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rJ~/'" ,~:! . . h ~ 3465 Maryanne C. Baeh Brian Person October 6, 2000 Page 9 past ! wrote to the Northern District over a year ago describing in detail the River District's primary areas of objeetion. The River District has also pointed out on numerous oecasions to the Management Committee of the Coordinated Faeilities Operations Study, Phase 1. (CFOPS), which includes Reclamation representatives, that re-operation of the CBT Project ean meet the goals of the CFOPS process 'rft without impacting water delivenes, No action has been taken to address the pOintS] f.;?t " raised, In order for the River DisUlct to fulfill its statutory mandate to preserve tor ( /' western Colorado the IlSe and develoDment of the Water resources of the Colorado River, suonger measures are now required, We would like to diseuss these issues in further detail and offer to meet with representatives of Reclamation, USFWS, the Northern Disuict, and the State of Colorado to aecomplish this objective in a fair and open process. In summary, however, we believe that Reclamation must do the following in order to fulfill its responsibilities under Senate Doeument 30, the Blue River Decree, the Endangered Speeies Aet and the PBO. l. Prohibit diversions from the Wes~ern Slope in advance of, or in the absence of, a demonstrated need for supplemental irrigation or domestic water by CBT contract allottees. In other words, eliminate the Northern District's "non- charge program" 2, Require utilization of the East Slope storage decrees for HorsetOoth Reservoir and Carter Lake and the manner of operation contemplated by Senate Document 80 The enclosed operation study is intended to provide a speeific method of operation that is practieal and immediately implementable 3, Develop and implement a Platte River Recovery Program which does not rely on an illegal and ineffIcient operation of the CBT Project, 4, Expand the scope of the HeltOn & Williamsen report by conducting an indep,endent evaluation of other CBT Project operations which may further refine the result,s. Speeifieally, Reelamation should examine the impact of the CBT earryover program on its ESA obligations to Colorado River fish speeies, -'-~ ;J'~ f?- vi"