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<br />COLORADO RIVER RECOVERY PROGRAM <br />FY 97 ANNUAL PROJECT REPORT <br /> <br />RECOVERY PROGRAM <br />PROJECT NUMBER: CAP-11 <br /> <br />I. Project Title: Grand Valley Project Water Management <br /> <br />II. Principallnvestigator(s): <br />Ram Dhan Khalsa, RamDhan@uc.usbr.gov, (970) 248-0653 <br />Lorrie West, LWest@uc.usbr.gov, (970) 248-0635 <br />Bob Norman, RNonnan@uc.usbr.gov, (970)248-0634 <br />Brent Uilenberg, BUilenberg@uc.usbr.gov, (970)248-0641 <br /> <br />FAX: (970)248-0601 <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />P.O. Box 60340 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81506 <br /> <br />III. Project Summary: <br /> <br />Coordination has continued with Grand Valley Water User's Association. A draft letter <br />agreement has been prepared for operation and maintenance of the canal improvements <br />to include GVWUA reimbursement for additional operation and maintenance costs. <br /> <br />Canal system modeling has been completed. The modeling was used to locate the check <br />structures, refine the canal and check gate control algorithms, size the pumping plant and <br />the administrative spill pipeline. <br /> <br />Since the State of Colorado is providing funding for the operation and maintenance of the <br />Recovery Program canal improvements, Reclamation will not need to negotiate a new <br />operation and maintenance contract. <br /> <br />Since we were anticipating a construction start in FY 1997 design of the different project <br />improvements is being staged. Design of the check structures is essentially complete. <br />Design of the administrative spill pipeline is 75% complete and only conceptual design has <br />been done on the pumping plant. The construction ofthe checks will take about a year to <br />complete. Consequently, design completion of the pipeline and pumping plant is not <br />crucial to maintaining the construction schedule. <br /> <br />The GVWUA has required that Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultation be <br />completed for the Grand Valley Project before they will permit construction to begin on the <br />system improvements. Section 7 for the Grand Valley Project is included in the 15-Mile <br />Intra-Service consultation that the FWS is working on. This consultation was scheduled to <br />be complete by the end of CY97 but this date will likely slip. Reclamation will continue <br />completing preconstruction activities but will not be able to proceed with construction. <br /> <br />A Draft Environmental Assessment is scheduled for release early in CY98. The internal <br />draft has been prepared and is undergoing review. This EA schedule slipped so that time <br />could be allowed to include NEPA compliance for the Green Mountain Reservoir contract <br />delivery of excess water to the Grand Valley Power plant. This is one of the means to <br />deliver and protect water to the 15-Mile Reach that has been conserved through GWlM. <br /> <br />1 <br />