Current Program. The original FFMP, effective October 1, 2007 and its subsequent modifications on December 10, 2008 and February 14, 2011, expired on May 31, 2011. Collectively, these programs are referred to herein as the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP. The subsequent FFMP Agreement, effective June 1, 2011 and expired on May 31, 2012, was a one-year program unanimously approved by the Decree Parties and built upon the framework of the previous FFMP agreements. The FFMP Agreement effective June 1, 2012 and expiring on May 31, 2013 was a one-year extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and was unanimously approved by the Decree Parties. The 2013 FFMP and 2014 FFMP were also extensions of the June 1, 2011 Agreement. The current FFMP is also an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporates the edits from the previous three extensions of the 2011 Agreement with no additional program modifications other than dates. This Agreement, the 2015 FFMP, shall be effective from June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2016. Although several limited studies and evaluations have been conducted to assess the effectiveness of selected elements of the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP and suggest opportunities for its improvement, some of which were incorporated in the previous extensions of the Agreement, additional analyses and studies are needed prior to the Decree Parties reaching a longer term agreement for managing diversions and releases under the Decree. The current FFMP is informed by impact assessments of previous FFMP Agreements, information and experience accumulated during the previous programs, and input from various stakeholder groups and the public. The current FFMP differs from the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP mainly in the following key elements: • Use of additional tables (i.e., schedules) of reservoir releases rates for the City Delaware Basin Reservoirs, developed on the basis of Forecast-based Available Water (FAW) not needed contemporaneously for New York City’s water supply; • Use of new releases tables that replace releases tables utilized in the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP; • Use of new rule curves that replace rule curves utilized in the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP; • Use of New York City’s Operations Support Tool (OST) to guide selection of appropriate releases tables; • Releases rates based, in part, upon recommendations provided jointly by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Joint Fisheries Paper (January 12, 2010); • Drought condition releases rates (L3-L5) that are consistent among the releases tables; • Modifications to New Jersey’s diversion during drought conditions and the establishment of a Diversion Offset Bank for New Jersey; • Incorporation of the seasonal releases design of the FFMP Temporary Summer 2010 fisheries program; • Redirection of the IERQ used to support the seasonal flow increment, which was intended to increase the Montague flow objective from 1,750 cfs to 1,850 cfs between June 15 and September 15; • Use of 3.91 billion gallons (6,045 cfs-days) of IERQ to increase the base releases rates in the tables; • Reattachment of the Montague flow objective with the location of the Delaware Estuary salt front (salinity vernier); • Modified spill mitigation program that endeavors to maintain reservoir levels at the Conditional Seasonal Storage Objective (CSSO), creating a high probability of maintaining ten (10) percent void spaces from September 1, 2015 through March 15, 2016; and • Postponement of a water-resources reassessment study until more information is available. The additional releases tables and use of OST will facilitate the redirection of spilled water to managed water to benefit downstream interests when water in the City Delaware Basin Reservoirs is forecasted to be available for purposes other than New York City’s water supply. The June 1, 2012 FFMP Agreement differed from the 2011 FFMP Agreement in the following elements: • Section, 1.b., Current Program, was updated to reflect the June 1, 2012 FFMP one-year extension; • The dates were revised to correspond to the effective term of the June 1, 2012 FFMP Agreement; • Additional units of measurement for water volume were provided; and • The State of Delaware had one party signing the current FFMP Agreement, as opposed to two. The June 1, 2013 FFMP Agreement was an extension of the June 1, 2011Agreement and incorporated the changes from the 2012 FFMP Agreement. The June 1, 2014 FFMP Agreement was an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporated the changes of the 2012, and 2013 Agreements. The term Conditional Storage Objective (CSO) was changed to Conditional Seasonal Storage Objective (CSSO) in the 2014 Agreement. The June 1, 2015 FFMP Agreement is an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporates the changes of the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Agreements.
