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o o n ",,} 00 ~,. Agenda Item 9d May 24-25, 1999 Board Meeting Page 2 of5 required to share a vote with another federal agency on those committees, If a satisfactory solution can not be reached at the Coordination Committee level, the "Program Document" will be referred to original signatories for appropriate modifications as provided for in Section 5.1.1 of the "Program Document." Staff continues to work on this issue. AD HOC SECTION 7 COMMITTEE This committee met on January II, 1999 and again on May 17, 1999 in Albuquerque to discuss the development of, "Principles for Establishing the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program as the Reasonable and Prudent Alternative for Water Depletions in the San Juan River Basin," Areas of discussion included the following: . Endangered Species Act Compliance and Sufficient Progress (the SJRIP will cover all existing depletions, 57,100 AF of ALP depletions and 122,000 AF of new depletions) . Minor Depletion Account (the existing 3,000 AF pool may be used up and an Opinion allowing a 2nd 3,000 AF is being developed, The second 3,000 AF would only cover all new uses less than 100 AF.) . Indian Trust Responsibilities (would give tribes preference in the Section 7 Consultation process pursuant to Secretary ofInterior Order 3206) . Animas-La Plata Project Depletion Baseline Conditions . Relationship of Flow Recommendations to the availability of 300,000 AF from Navajo Reservoir 96% of the time for endangered flow needs. This will be revised in the next revision to the ALP Biological Opinion, . Incidental Take and Harm (will be addressed in a manner similar to that for the upper basin program) . Long Range Plan Implementation . Congressional Appropriations . Defmition of SJRlP responsibilities for identification of Capital Projects to include in a RIPRAP as RP A's versus requiring a project sponsor to provide the RP A. . Implementation of the Flow Recommendations . Hydrologic Model Use & Maintenance (Reclamation will maintain model in conjunction with the program, Use is still being discussed.) . Depletion Baseline vs, Environmental Baseline Issues . Detenrunation of whether or not the flow recommendations are being met. As you can see there are a number of issues to address and we will keep you informed as development of the Section 7 Agreement progresses, The goal is to have a draft for consideration by the Coordination Committee in July.