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… the Cottonwood Ranch complex and the first slurry wall gravel pit project at an 288 existing aggregate materials mine site known as Lakeside. At the same time, the Program 289 sought to identify and purchase lands to build more of these … end 416 of the month and continued until early January 2012. GC passed motion declaring the J-2 417 Project to be the best alternative and most feasible water supply available to the Program. 418 December 2011: CNPPID Reregulating … replace some of the score credit from the J-2 Project. For 1010 practical purposes, this project involved agricultural buy-and-dry without the negative 1011 connotations associated with that practice in Colorado. The idea was for the Program …
… be addressed in the habitat selection analysis being conducted by WEST. Smith 170 said the EDO is thinking through how best to synthesize multiple lines of evidence regarding whooping 171 cranes and how best to push data and related analysis … if the GC can get a copy of the presentation from today’s meeting. Kenny said yes they 188 would be posted on the web site today. 189 190 Kenny discussed recent communications regarding the J2 project. LaBonde said he had recently been 191 … Most of the comments are from the affected landowners. Schneider said Kenny might add a monetary 203 component to the buy-and-dry option in the J2 history document to help make the point about the cost 204 effectiveness of J2. 205 206 …
… � ON-SITE HYDROLOGIC EFFECTS: … � ON-SITE HYDROLOGIC EFFECTS: … if any, are necessary to comply with NEPA. d. Associated issues, such as property acquisition (if appropriate), "buy back" rights, avoidance or mitigation of direct and third party impacts, and equity and crediting if the program … 7).doc 34 Although there is uncertainty regarding the use of $217 per acre foot reduced on-farm deliveries, it is the best available information at this time. Based on an average annual reduction of 11,400 ac-ft of on-farm deliveries in …
… at Cozad, NE* CFS 5,845 Platte River at Overton, NE CFS 7,430 * Flood flow calculated based on NWS Flood Stage and best available rating curve data. ** Capacity estimated based on anticipated channel improvements to North Platte “choke … legislation, state water rights administration and water export constraints, maximum lease terms, NEPA compliance and site-specific environmental permit requirements); 5) third-party impacts; and 6) implementation schedule. Table VI-1 of … Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company (PEPL) to rehabilitate the reservoir. The terms of the agreement provided that PEPL buy 5,000 ac-ft of storage space at the price equivalent to the principal and interest of a loan which was used to …
… into the Extension because not changing anything (no large scale management changes). He believes SDM is the Program’s best shot at negotiating a Second Increment that balances science with policy and values. Zmak said there are a host of … it to the confluence but more of a chance of getting it identified if has had more time to develop (assuming spawning site is upstream in the Platte system). Henry said this item is also on the agenda for the February Science Plan Reporting … subject matter experts to review in more detail and report back to the TAC. Henry cautioned this may come with less buy in from full TAC, but good to incorporate subject matter experts into the process throughout. Baasch suggested we …
… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 04/18/2012 This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Technical Advisory Committee. PRRIP TAC Meeting … asked how much of the $200,000 would be for permitting; Farnsworth stated it is unclear, but $200,000 is the EDO’s best estimate for what this phase of the project will cost. Besson asked if the money for modeling was for InterFluve or … into wet meadow habitat as well as ground water monitoring. Fritz stated the budget description should include the site name (Fox Tract); Smith said he would include ‘Fox Tract’ in the description. LP-2 $639,130 in 2012 Budget. C. Smith …
… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 03/09/2010 This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Governance Committee before approval. PRRIP GC … said not at 206 this point. 207 208 Thabault said part of the Service’s job is to base decisions and actions on the best available 209 science. The Service also tries to balance conservation and stressors. The Service is still waiting 210 … Barels asked how 237 broadly the Service would look in the assessment. Thabault said the Service has to use best 238 available science and follow a strict timeline. The status assessment will portray the uncertainty 239 around the …
… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 02/04/2009 This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Technical Advisory Committee before approval. … to all Program cooperators, and everything short of the actual copyrighted PDFs will be available on the Program web site. Czaplewski said the Program should consider periodic updates to the database and ensure that new publications, … priority hypotheses and re-iterated the need to look at the reference flow of 1,200 cfs. Wingfield said it would be best to be able to get photography at the right times to allow for comparisons over time. Czaplewski said the Central …