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Samples: Flexible Flow Management Program Agreement, Agreement of the Parties to the 1954 u.s. Supreme Court Decree
Current Program. The original FFMP, effective October 1, 2007 and its subsequent modifications on December 10, 2008 and February 14, 2011, expired on May 31, 2011. Collectively, these programs are referred to herein as the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP. The subsequent FFMP Agreement, effective June 1, 2011 and expired on May 31, 2012, was a one-year program unanimously approved by the Decree Parties and built upon the framework of the previous FFMP agreements. The FFMP Agreement effective June 1, 2012 and expiring on May 31, 2013 was a one-year extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and was unanimously approved by the Decree Parties. The 2013 FFMP, 2014 FFMP and 2014 2015 FFMP were also extensions of the June 1, 2011 Agreement. The current FFMP is also an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporates the edits from the previous three four extensions of the 2011 Agreement with no additional program modifications other than dates. This Agreement, the 2015 2016 FFMP, shall be effective from June 1, 2015 2016 to May 31, 20162017. Although several limited studies and evaluations have been conducted to assess the effectiveness of selected elements of the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP and suggest opportunities for its improvement, some of which were incorporated in the previous extensions of the Agreement, additional analyses and studies are needed prior to the Decree Parties reaching a longer term agreement for managing diversions and releases under the Decree. The current FFMP is informed by impact assessments of previous FFMP Agreements, information and experience accumulated during the previous programs, and input from various stakeholder groups and the public. The current FFMP differs from the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP mainly in the following key elements: • Use of additional tables (i.e., schedules) of reservoir releases rates for the City Delaware Basin Reservoirs, developed on the basis of Forecast-based Available Water (FAW) not needed contemporaneously for New York City’s water supply; • Use of new releases tables that replace releases tables utilized in the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP; • Use of new rule curves that replace rule curves utilized in the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP; • Use of New York City’s Operations Support Tool (OST) to guide selection of appropriate releases tables; • Releases rates based, in part, upon recommendations provided jointly by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Joint Fisheries Paper (January 12, 2010); • Drought condition releases rates (L3-L5) that are consistent among the releases tables; • Modifications to New Jersey’s diversion during drought conditions and the establishment of a Diversion Offset Bank for New Jersey; • Incorporation of the seasonal releases design of the FFMP Temporary Summer 2010 fisheries program; • Redirection of the IERQ used to support the seasonal flow increment, which was intended to increase the Montague flow objective from 1,750 cfs to 1,850 cfs between June 15 and September 15; • Use of 3.91 billion gallons (6,045 cfs-days) of IERQ to increase the base releases rates in the tables; • Reattachment of the Montague flow objective with the location of the Delaware Estuary salt front (salinity vernier); • Modified spill mitigation program that endeavors to maintain reservoir levels at the Conditional Seasonal Storage Objective (CSSO), creating a high probability of maintaining ten (10) percent void spaces from September 1, 2015 2016 through March 15, 20162017; and • Postponement of a water-resources reassessment study until more information is available. The additional releases tables and use of OST will facilitate the redirection of spilled water to managed water to benefit downstream interests when water in the City Delaware Basin Reservoirs is forecasted to be available for purposes other than New York City’s water supply. The June 1, 2012 FFMP Agreement differed from the 2011 FFMP Agreement in the following elements: • Section, 1.b., Current Program, was updated to reflect the June 1, 2012 FFMP one-year extension; • The dates were revised to correspond to the effective term of the June 1, 2012 FFMP Agreement; • Additional units of measurement for water volume were provided; and • The State of Delaware had one party signing the current FFMP Agreement, as opposed to two. The June 1, 2013 FFMP Agreement was an extension of the June 1, 2011Agreement 2011 Agreement and incorporated the changes from the 2012 FFMP Agreement. The June 1, 2014 FFMP Agreement was an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporated the changes of the 2012, and 2013 Agreements. The term Conditional Storage Objective (CSO) was changed to Conditional Seasonal Storage Objective (CSSO) in the 2014 Agreement. The June 1, 2015 FFMP Agreement is an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporates the changes of the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Agreements. The June 1, 2016 FFMP Agreement is an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporates the changes of the 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 Agreements.
