMBER 2005 SUMMARY NARRATIVE I. GeneraL The ALP Project Schedule has been updated to November 1, 2005 with significant considerations made to current funding levels, Since the 2003 Construction Cost Estimate (CCE), the Project schedules have been updated based upon what was thought to be a Teasonable funding level for the Project activities. However, based upon recent appropriated amounts, it is clear the assumptions used for the previous funding driven schedules were unrealistic and need to be updated as welL This problematic need is compounded by recent effects of high inflation for key Project components (such as steel, fuel, and cement). In order to account for the uncertainty of future appropriations, as Reclamation has announced, the ALP Project Schedule will be updated at least twice per year. Specifically, the Project schedule will be updated when the President presents the budget to Congress in February. and again when Congress passes the annual appropriations bill for each fiscal year. This will provide a successive understanding of the ALP Project as related to the funding stream, Periodic updates will occur should any significant changes be necessary, Currently, on November 20, 2005, the President signed the FY2006 budget. Therefore. the attached Project schedule is presented based upon that funding level. We stress that should actual expenditures be less than anticipated and/or future appropriations levels be higher, the Project activities are designed that, within reason, work can be completed ahead of the projections being presented herein. However, the opposite corollary is true also, Therefore, caution should be used to plan specific work activities presented within this schedule, We advise, should individuals or organizations require schedule related decisions be made for planning purposes, the related specific activities should be discussed with this office prior to finalizing those decisions, It can be expected added Project costs will result from the following schedule delays. Contingency plans to avoid or minimize these delays are being formulated. The significant update adjustments which were made since the previously published Project schedule (in July 2005) are: a, Completion of Project Construction is projected to be delayed from Summer 2010 to Winter 2012; a delay of approximately one and one-half (1 Y2) years. b. Completion of the Ridges Basin Dam is projected to be delayed from Summer 2008 to Summer 2009; a delay of approximately one (1) year. c. Completion of the Durango Pumping Plant is projected to be delayed from Winter 2009 to Summer 2009; a delay of approximately one-half (112) of a year. d. Completion of Reservoir First Fill is projected to be delayed from Fall 2010 to Summer 2011; a delay of approximately three-quarters (3/4) oCa year. However, the Start of the First Fill remains unchanged at Summer 2009. 1