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@media(max-width:560px){body{font-size:17px;}.wrap{padding:0 18px;}.card{padding:20px 18px;}.keybox{padding:24px 20px;}}\n<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n<script>document.documentElement.classList.add('js');<\/script>\n\n<header class=\"masthead\">\n <div class=\"wrap masthead-inner\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"crest\" src=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KID_Flag-234x300.png\" alt=\"Klamath Irrigation District flag\">\n <div class=\"org-block\">\n <span class=\"org-name\">Klamath Irrigation District<\/span>\n <span class=\"org-sub\">Building Communities Since 1905 \u00b7 Klamath Falls, Oregon<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n\n <div class=\"title-band\">\n <div class=\"eyebrow\">Administrative Record<\/div>\n <h1>The ESA Consultation Record<\/h1>\n <p class=\"lede\">A chronological, linked index of the federal legal documents governing whether Endangered Species Act consultation can reduce the water the Klamath Project delivers \u2014 together with the foundational contracts and authorities behind the District's 1954 contract and Article\u00a013.<\/p>\n <div class=\"updated\">Maintained by Klamath Irrigation District \u00b7 index current as of June 2026<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <section class=\"prose\">\n <p>The documents below form an administrative record on one decisive question: <em>does the Bureau of Reclamation have discretion to reduce or redirect Project water for endangered\u2011species purposes, or are its delivery obligations fixed?<\/em> The <strong>Document Index<\/strong> is the quick reference \u2014 each row links to the full document and to a detailed annotation further down the page. Below the index are the <strong>foundational instruments<\/strong> (the contract chain of title and the controlling statute and adjudication) and a plain\u2011language explainer of <strong>Article\u00a013<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/section>\n\n <!-- ===================== PROMINENT INDEX TABLE ===================== -->\n <h2 class=\"sec\" id=\"index\">Document Index<\/h2>\n <p class=\"sec-sub\">In chronological order. Click a title to open the source document; click \u201cDetails\u201d for the annotation.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"table-shell\">\n <div class=\"table-scroll\">\n <table class=\"index\">\n <thead>\n <tr><th>Date<\/th><th>Document<\/th><th>Source<\/th><th>Open<\/th><\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"c-date\">Oct 28\u201329, 2020<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-doc\">\n <a class=\"doctitle\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolicitorOpinion_2020_10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Updated Review of Legal Issues \u2014 Reclamation\u2019s Operation of the Klamath Project (October 2020 Solicitor\u2019s Opinion)<\/a>\n <span class=\"desc\">The originating opinion: pre-ESA delivery contracts constrain Reclamation\u2019s discretion; non-discretionary deliveries fall in the ESA baseline.<\/span>\n <\/td>\n <td class=\"c-src\">DOI \u2014 Office of the Solicitor (Jorjani)<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolicitorOpinion_2020_10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open \u2197<\/a><br><a class=\"details\" href=\"#doc-00\">Details \u2193<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"c-date\">Nov 12, 2020<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-doc\">\n <a class=\"doctitle\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/signed-letterenclosure-klamath-water-project-request-for-solicitor-opinion-rietmann-2020-11-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernhardt Transmittal Letters \u2014 Klamath Water Project (Signed Letter & Enclosure)<\/a>\n <span class=\"desc\">Bernhardt\u2019s Nov. 12 letters transmitting the October opinion to KWUA \/ Rietmann and directing the contract-by-contract analysis.<\/span>\n <\/td>\n <td class=\"c-src\">DOI \u2014 Office of the Secretary (Bernhardt)<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/signed-letterenclosure-klamath-water-project-request-for-solicitor-opinion-rietmann-2020-11-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open \u2197<\/a><br><a class=\"details\" href=\"#doc-01\">Details \u2193<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"c-date\">Jan 14, 2021<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-doc\">\n <a class=\"doctitle\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/analysis-of-klamath-project-contracts-discretionary-authority001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Analysis of Klamath Project Contracts to Determine Discretionary Authority<\/a>\n <span class=\"desc\">Clause-by-clause contract analysis. Cites Article 13 of the 1954 KID contract by name.