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Current Program. The original FFMP, effective October 1, 2007 and its subsequent modifications on December 10, 2008 and February 14, 2011, expired on May 31, 2011. Collectively, these programs are referred to herein as the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP. The subsequent FFMP Agreement, effective June 1, 2011 and expired on May 31, 2012, was a one-year program unanimously approved by the Decree Parties and built upon the framework of the previous FFMP agreements. The FFMP Agreement effective June 1, 2012 and expiring on May 31, 2013 was a one-year extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and was unanimously approved by the Decree Parties. The 2013 FFMP and 2014 FFMP were also extensions of the June 1, 2011 Agreement. The current FFMP is also an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and that incorporates the edits from the previous three extensions of the 2011 June 1, 2012 Agreement with no additional program modifications other than dates. This Agreement, the 2015 FFMP, and shall be effective from June 1, 2015 2013 to May 31, 20162014. Although several limited studies and evaluations have been conducted to assess the effectiveness of selected elements of the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP and suggest opportunities for its improvement, some of which were incorporated in the previous extensions of the June 1, 2011 Agreement, additional analyses and studies are needed prior to the Decree Parties reaching a longer term agreement for managing diversions and releases under the Decree. The current FFMP is informed by impact assessments of previous FFMP Agreements, information and experience accumulated during the previous programs, and input from various stakeholder groups and the public. The current FFMP differs from the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP mainly in the following key elements: • Use of additional tables (i.e., schedules) of reservoir releases rates for the City Delaware Basin Reservoirs, developed on the basis of Forecast-based Available Water (FAW) not needed contemporaneously for New York City’s water supply; • Use of new releases tables that replace releases tables utilized in the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP; • Use of new rule curves that replace rule curves utilized in the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP; • Use of New York City’s Operations Support Tool (OST) to guide selection of appropriate releases tables; • Releases rates based, in part, upon recommendations provided jointly by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Joint Fisheries Paper (January 12, 2010); • Drought condition releases rates (L3-L5) that are consistent among the releases tables; • Modifications to New Jersey’s diversion during drought conditions and the establishment of a Diversion Offset Bank for New Jersey; • Incorporation of the seasonal releases design of the FFMP Temporary Summer 2010 fisheries program; • Redirection of the IERQ used to support the seasonal flow increment, which was intended to increase the Montague flow objective from 1,750 cfs to 1,850 cfs between June 15 and September 15; • Use of 3.91 billion gallons (6,045 cfs-days) of IERQ to increase the base releases rates in the tables; • Reattachment of the Montague flow objective with the location of the Delaware Estuary salt front (salinity vernier); • Modified spill mitigation program that endeavors to maintain reservoir levels at the Conditional Seasonal Storage Objective (CSSO)Objective, creating a high probability of maintaining ten (10) percent void spaces from September 1, 2015 through March 15, 2016; and • Postponement of a water-resources reassessment study until more information is available. The additional releases tables and use of OST will facilitate the redirection of spilled water to managed water to benefit downstream interests when water in the City Delaware Basin Reservoirs is forecasted to be available for purposes other than New York City’s water supply. The June 1, 2012 FFMP Agreement differed from the 2011 FFMP Agreement in the following elements: • Section, 1.b., Current Program, was updated to reflect the June 1, 2012 FFMP one-year extension; • The dates were revised to correspond to the effective term of the June 1, 2012 FFMP Agreement; • Additional units of measurement for water volume were provided; and • The State of Delaware had one party signing the current FFMP Agreement, as opposed to two. The June 1, 2013 FFMP Agreement was an extension of the June 1, 2011Agreement and incorporated the changes from the 2012 FFMP Agreement. The June 1, 2014 FFMP Agreement was an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporated the changes of the 2012, and 2013 Agreements. The term Conditional Storage Objective (CSO) was changed to Conditional Seasonal Storage Objective (CSSO) in the 2014 Agreement. The June 1, 2015 FFMP Agreement is an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporates the changes of the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Agreements.ten
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Samples: Agreement of the Parties to the 1954 u.s. Supreme Court Decree
