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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8408
Description
River Basin General Correspondence
State
CO
Basin
South Platte
Water Division
1
Date
5/17/1993
Title
Platte River Evaluation: USBR - Platte River Habitat Conservation Program (Draft)
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />" <br /> <br />~.., \. ' <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />1.2 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />In 1983, the issuance of a jeopardy biological opinion under Section 7 of the Endangered Species <br />Act for the propOsed Narrows Unit on the South Platte River in Colof;\do led the Regional <br />Directors of the Fish' and Wildlife 'Service (Service)' and the ' Bureau ..of . Reclamation <br />(Reclamation) to iIiitiilte' the"Platte River" Management Joint Study (Joint Study). In 1984, the <br />Secretary of the-Interior'was petitioned by water development interestS in Colorado, Nebraska, ' <br />and Wyoming to be inchided in the Joint Study process. The result was the establishment of the <br />Platte River Coordinating Committee made up of Regional Directors of the Service and <br />Reclamation and representatives from the States of Colorado, Nebraska" and Wyoming. <br />Working groups of the Joint Study were made up of representatives from the Service, <br />FIr",,, ' \ <br />Reclamation, U,S'j\ Corps of Engineers, U.S. EnvironmentProtection Agency,' the States of <br />, U$~< "..,J, ~ <br />Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, water development interests, and environmental <br />c.",.\;"I,"I,..~;.n, r- <br />organizations. Each partiGipated;in the development of this program. <br /> <br />The States of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming playa key role in determining how the river <br />system's water resources are managed and have a corresponding interest in legal requirements <br />that could constrain water resource development. The States historically have been responsible <br />for management of fish and wildlife resources, iIicluding threatened or endangered species that <br />occur within their territories. <br /> <br />...... <br /> <br />'Fhem-~ureau"Of,;R-eelamation lReclamation)i is responsible for operations of nearly all the 1 <br />i" 'I'\,~... Q"v,-<, clo.,~c:~.... (Co<VJ. 1 ~ ~l..,.\ (.. <br />, federal reservoirs^enthe system ~~ corps of Engineers"'- operatfitn lJf some reservoiIsand <br />. <';"-.e.. ~<-c..\~~_ 'f"Ls.<lf'U.~f"J ~... ~t.. " ... <br />f'. exclusive flood control pools m;Qth~irs), rangfug 'from large reservoirs that are used <br /> <br />to reglilaie deliveries 'in accor~ce with the €s~e.~l!:'p~ U.S. Supreme Court decrees <br /> <br />to smaller reservoirs that we l~nstructed to ensure a coli 'nuing supply of water for beneficial ~ <br />c."",,(""\.'''''' ..J,~ '\ <br />use. In addition, all F ' eral agencies are responsible fo~ he requirements of the Endangered \. ~ <br />S . ' ~.....-<" <br />pecles Act. ~' ,~." <br />-Ih'- ~.....\.......... <br /> <br /> <br />O~U,,~ \..,'\ ~c..<'(s. <br /> <br />( <br />, w\:~~ ~ '? <br /> <br />2 <br />
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