PROPOSED PLATTE RIVER RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM
APPENDIX A, WATER COMPONENT
TAB 1B
NEBRASKA'S PLAN FOR FUTURE DEPLETIONS
I. DURING THE TERM OF THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
As detailed in the Milestones for the Cooperative Agreement, Nebraska, during the term of the Cooperative Agreement, will monitor and annually report new water related activities, as defined in that Agreement. Nebraska will work with the other signatories to complete the "Tracking/ Accounting Procedure for Determining Depletion/Accretion Impacts for the Three Program Water Projects and New Water Related Activities, Including Water Conservation/Supply Projects," as detailed in the Milestones for the Cooperative Agreement, so that by the end of the term of the Cooperative Agreement decisions can be made by the Governance Committee about which new water related activities cause a sufficient depletion in the flows in the habitat area to require mitigation. This analysis will result in a determination about which groundwater is to be considered hydrologically connected and therefore subject to mitigation requirements.
Nebraska will also use the term of the Cooperative Agreement to decide how to meet its obligations to mitigate or offset for any new water related activities which adversely affect the target flows and which occur during the term of the Cooperative Agreement. During the same time, Nebraska will decide how to prevent or mitigate for water related activities which cause adverse effects on such flows after the initiation of a Program. Options to accomplish both those objectives will be selected and will be readied for implementation if a Program is in fact initiated. For both time periods, the possible options include instream flow appropriations, water right conversions, and management of hydrologically connected ground water.
II. PROPOSED PROGRAM
If a Program is initiated, Nebraska will, with the concurrence of the Governance Committee, implement the measures selected by it during the term of the Cooperative Agreement to mitigate or offset for the adverse impacts of any new water related activities which occur during the term of that Agreement. Nebraska will also implement measures selected to prevent or mitigate for any new water related activities which are proposed or occur after a Program begins and would adversely affect target
flows in the habitat area. For both objectives, any legislation necessary will be introduced in the first year after a Program is initiated, and will be enacted no later than the end of the second year, and will be implemented by the end of the third year.
PROPOSED PLATTE RIVER RECOVERY
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM
APPENDIX A, WATER COMPONENT
TAB 1B
NEBRASKA'S PLAN FOR FUTURE DEPLETIONS
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