Bureau of Reclamation. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (hereinafter called USBR) manages, develops, and protects water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public (43 U.S.C. Chapter 12). In accordance with the authority delegated in 255 DM 14.1 (U.S. Department of the Interior, Departmental Manual), which states that the Commissioner is delegated so much of the authority of the Secretary under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. § 661 et seq.) as is necessary to provide assistance, through grants or cooperative agreements, to public or private organizations for the improvement of fish and wildlife habitat associated with water systems or water supplies affected by Reclamation projects; and in accordance with the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-11), Subtitle F- Secure Water, §§ 9502, 9504, and 9509, the USBR is authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement to continue the Great Basin CESU to assist in providing research, technical assistance, and education.
Bureau of Reclamation. ● Reclamation will assign a PM with responsibilities for managing the timely completion oftasks and review ofmaterials as described in the PMP as well as coordinating the identification and resolution ofpotential issues. ● The PM will be responsible for coordinating ESA, NEPA, and other necessary compliance required for the Project. ● Reclamation’s PM will coordinate updates to the PMP, as necessary throughout the process. ● Reclamation will identify an executive sponsor with authorities and responsibilities for addressing policy-level issues as appropriate, coordinating with the Parties to this Memorandum as needed to complete tasks described in this Memorandum, and to identify and resolve issues. ● Reclamation will be the Federal action agency as it relates to its ESA Section 7 responsibilities. ● Provide analyses regarding potential e fects ofthe Proposed Action to federally-listed species and certain proposed species and their designated or proposed critical habitats. ● Explore potential alternative approaches to operate the CVP and SWP for all Project purposes. ● Evaluate the Proposed Action and alternatives in compliance with NEPA through preparation ofan EIS. ● Develop a Proposed Action that reflects current conditions, incorporates new planned facilities, and includes a suite ofactions to meet the requirements of ESA Sections 7(a)(1) and 7(a)(2). ● Reclamation will secure a contractor and appropriate funding to help facilitate outreach, technical analysis, alternatives development, preparation ofan EIS, preparation ofa BA, and the preparation ofan administrative record documenting decision-making. The contractor will only take direction from Reclamation. ● Reclamation will assume appropriate legal responsibilities under the issued final BiOp(s) from USFWS and NMFS. ● Reclamation will facilitate coordination with CVP contractors who are not included as Parties to this MOU and stakeholders.
Bureau of Reclamation. The Authority may enter into a contract or other arrangement with Reclamation to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.
Bureau of Reclamation. ● Reclamation will assign a PM with responsibilities for managing the timely completion of tasks and review of materials as described in the PMP as well as coordinating the identification and resolution of potential issues. ● The PM will be responsible for coordinating ESA, NEPA, and other necessary compliance required for the Project. ● Reclamation’s PM will coordinate updates to the PMP, as necessary throughout the process. ● Reclamation will identify an executive sponsor with authorities and responsibilities for addressing policy-level issues as appropriate, coordinating with the Parties to this Memorandum as needed to complete tasks described in this Memorandum, and to identify and resolve issues. ● Reclamation will be the Federal action agency as it relates to its ESA Section 7 responsibilities. ● Provide analyses regarding potential effects of the Proposed Action to federally-listed and certain proposed species and their designated or proposed critical habitats. ● Explore potential alternative approaches to operate the CVP and SWP for all Project purposes. ● Evaluate the Proposed Action and alternatives in compliance with NEPA through preparation of an EIS. ● Develop a Proposed Action that reflects current conditions, incorporates new planned facilities, and includes a suite of actions to meet the requirements of ESA Sections 7(a)(1) and 7(a)(2). ● Reclamation will secure a contractor and appropriate funding to help facilitate internal and external stakeholder outreach, technical analysis, alternatives development, preparation of an EIS, preparation of a BA, and the preparation of an administrative record documenting decision-making. ● Reclamation will assume appropriate legal responsibilities under the issued final BiOp(s) from USFWS and NMFS. ● Reclamation will facilitate coordination with CVP contractors and stakeholders.
