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<br />Implementation Plan <br /> <br />This does not include costs paid by non-Federal entities or other Federal <br />programs cost sharing in the improvements for their own purposes. <br /> <br />Step 2 <br /> <br />Adding the Annual Costs to the Annualized Costs: This includes all <br />costs charged to the program on an annual basis. These may include <br />the cost of annual technical assistance, monitoring, education, wildlife <br />replacement operation and maintenance (O&M), facility O&M, or <br />payments for privatized salinity control. O&M costs should not <br />include costs paid by non-Federal entities or other Federal programs <br />cost sharing in the operation for their own purposes. <br /> <br />Step 3 <br /> <br />Dividing the Total Annual and Annualized Costs by the Average Tons <br />Removed Per Year: The salt load reduction is expressed as an annual <br />value to match the annualized costs. The result is dollars per <br />year/tons per year or dollars per ton. The salt load reduction is not <br />the highest possible reduction expected but is an average annual <br />value. If fluctuations or potential shortfalls occur, these should be <br />considered in the risk portion of the ranking process. <br /> <br /> <br />The objective of the program is to maintain the Colorado River Basin <br />water quality standards. To be effective at meeting this goal, salinity <br />control projects must be located above all three of the gauging stations <br />used to monitor compliance with the standards. The most upstream <br />gauge is located just below Hoover Dam on the Nevada/Arizona border. <br /> <br />Cost Indexing.-If the planned costs for proposed projects are not in <br />current dollar values, they will need to be indexed to one consistent level <br />(usually January 1 of the preceding year). <br /> <br />Minor Replacement Costs.-Replacement costs are those expenditures <br />needed for hardware replacement that occur during the normal life of a <br />project. For example, sprinkler heads need to be replaced regularly to <br />maintain a center pivot's efficiency. In general, Reclamation does not wish <br />to commit to pay for these types of items because of the long-term <br />uncertainties involved with appropriating funds. This type of item should <br />be replaced at the owner's expense (considered cost sharing). In non- <br />federally financed projects, all of the project costs should be included in the <br />fees paid by the Government, including all operating, maintenance, and <br />replacement costs. <br /> <br />. f':' 0 <br />O\.J~j~\" <br /> <br />Major Replacement Costs.- This is the replacement cost of the entire <br />facility. For example, a canal lining may last 50 years before it needs to be <br /> <br />13 <br />