<\/span>\n <\/td>\n <td class=\"c-src\">DOI \u2014 Office of the Solicitor<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/analysis-of-klamath-project-contracts-discretionary-authority001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open \u2197<\/a><br><a class=\"details\" href=\"#doc-02\">Details \u2193<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"c-date\">Jan 14, 2021<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-doc\">\n <a class=\"doctitle\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/use-of-water-previously-stored-in-priority-for-sat-of-dwnstrm-rts001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use of Water Previously Stored in Priority for Satisfaction of Downstream Rights<\/a>\n <span class=\"desc\">Stored water (ACFFOD) not available for unquantified downstream Yurok\/Hoopa rights.<\/span>\n <\/td>\n <td class=\"c-src\">DOI \u2014 Office of the Solicitor<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/use-of-water-previously-stored-in-priority-for-sat-of-dwnstrm-rts001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open \u2197<\/a><br><a class=\"details\" href=\"#doc-03\">Details \u2193<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"c-date\">Jan 15, 2021<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-doc\">\n <a class=\"doctitle\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/20210115_klamath_reassessment_signed-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Reassessment of Klamath Project Operations (ESA \u00a77(a)(2))<\/a>\n <span class=\"desc\">Classifies each operation as discretionary or non-discretionary (baseline). Posted twice.<\/span>\n <\/td>\n <td class=\"c-src\">Bureau of Reclamation \u2014 California-Great Basin<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/20210115_klamath_reassessment_signed-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open \u2197<\/a><br><a class=\"details\" href=\"#doc-04\">Details \u2193<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"c-date\">Jan 16, 2021<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-doc\">\n <a class=\"doctitle\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/est-17949-letter-to-nathan-r-rietmann\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secretary Bernhardt \u2014 Transmittal Letter to Nathan R. Rietmann<\/a>\n <span class=\"desc\">Transmits the completed analysis (Jan. 14 memos + 2021 Reassessment). Scanned image.<\/span>\n <\/td>\n <td class=\"c-src\">DOI \u2014 Office of the Secretary<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/est-17949-letter-to-nathan-r-rietmann\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open \u2197<\/a><br><a class=\"details\" href=\"#doc-05\">Details \u2193<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"c-date\">Mar 9, 2021<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-doc\">\n <a class=\"doctitle\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/03092021-memo-to-pss-from-bkj-and-rlk-re-reclamation-authority_obligations-at-klamath-project-with-exhs-00101867xd2c75\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reclamation\u2019s Authority and Obligations at the Klamath Project<\/a>\n <span class=\"desc\">KWUA outside-counsel memo (Somach) endorsing the discretion analysis.<\/span>\n <\/td>\n <td class=\"c-src\">Somach Simmons & Dunn (for KWUA)<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/03092021-memo-to-pss-from-bkj-and-rlk-re-reclamation-authority_obligations-at-klamath-project-with-exhs-00101867xd2c75\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open \u2197<\/a><br><a class=\"details\" href=\"#doc-06\">Details \u2193<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr class=\"era-withdraw\">\n <td class=\"c-date\">Apr 8, 2021<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-doc\">\n <a class=\"doctitle\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/secint-memo-esb46-00673-klamath-withdawal-2021-04-08-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Withdrawal of Klamath Project-Related Memoranda, Letters, and Analyses<\/a>\n <span class=\"desc\">Secretary Haaland withdraws the entire 2020\u201321 package; \u201cnot to be relied upon.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/td>\n <td class=\"c-src\">DOI \u2014 Office of the Secretary<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/secint-memo-esb46-00673-klamath-withdawal-2021-04-08-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open \u2197<\/a><br><a class=\"details\" href=\"#doc-07\">Details \u2193<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr class=\"era-withdraw\">\n <td class=\"c-date\">Apr 13, 2021<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-doc\">\n <a class=\"doctitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/mp\/kbao\/programs\/docs\/final-2021-annual-ops-plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Klamath Project Annual Operations Plan (Temporary Operations Plan)<\/a>\n <span class=\"desc\">The 2021 drought-year plan under which the Project received essentially no Upper Klamath Lake irrigation supply.