Bureau of Reclamation. Participants in the Wanapa Energy Center have requested that plant discharge water be discharged into Cold Springs Reservoir, part of Reclamation’s Umatilla Basin Project, a federal irrigation project. Reclamation must decide whether to approve crossing of Reclamation lands and easements, and use of facilities. The decision to permit crossing of lands and easements would consider potential impacts to operations and maintenance of facilities, to irrigation, to Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge, and to water quality. The decision to permit use of facilities to store water for irrigation use is further dependent upon the Hermiston Irrigation District complying with Oregon Water Resources Department criteria to use the water for irrigation, and then subsequently entering into a Xxxxxx Act Contract with Reclamation for use of excess capacity in Cold Springs Reservoir. Reclamation’s decision would be documented in a ROD.
Bureau of Reclamation. 1996 - Present Key Words: Temperature Control Device, Hydropower Optimization, Endangered Species, Water Quality, Habitat Restoration, Selective Withdrawal, and Reservoir Stratification Abstract: This Good Practice illustrates a successful case study of habitat restoration and hydropower optimization. During the period of late 1980s to the mid-1990s, the Bureau of Reclamation spilled cold water through Shasta Dam’s low-level river outlets to provide proper water temperatures for salmon downstream, instead of passing water through the hydro turbines. A Temperature Control Device (TCD), with a unique selective withdrawal system that routes water through Shasta Powerhouse, has provided the answer to maintaining the required water temperature for fish and at the same time, generating clean inexpensive electricity. An aerial view of the TCD, Shasta Dam and power plant is shown in Figure 1.
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Bureau of Reclamation. Xxxxx Xxxxxx Environmental Services Manager Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region 0000 Xxxxxx Xx, Boise, ID 83706 Office: 000-000-0000 City of Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Director of Public Works 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Cheney, WA 99004 Office: 000-000-0000
Bureau of Reclamation. Grants to Facilitate Development, Management, and Protection of Indian Water Resources Pub. L. No. 108‐7 Section 201 of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, Section 2, Division D, Title ll (Department of the Interior) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with any Indian tribe, institution of higher education, national Indian organization, or tribal organization, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. §§ 6301‐6308, in order to increase opportunities for Indian tribes to develop, manage, and protect their water resources, in FY 2003 and thereafter. Habitat Restoration Associated with Reclamation Projects 16 U.S.C. §§ 661 et seq. Section 1 of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act provides authorization to the Secretary to provide assistance to, and cooperate with, federal, state and public or private agencies and organizations in the development, protection, rearing, and stocking of all species of wildlife, resources thereof, and their habitat, in controlling losses of the same from disease or other causes. . .and in carrying out other measures necessary to effectuate the purposes of the law. While the authority is delegated primarily to the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Secretary in 1996 provided to the Commissioner of Reclamation a limited delegation of Section 1 authority “as is necessary to provide assistance, through grants or cooperative agreements, to public or private organizations for the improvement of fish and wildlife habitat associated with water systems or water supplies affected by Reclamation projects.” See also, 255 Departmental Manual 14.1. Preparation of Drought Contingency Plans 43 U.S.C. § 2215 This law authorizes Secretary to provide financial assistance in the form of cooperative agreements in states that are eligible to receive drought assistance “under this subchapter to promote the development of drought contingency plans under subchapter II of this chapter.”
Bureau of Reclamation. The Rivers and Harbors Act of August 30, 1935, provided the initial Federal authority for the CVP. On Dec. 2, 1935, the president approved a finding of feasibility by the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902. The Rivers and Harbors Act of August 26, 1937, brought the CVP under Reclamation Law and authorized the construction, operation and maintenance. On October 6, 1992, Section 3406(a) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA), Public Law 102-575, amended the project purposes of the CVP to include fish and wildlife purposes.