Current Program. The original FFMP, effective October 1, 2007 and its subsequent modifications on December 10, 2008 and February 14, 2011, expired on May 31, 2011. Collectively, these programs are referred to herein as the Initial Implementation Cycle initial implementation cycle FFMP. The subsequent FFMP Agreement, effective June 1, 2011 and expired expiring on May 31, 2012, was a one-year program unanimously approved by the Decree Parties and built upon the framework of the previous FFMP agreements. The current FFMP Agreement effective June 1, 2012 and expiring on May 31, 2013 was is a one-year extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and was unanimously approved by the Decree Parties. The 2013 FFMP and 2014 FFMP were also extensions of the June 1, 2011 Agreement. The current FFMP is also an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporates the edits from the previous three extensions of the 2011 Agreement with no additional program modifications other than dates. This Agreement, the 2015 FFMP, shall be effective from June 1, 2015 2012 to May 31, 20162013. Although several limited studies and evaluations have been conducted to assess the effectiveness of selected elements of the Initial Implementation Cycle initial implementation cycle FFMP and suggest opportunities for its improvement, some of which were incorporated in the previous extensions of the AgreementJune 1, 2011 agreement, additional analyses and studies are needed prior to the Decree Parties reaching a longer term agreement for managing diversions and releases under the Decree. The current FFMP is informed by impact assessments of previous FFMP Agreements, information and experience accumulated during the previous programs, and input from various stakeholder groups and the public. The current FFMP differs from the Initial Implementation Cycle initial implementation cycle FFMP mainly in the following key elements: • Use of additional tables (i.e., schedules) of reservoir releases rates for the City Delaware Basin Reservoirs, developed on the basis of Forecast-based Available Water (FAW) not needed contemporaneously for New York City’s water supply; • Use of new releases tables that replace releases tables utilized in the Initial Implementation Cycle initial implementation cycle FFMP; • Use of new rule curves that replace rule curves utilized in the Initial Implementation Cycle initial implementation cycle FFMP; • Use of New York City’s Operations Support Tool (OST) to guide selection of appropriate releases tables; • Releases rates based, in part, upon recommendations provided jointly by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Joint Fisheries Paper (January 12, 2010); • Drought condition releases rates (L3-L5) that are consistent among the releases tables; • Modifications to New Jersey’s diversion during drought conditions and the establishment of a Diversion Offset Bank for New Jersey; • Incorporation of the seasonal releases design of the FFMP Temporary Summer 2010 fisheries program; • Redirection of the IERQ used to support the seasonal flow increment, which was intended to increase the Montague flow objective from 1,750 cfs to 1,850 cfs between June 15 and September 15; • Use of 3.91 billion gallons (6,045 cfs-days) of IERQ to increase the base releases rates in the tables; • Reattachment of the Montague flow objective with the location of the Delaware Estuary salt front (salinity vernier); • Modified spill mitigation program that endeavors to maintain reservoir levels at the Conditional Seasonal Storage Objective (CSSO)Objective, creating a high probability of maintaining ten (10) percent void spaces from September 1, 2015 through March 15, 2016; and • Postponement of a water-resources reassessment study until more information is available. The additional releases tables and use of OST will facilitate the redirection of spilled water to managed water to benefit downstream interests when water in the City Delaware Basin Reservoirs is forecasted to be available for purposes other than New York City’s water supply. The June 1, 2012 FFMP Agreement differed from the 2011 FFMP Agreement in the following elements: • Section, 1.b., Current Program, was updated to reflect the June 1, 2012 FFMP one-year extension; • The dates were revised to correspond to the effective term of the June 1, 2012 FFMP Agreement; • Additional units of measurement for water volume were provided; and • The State of Delaware had one party signing the current FFMP Agreement, as opposed to two. The June 1, 2013 FFMP Agreement was an extension of the June 1, 2011Agreement and incorporated the changes from the 2012 FFMP Agreement. The June 1, 2014 FFMP Agreement was an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporated the changes of the 2012, and 2013 Agreements. The term Conditional Storage Objective (CSO) was changed to Conditional Seasonal Storage Objective (CSSO) in the 2014 Agreement. The June 1, 2015 FFMP Agreement is an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporates the changes of the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Agreements.ten
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Samples: Agreement of the Parties to the 1954 u.s. Supreme Court Decree