… & Action · TAC MOTION: Recommend EDO develop Final Engineering Design Plans for the Dipple Off-channel Sand and Water site and establish an ad hoc workgroup to assist with site design plans 04 – Dippel Off-channel Sand and Water Design Memo … PRRIP – ED OFFICE DRAFT 10/16/2018 This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Technical Advisory Committee. PRRIP TAC Meeting … before cancelling the flight, that is unless the pilot cancelled the flight for the day prior to that using their best judgement. River transects were flown east to west and the plane was oriented south of the southern-most river …
… PRRIP – ED OFFICE DRAFT 04/09/2008 This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Governance Committee before approval. Page 1 of 8 … which will include work at Cottonwood Ranch. The AMWG wants to consider including the Wyoming property as an additional site for the pilot study, so Smith is evaluating that potential and is building a more detailed work plan for the overall … time the option of offsetting federal North Platte basin depletions in the South Platte basin. Purcell suggested the best approach might be to deal with these depletions on a case-by-case basis, evaluating whether retirement of an existing …
… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 03/08/2011 This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Governance Committee before approval. PRRIP GC … it 180 related to WP-7, Water Acquisition. Kenny said the economics Special Advisor would provide guidance 181 on how best to spend money under WP-7. 182 183 Kowalski asked about ED-3 and the $10,000 increase. Kenny said there are … if the DNR reports will be submitted to the GC. Kenny 254 said they would be made available through the Program web site. Kowalski asked if the WAC would 255 review the reports at their next meeting. Schneider said that would work. Lawson …
… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 04/22/2009 This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Technical Advisory Committee before approval. … protocol; Program will continue implementing monitoring protocol at same time foraging habits study is ongoing. • Site access – NPPD will have to accompany USGS at Johnson sandpit any time USGS needs to be inside the gate (sandpit is … of the protocol, its relationship to Program and AMP objectives and priority hypotheses, and provide advice on how best to proceed. • The TAC assumes the monitoring protocol will be implemented in the summer of 2009; changes to …
… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 04/07/2009 This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Governance Committee before approval. Page 1 of 8 … system (DBMS) contract. Kenny said we learned in more details the type of 218 DBMS the Program needs, and also how to best draft a RFP to solicit proposals. As a result, the 219 Program received 16 good proposals that will leave us in a … tiered biological opinions related to the Program. 282 Information about this process is located on a Service web site at www.fws.gov/platteriver. 283 There were 24 tiered consultations in 2008 that are summarized in a spreadsheet from …
… PRRIP – ED OFFICE DRAFT 01/30/2008 This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Technical Advisory Committee before approval. … this PRRIP – ED OFFICE DRAFT 01/30/2008 This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Technical Advisory Committee before approval. … to this kind of analysis. Kenny discussed the conclusion of BOR’s pilot analysis that using the HECRAS model is the best approach for estimating water surface elevation at whooping crane use sites. Kenny said that ongoing analysis of this …
… This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Governance Committee before approval. Page 1 of 8 … made it tougher to find water in the system. The focus now in this first phase is the pulse flow and determining how best to get water down through the river system and the irrigation systems. Boyle is under contract for Phase I and has … provide guidance to the ED. Dale Strickland said this should be included in the policy, and Ann Bleed suggested the Web site could be a helpful way to track information. Jerry Kenny will elaborate on the pre-proposal process, links to the FC …
… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 08/13/2008 This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Governance Committee before approval. Page 1 of 9 … 53 was refining the five-year work plan for implementation of the Adaptive Management Plan 54 (AMP) and included site visits to Cottonwood Ranch and the Cook property to discuss 55 conceptual design issues related to sediment … the Program gets the work it needs 180 done. 181 182 Kenny also mentioned that for clean-up purposes, it would be best for budget line item WMV-3 183 to be collapsed into budget line item G-5 because the geomorphology and in-channel …
… April 14, 2023 7 POINT OF CONTACT: Seth Turner 8 Headwaters Corporation 9 (720) 524-6115 10 turners@headwaterscorp.com 11 12 I. OVERVIEW 13 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) initiated on January 1, 2007 between … A list of compiled Consultant questions and responses will be 179 maintained on the Program web site (www.PlatteRiverProgram.org) in the same location as this RFP 180 solicitation. 181 182 RFP Schedule 183 The EDO … any and all proposals received in response 272 to this RFP and to cancel this solicitation if it is deemed in the best interest of the Program to do so. 273 Issuance of this RFP in no way constitutes a commitment by the Program to award …
