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<br />I. <br />! '- <br /> <br />Public Services and Utilities <br /> <br />I. Ensure that construction contractors adequately secure and patrol their work sites and will <br />coordinate with city or county law enforcement agencies. <br /> <br />2. Ensure that contractors will mark the locations of existing buried utilities and develop a <br />notification system for coordination with affected utilities during construction. <br /> <br />Visual Resources <br /> <br />I. Ensure that as part of construction design, the Durango Pumping Plant blends into the natural <br />landform and that, following construction, the site is adequately revegetated. <br /> <br />2. Ensure that the design of structural facilities incorporates, to the extent practicable, non- <br />intrusive design elements and that restoration of disturbed areas be conducted. <br /> <br />Indian Trust Assets and Environmental Justice <br /> <br />1. Support the modification of the Settlement Agreement, through legislated amendments to the <br />Settlement Act, to recognize the new limits placed on the use and amount of water provided to the <br />Colorado Ute Tribes and establishment of the water acquisition fund. <br /> <br />2. Continue active participation in the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program <br />to promote the dual goals of recovery of endangered species and proceed with water development <br />in the basin. The SJRBRlP is key to facilitating additional water development by the Navajo <br />Nation and the Jicarilla Apache Tribe. Reclamation's participation includes: <br /> <br />- Provide substantial technical support in the development and refinement of a <br />comprehensive hydrology model to allow realistic, supportable projections of <br />future water uses in the basin; <br /> <br />- Continue to optimize the operating rules for Navajo Dam to provide more <br />efficient fulfillment of the flow recommendations necessary for endangered species <br />recovery; <br /> <br />- Implement an adaptive management program associated with the operation of <br />Navajo Reservoir to evaluate biologic responses to normative hydrograph <br /> <br />2. Operate the Durango Pumping Plant to limit pumping during dry years, allowing more water to <br />be available in Navajo Reservoir to meet project demands. <br /> <br />11 <br />