Current Program. The original FFMP, effective October 1, 2007 and its subsequent modifications on December 10, 2008 and February 14, 2011, expired on May 31, 2011. Collectively, these programs are referred to herein as the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP. The subsequent FFMP Agreement, effective June 1, 2011 and expired on May 31, 2012, was a one-year program unanimously approved by the Decree Parties and built upon the framework of the previous FFMP agreements. The FFMP Agreement effective June 1, 2012 and expiring on May 31, 2013 was a one-year extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and was unanimously approved by the Decree Parties. The 2013 FFMP and 2014 FFMP were also extensions was an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement. The current FFMP is also an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and that incorporates the edits from the previous three extensions of the 2011 Agreement with no additional program modifications other than dates. This Agreement, the 2015 FFMP, and shall be effective from June 1, 2015 2014 to May 31, 20162015. Although several limited studies and evaluations have been conducted to assess the effectiveness of selected elements of the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP and suggest opportunities for its improvement, some of which were incorporated in the previous extensions of the Agreement, additional analyses and studies are needed prior to the Decree Parties reaching a longer term agreement for managing diversions and releases under the Decree. The current FFMP is informed by impact assessments of previous FFMP Agreements, information and experience accumulated during the previous programs, and input from various stakeholder groups and the public. The current FFMP differs from the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP mainly in the following key elements: • Use of additional tables (i.e., schedules) of reservoir releases rates for the City Delaware Basin Reservoirs, developed on the basis of Forecast-based Available Water (FAW) not needed contemporaneously for New York City’s water supply; • Use of new releases tables that replace releases tables utilized in the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP; • Use of new rule curves that replace rule curves utilized in the Initial Implementation Cycle FFMP; • Use of New York City’s Operations Support Tool (OST) to guide selection of appropriate releases tables; • Releases rates based, in part, upon recommendations provided jointly by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Joint Fisheries Paper (January 12, 2010); • Drought condition releases rates (L3-L5) that are consistent among the releases tables; • Modifications to New Jersey’s diversion during drought conditions and the establishment of a Diversion Offset Bank for New Jersey; • Incorporation of the seasonal releases design of the FFMP Temporary Summer 2010 fisheries program; • Redirection of the IERQ used to support the seasonal flow increment, which was intended to increase the Montague flow objective from 1,750 cfs to 1,850 cfs between June 15 and September 15; • Use of 3.91 billion gallons (6,045 cfs-days) of IERQ to increase the base releases rates in the tables; • Reattachment of the Montague flow objective with the location of the Delaware Estuary salt front (salinity vernier); • Modified spill mitigation program that endeavors to maintain reservoir levels at the Conditional Seasonal Storage Objective (CSSO), creating a high probability of maintaining ten (10) percent void spaces from September 1, 2015 2014 through March 15, 20162015; and • Postponement of a water-resources reassessment study until more information is available. The additional releases tables and use of OST will facilitate the redirection of spilled water to managed water to benefit downstream interests when water in the City Delaware Basin Reservoirs is forecasted to be available for purposes other than New York City’s water supply. The June 1, 2012 FFMP Agreement differed from the 2011 previous FFMP Agreement in the following elements: • Section, 1.b., Current Program, was updated to reflect the June 1, 2012 FFMP one-year extension; • The dates were revised to correspond to the effective term of the June 1, 2012 FFMP Agreement; • Additional units of measurement for water volume were provided; and • The State of Delaware had one party signing the current FFMP Agreement, as opposed to two. The June 1, 2013 FFMP Agreement was an extension of of, and incorporates herein the same terms as the June 1, 2011Agreement 2011 and incorporated the changes from the 2012 FFMP AgreementAgreements. The June 1, 2014 FFMP Agreement was an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporated the changes of the 2012, and 2013 Agreements. The term Conditional Storage Objective (CSO) was changed to Conditional Seasonal Storage Objective (CSSO) in the 2014 Agreement. The June 1, 2015 FFMP Agreement is an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporates incorporation the changes of the 2012, and 2013 and 2014 Agreements. This Agreement also changes the term Conditional Storage Objective (CSO) to Conditional Seasonal Storage Objective (CSSO).