… expect a certain amount of income through 78 land sales. The main question is timing, particularly if we would need to buy the palustrine wetland before 79 the land sales were complete and the associated revenue dollars were available. … of which items are priority to be reviewed if necessary for 133 budgetary reasons. Thabault said for the ESA, “best available science” is a broad category and can include 134 a large range of items. How much weight is given to each … necessary for GFC-1. Merrill 138 explained the process and said he would work with Diane at the NCF to develop the best number, but he 139 agreed with Kenny that the current estimate of $250,000 is a good estimate to use at this point. …
… of selenium. Before any of the options that involve flow augmentation from the groundwater mound would be implemented, site-specific data on selenium (and possibly atrazine) would be required. Comment 14089: The Bureau of Land Management … to conclude that these impacts will adversely affect [these species]." To a reader, it would appear that the best available information so far supports an adverse effect determination, one that has already been made by the FWS over … from Lexington to Chapmen as our study area and that it will be a challenge to find 10,000 acres of properties to buy in the 8-10 year period. From our point of view, of the four bullets related to land acquisition in the PRRIP, the …
… to increase flows at this location. It was agreed that in order for the flow rate to be increased to 3000 cfs, the official gage station designated flood stage would need to be restored to near what is was prior to 2002. Because the … well as along Washboard Road south of North River Road, thus property damage was occurring. The NWS then reviewed the best available information and concluded that flows in the river caused the flooding and correlated a gage station reading … wetland, one minor change to the JFS plan is to remove only enough material from the island that can be disposed of on-site in areas adjacent to the island. According to USACE permit office in Kearney, if the material can be distributed at a …
… at 12:03 PM Central Time. 36 Farnsworth said the EDO would like to take five minutes to talk about the Program web site and database 37 at the end of the meeting. 38 39 Broad-Scale Recharge (BSR) 40 Farnsworth talked about the HDR … NPPD property in the construction 44 and the operation of the project. The concept now is to deliver water to this site via pipeline from the 45 CNPPID canal. Negotiations are now underway for design, construction, and operation of the … issues that are important 84 no matter how or how much water is delivered to the site. Beardsley asked if this will buy us enough to get 85 to the June GC meeting and allow for more time for the EDO and Central to keep working on the …
… may lead to further redefinition of the big questions and CEMs. 9 That’s healthy. This kind of revision is probably best done a collaborative 10 workshop setting with multiple participants, perhaps as part of the annual AMP 11 reporting … flow pulses and sediment 20 augmentation or removal. For example, the program can’t get rid of sediment at 21 the OCSW site at Cottonwood Ranch because of cost with the result that the 22 island is perched too high (potentially) and … fit into the overall picture; (2) how their piece is critical for AMP success, and; (3) have the understanding and buy in to more effectively accomplish their charge… To further enhance the team approach: o The AMP/TAC should distribute …
… below: Tom Smrdel Headwaters Corporation 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, Nebraska 68845 smrdelt@headwaterscorp.com A MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held on Thursday, August 5, 2021, at 1:00 PM CT and will be held on-site. Meet at site access drive off 749 Rd and 437 Rd near Lexington, NE at the entrance to the shooting range. Access … the PROGRAM reserves the right to reject the Bid of any BIDDER if the PROGRAM believes that it would not be in the best interest of the project to make an award to that BIDDER, whether because the Bid is not responsive or the BIDDER is …
… implementation of management actions, assessment of target species’ 11 response to those management actions, how best the Program can spend its resources (money, land, water, 12 etc.), and ultimately the success or failure of the … endnotes 19 include hyperlinks to 20 information available in 21 the Public Library section 22 of the Program’s web site. 23 24 The 2014 State of the 25 Platte Report includes 26 assessments incorporating 27 Program data from years 28 … 76 2014 State of the Platte Report 77 78 Acronyms 79 Acronyms are provided for reference only and do not constitute official positions of the Platte River 80 Recovery Implementation Program. 81 82 1. AM Adaptive management 83 2. AMP …
… below: Tim R. Tunnell Headwaters Corporation 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, Nebraska 68845 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com A MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 1:00 PM CT and will be held on-site. Meet at site access gate entrance off County Road E, 2.5 miles North of Highway 34 at Phillips, NE in NW Hamilton … the PROGRAM reserves the right to reject the Bid of any BIDDER if the PROGRAM believes that it would not be in the best interest of the project to make an award to that BIDDER, whether because the Bid is not responsive or the BIDDER is …
… identified below: Ed Weschler, E.I. Headwaters Corporation Water Resources Engineer Email: Weschlere@headwaterscorp.com A MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at 1:00 PM CT and will be held on-site. Meet at site access drive off 750 Rd and 435 Rd near Lexington, NE near steam plant. Access drive is off 750 Rd … the PROGRAM reserves the right to reject the Bid of any BIDDER if the PROGRAM believes that it would not be in the best interest of the project to make an award to that BIDDER, whether because the Bid is not responsive or the BIDDER is …
… project. Currently in the very early stages of design, focused on information gathering. 65 Consultant is finishing a site survey and borehole drilling (to get depth to an impermeable layer 66 and other geotechnical properties) as the basis … on the Program property is presently scheduled for 95 April 13, May 28, and September 13; EDO staff plan to be on site to take flow measurements in 96 the ditch. 97 98 Project Scoring: Courtney Black & Seth Turner, EDO 99 Turner … and $1M for 151 pipeline. The Program is responsible for the up-front capital cost of pipeline, but CNPPID will 152 buy it back through delivery of water. Responding to a question from Clerkin, Thulin said 153 pipeline costs are currently …
… 70 Discussed the draft FY13 PRRIP budget and work plan 71 Recommended GC support for the whooping crane stopover site evaluation project 72 Recommended GC support for the Directed Vegetation Research Report peer review 73 Upcoming … target flows. 204 205 Dougherty asked why the target flows were picked the way they were. Farnsworth said it was the best 206 information available at the time, but now we have much more complete information and can make much 207 better … the money and time building 235 an adaptive management approach for target flows we know are not based on the current, best science. 236 We can continue to implement the existing flows doing the best we can, but we can also look to doing 237 …
… Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 6 134 Water Plan B also includes an “acquire and retire” component where the Program would buy 135 agricultural land and retire the water. For groundwater irrigated land, the Program would take 136 credit from the … habitat for cranes in the spring and fall. It is also managed by the 180 Program and water could be delivered to the site through a pipeline from the Phelps Canal. The 181 recharge area is an appropriate distance from the river for … including more firm costs, scores, water delivery options, 183 water service agreement terms and permitting for the site. Griebling is currently working on a 184 groundwater model of the site. The ED Office intends to share the …
… before the state meetings. The memos and associated tables will be available through a link at the Platte River web site (platteriver.org) by June 7, 1999. Boyle will be providing information regarding possible demonstration projects in … Agreement, but focuses on a description of the proposed Program. Several expressed concern that this might not be the best means of outreach or the best use of funds, while others expressed concern that an opportunity was being missed. … This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the committee before approval. Page 6 of 7 … 1999 …
… – ED OFFICE FINAL 10/22/2014 The Program will also install four groundwater monitoring wells at the Morse wet meadow site 175 to aid in the design of check structures to be installed on the Peterson Ditch that drains the site. 176 The groundwater models and soil moisture monitoring plan are ready for work group review. 177 178 2013 Short … for 2015. Additional funds have been set 192 aside for the State Channel in 2016 – 2017 in case the Program needs to buy out properties in the 193 area. 194 195 In 2015, the Program plans to spend about the same amount on the J2 Regulating …
… VEGETATION MAPS AND SITE DESCRIPTIONS … species, and finally for the weighted average of both native and exotic species. These are presented in table 15. The best use of these results is as a comparison of species richness and abundance in successional years. For reference, sites … FQI can illustrate the importance of abundance data. Binfield West Hay at first sight instantly stood out as the best overall site for species composition. This is reflected in percent native composition, and average C values, however, … Lichvar, R.W. 2013. The National Wetland Plant List: 2013 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2013-49: 1- 241. (See also the official website of the National Wetland Plant List.) NRCS National Plant Database, 2013. Online …
… 2007-2009 data and drafting annual report. Protocol/data collection 2010 may change (more data) for resource/nest-site selection work. • LETE/PIPL Foraging Habits Study Smith provided summary of Sherfy’s report. Discussed data … • WC, Forage Fish, Geomorphology/Vegetation, Water Quality Monitoring Smith has 2009 WC Report and will post it to site. Jenniges stated final reports should be posted to website library. Farnsworth indicated the current website has file … issued until January 2010. Merrill suggested we include an estimate of costs. Czaplewski said he was curious about WAC buy-in and Kenny said they appeared to be fine with it as long as money comes from adaptive management budget line items. …