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Samples: Agreement of the Parties to the 1954 u.s. Supreme Court Decree
Current Program. The original FFMP, effective October 1, 2007 and its subsequent modifications on December 10, 2008 and February 14, 2011, expired is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2011. Collectively, these programs are referred to herein as the Initial Implementation Cycle initial implementation cycle FFMP. The subsequent current FFMP Agreement, effective June 1, 2011 and expired on May 31, 2012, was is a one-year program unanimously approved by the Decree Parties and built builds upon the framework of the previous FFMP agreements. The FFMP Agreement effective June 1, 2012 and expiring on May 31, 2013 was a one-year extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and was unanimously approved by the Decree Parties. The 2013 FFMP and 2014 FFMP were also extensions of the June 1, 2011 Agreement. The current FFMP is also an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporates the edits from the previous three extensions of the 2011 Agreement with no additional program modifications other than dates. This Agreement, the 2015 FFMP, shall be effective from June 1, 2015 2011 to May 31, 20162012. Although several limited studies and evaluations have been conducted to assess the effectiveness of selected elements of the Initial Implementation Cycle initial implementation cycle FFMP and suggest opportunities for its improvement, some of which were are incorporated in the previous extensions of the Agreementthis agreement, additional analyses and studies are study is needed prior to the Decree Parties reaching a longer term agreement for managing diversions and releases under the Decree. The current FFMP is informed by impact assessments of previous FFMP Agreementsthe initial implementation cycle FFMP, information and experience accumulated during the previous programsinitial implementation cycle, and input from various stakeholder groups and the public. The current FFMP differs from the Initial Implementation Cycle original FFMP mainly in the following key elements: • Use of additional tables (i.e., schedules) of reservoir releases rates for the City Delaware Basin Reservoirs, developed on the basis of Forecast-based Available Water (FAW) not needed contemporaneously for New York City’s water supply; • Use of new releases tables that replace releases tables utilized in the Initial Implementation Cycle initial implementation cycle FFMP; • Use of new rule curves that replace rule curves utilized in the Initial Implementation Cycle initial implementation cycle FFMP; • Use of New York City’s Operations Support Tool (OST) to guide selection of appropriate releases tables; • Releases rates based, in part, upon recommendations provided jointly by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Joint Fisheries Paper (January 12, 2010); • Drought condition releases rates (L3-L5) that are consistent among the releases tables; • Modifications to New Jersey’s diversion during drought conditions and the establishment of a Diversion Offset Bank for New Jersey; • Incorporation of the seasonal releases design of the FFMP Temporary Summer 2010 fisheries program; • Redirection of the IERQ used to support the seasonal flow increment, which was intended to increase the Montague flow objective from 1,750 cfs to 1,850 cfs between June 15 and September 15; • Use of 3.91 billion gallons (6,045 cfs-days) days of IERQ to increase the base releases rates in the tables; • Reattachment of the Montague flow objective with the location of the Delaware Estuary salt front (salinity vernier); • Modified spill mitigation program that endeavors to maintain reservoir levels at the Conditional Seasonal Storage Objective (CSSO)Objective, creating a high probability of maintaining ten (10) percent void spaces from September 1, 2015 through March 15, 2016; and • Postponement of a water-resources reassessment study until more information is available. The additional releases tables and use of OST will facilitate the redirection of spilled water to managed water to benefit downstream interests when water in the City Delaware Basin Reservoirs is forecasted to be available for purposes other than New York City’s water supply. The June 1, 2012 FFMP Agreement differed from the 2011 FFMP Agreement in the following elements: • Section, 1.b., Current Program, was updated to reflect the June 1, 2012 FFMP one-year extension; • The dates were revised to correspond to the effective term of the June 1, 2012 FFMP Agreement; • Additional units of measurement for water volume were provided; and • The State of Delaware had one party signing the current FFMP Agreement, as opposed to two. The June 1, 2013 FFMP Agreement was an extension of the June 1, 2011Agreement and incorporated the changes from the 2012 FFMP Agreement. The June 1, 2014 FFMP Agreement was an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporated the changes of the 2012, and 2013 Agreements. The term Conditional Storage Objective (CSO) was changed to Conditional Seasonal Storage Objective (CSSO) in the 2014 Agreement. The June 1, 2015 FFMP Agreement is an extension of the June 1, 2011 Agreement and incorporates the changes of the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Agreements.ten
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