… to complete and operate Program water 65 projects and to conduct the monitoring and research necessary to determine the best use of Program water 66 to benefit the target species. This knowledge is necessary to provide a sound base upon which … adapting the appropriate recommendations of the Land Plan for the specific characteristics of the land, and developing site-specific monitoring and October 24, 2006 Program Document 9 maintenance requirements. Habitat management practices … Recognizing that restoration plans may require a number of years to complete, the Governance Committee will use its best efforts to protect 10,000 acres of habitat, including the 2,650 acres of habitat with the NPPD Cottonwood Ranch …
… Kenny said the Program has initiated discussion with one of three 57 land owners at the J2 Reregulating Reservoir Site. Altenhofen asked if land exchanges might 58 interest the other two land owners and Kenny said this could be involved … AF. The Program can take more in any given year free of charge up to the total 38,400 AF 70 capacity. There is not an official score for the project at this time but the ED Office estimated a 71 3,800 AF score based on previous WAP project … mid-level monitoring and instrumentation. The work group suggested 102 focusing efforts on the 8.7 pilot site, which best represents the typical conditions in the area. The 103 work group recommended moving forward on a pilot at this …
… 129 channel capacity. He explained that the next step in chokepoint capacity improvements would 130 involve property buy-outs as dredging of the channel has high costs and several complications 131 associated with it. 132 133 PRRIP – ED …
… information into a mock report. 80 81 Purcell said in essence what we have in front of us is a proposed habitat design (site distance for 82 whooping cranes, nest availability for terns/plovers). He is certain with the right amount of 83 … species response is to the design, or how the habitat was created? Marmorek said there is 85 doubt about which way is best to build habitat, and that should be part of the assessment. The 86 Program can also assess species response to FSM … that states give presentations on the state depletions plan reports 124 to the WAC to ask questions before providing official comments on them. Colorado and 125 Wyoming will make presentations at the July 21 WAC meeting. The WAC will …
… next week. The workgroup recommended additional data 66 collection regarding drains located below the Phelps recharge site. 67 68 Bill Hahn, a special advisor to the Program, is preparing a numerical model of the Phelps site to 69 evaluate effects of a recharge project near Phelps 9.7. Hahn and Smith (ED Office) will get input 70 regarding … from workgroup members interested in the model. 71 72 In pre-feasibility, some concerns were raised on the Gothenburg site because of high 73 groundwater levels. The Phelps site looked promising considering the close proximity to 74 Program …
… said costs and agreements with Tri-Basin NRD are being negotiated. The well network 141 would likely be owned (via a buy-back) and operated by the NRD. The Program would pay 142 under the terms of a Water Service Agreement (WSA). Tri-Basin …
… a year or two to get comfortable with the project. 98 99 CPNRD Groundwater Market: Jerry Kenny, ED 100 Kenny noted the official term used is “exchange” instead of market. The CPNRD Groundwater 101 Exchange is a blind exchange where sellers … and upstream competition for excesses). 126 127 Werbylo gave updates on the feasibility testing at the Cottonwood Ranch site for potential broad-128 scale recharge operations. Infiltration test pits were constructed on the Cottonwood Ranch … the 1947 to 2015 analysis 202 period. 203 • OpStudy does a reasonable job of estimating gage excesses. 204 • It may be best to capitalize on large flow events with storage and large diversion 205 capacities. 206 207 Hovorka stated that since …
… as well as the need to address other priorities. Recovery plans do not necessarily represent the views nor the official positions or approval of any individuals or agencies involved in the plan formulation, other than the U.S. Fish … system, the interior least tern occurs just above the confluence of the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers and at one artificial site on the Wabash River in Indiana. Red River System: Interior least terns are known to occur on the Prairie Dog Town … are affected, either directly or indirectly, by interior least tern conservation efforts and how each audience can best be reached. 512. Develop and distribute educational materials an~ro~riate for various audiences Current efforts …
… riverine roosting habitat on an annual or near annual basis? 259 We note that there are two parts to BQ 2, which are best addressed separately: 260 BQ 2a) does SDHF produce suitable WC riverine roosting habitat on an annual or near annual … under Big Question 5 is to re-evaluate the target unconfined channel width for whooping 288 cranes, using roosting site data from both the Platte River and all other rivers where such data exist. 289 There is clearly a large difference … Generally (keep an annual record, could do a six- month update) Responses to peer review comments are included in the official record and made available to the public Yes 582 583 584 G) Should the Program pursue publication of PRRIP-related …
… agencies to consider the effects of their undertakings on cultural resources. Cultural resources include any building, site, district, structure, or object significant in history, architecture, archeology, culture or science. National … possibly 50 miles of drain could be constructed to produce supplemental flows. About half of these drains would be best of the town of Overton and half would be to the east of Overton. If 100 miles of drains were constructed, the flow … willing sellers and river backwaters, and protection from human disturbance during periods of use by the species. 1 OFFICIAL FILE COPY DATE SURNAME CODE 6 /(O %wuu P t \ O ‘ - 15UbB (9-80) ur‘ iu o f Reclamation Attachment CR-2 PL- 100 …
… which will include work at Cottonwood Ranch. The AMWG wants to consider including the Wyoming property as an additional site for the pilot study, so Smith is evaluating that potential and is building a more detailed work plan for the overall … Database Management System (DBMS) Update Kenny provided an update on the status of the development of the DBMS and the official Program Web site. PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 06/10/2008 Page 5 of 8 Wednesday, April 9, 2008 177 178 Welcome and … time the option of offsetting federal North Platte basin depletions in the South Platte basin. Purcell suggested the best approach might be to deal with these depletions on a case-by-case basis, evaluating whether retirement of an existing …
… The 89 PRRIP WAC Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 6 PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 2/4/2014 ED Office posted a memo on the WAC site describing the calculations, quantities and costs. 90 Kenny requested that any feedback and comments for … 148 $260,000 is used in the 2014 budget. Kenny noted that the WP-1(a) budget items in future years 149 involve property buy-outs and are scheduled to coordinate with the completion of J-2 Regulating 150 Reservoir payments in 2017. 151 152 …
… has been dealing with a claim issue from contractor Myers Construction 77 related to groundwater levels at the project site during construction and costs incurred to pump 78 out groundwater. Engineering design and construction administration … Summary document, Altenhofen asked when the project would 108 be scored. EDO staff said 4,000 AFY is the current best estimate based on a preliminary score 109 model, but the plan is to wait until we have some actual operations data to … part of prior arrangements associated with the land swap, the EDO 119 helped with 404 permitting necessary for the mine site due to wetlands. Mitigation wetlands on 120 nearby Program property are currently under construction. Proof of …
… to implement the Governance Committee Alternative. Development and analysis of this alternative are based on the best available scientific information and best meets the obligations of Interior to conserve and protect threatened and endangered species while continuing to … of the breeding, nesting, and rearing seasons to minimize unintentional take and adverse impacts to migratory birds. Site-specific NEPA compliance will examine additional measures to reduce adverse impacts to migratory birds. Reclamation …
… Taddicken said he was contacted recently by someone concerned about 163 trapping and killing animals at the BSR project site. He contacted the EDO and was able to assure the 164 contact that there is no trapping program associated with that … going through the permitting and 172 public notices if we intend to put the project on the shelf then that is not the best approach. Maybe the best 173 approach is to get more information and then have a plan to initiate the project further into the Extension if …
… ...................................................................................................... 41 7.1.1 On-site Pit Dredges … to inform the development and modification of alternatives in an 22 attempt to identify a range of alternatives that best address the sediment deficit. The modeling concluded 23 that it is unlikely any of the identified alternatives would … TFG, HDR, TT 88 Wikimedia Commons. Photograph of Waimakariri River, New Zealand. 1 http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:VApRXivT-2 44J:commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waimakariri02_gobeirne.jpg+Wikimedia+Commons+%22Wa3 …
… about applicability of the model to other areas? Cognac said you would need to calibrate the model to the specific site with a minimum of one well. Casavant asked about hydraulic conductivity. Cognac said it can be estimated through … as a screening tool. Brei says it helps to identify sites with good potential. Tunnel mentioned that the Elm Creek site shown in the presentation was actually a Cottonwood Ranch wet meadow site. Flyr said the applications of this would … meadows is a very different argument than saying the article isn’t relevant because there are no more wet meadows to buy, or we are not changing management anyway so it isn’t relevant. Schellpeper asked if we changed management because of …