<\/span>\n <\/td>\n <td class=\"c-src\">Bureau of Reclamation \u2014 KBAO<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/mp\/kbao\/programs\/docs\/final-2021-annual-ops-plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open \u2197<\/a><br><a class=\"details\" href=\"#doc-2021ops\">Details \u2193<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr class=\"era-reinstate\">\n <td class=\"c-date\">Jan\u2013Feb 2025<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-doc\">\n <a class=\"doctitle\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/secretary-burgum-order-jan-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secretary Burgum Order \u2014 Rescission of the April 8, 2021 Withdrawal<\/a>\n <span class=\"desc\">Reinstates the 2020\u201321 documents; directs updated analysis. Scanned image.<\/span>\n <\/td>\n <td class=\"c-src\">DOI \u2014 Office of the Secretary<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/secretary-burgum-order-jan-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open \u2197<\/a><br><a class=\"details\" href=\"#doc-08\">Details \u2193<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr class=\"era-reinstate\">\n <td class=\"c-date\">May 14, 2025<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-doc\">\n <a class=\"doctitle\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2025_05_14_ZurzanMemo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Klamath Updated Analysis of ESA Obligations (\u201cZerzan Memo\u201d)<\/a>\n <span class=\"desc\">Reads Pub. L. 118-246 as removing discretion to divert against contractors. Court filing.<\/span>\n <\/td>\n <td class=\"c-src\">DOI \u2014 Office of the Solicitor (9th Cir. 23-15499)<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2025_05_14_ZurzanMemo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open \u2197<\/a><br><a class=\"details\" href=\"#doc-09\">Details \u2193<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr class=\"era-reinstate\">\n <td class=\"c-date\">2025<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-doc\">\n <a class=\"doctitle\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/2025_reassessment-of-discretion-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report on Reassessment for Conforming Operations to Legal Requirements<\/a>\n <span class=\"desc\">Current operative policy; delivery + flood control are non-discretionary. Supersedes 2021.<\/span>\n <\/td>\n <td class=\"c-src\">Bureau of Reclamation \u2014 Interior Region 10<\/td>\n <td class=\"c-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/2025_reassessment-of-discretion-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open \u2197<\/a><br><a class=\"details\" href=\"#doc-10\">Details \u2193<\/a><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"legend\">\n <div class=\"li\"><span class=\"ldot e\"><\/span> Original analysis (2020\u201321)<\/div>\n <div class=\"li\"><span class=\"ldot w\"><\/span> Withdrawal (April 2021)<\/div>\n <div class=\"li\"><span class=\"ldot r\"><\/span> Reinstatement & statutory basis (2025)<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <!-- ===================== FOUNDATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ===================== -->\n <h2 class=\"sec\" id=\"foundations\">Foundational Instruments & Authorities<\/h2>\n <p class=\"sec-sub\">The contract chain of title behind the District's water service, plus the controlling statute, the water-rights adjudication, and the ESA Biological Opinions the consultation record turns on.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"found-grid\">\n <div class=\"fcard\">\n <span class=\"fdate\">Nov 3, 1905<\/span>\n <h4>KWUA \u2014 1905 Contract with the United States<\/h4>\n <p>The Klamath Water Users Association (organized Mar. 4, 1905) contracted with the Secretary of the Interior to repay the cost of the Klamath Project irrigation works, which Reclamation built by <em>expanding<\/em> pre-Project works dating to the 1880s. KID is KWUA's successor.<\/p>\n <a class=\"btn live\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1905_History_Contract_KWUA_KID.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the 1905 contract (PDF) \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"fcard\">\n <span class=\"fdate\">1918 (District formed Dec. 1917)<\/span>\n <h4>KID \u2014 1918 Repayment Contract<\/h4>\n <p>Klamath Irrigation District was formed by voters to <span class=\"a13\">assume KWUA's repayment responsibilities and obligations<\/span>, and in 1918 entered its repayment contract (Ilr-173) with the United States, taking over the KWUA 1905 contract and dissolving KWUA. (District repayment was completed in 1967.)<\/p>\n <a class=\"btn live\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ilr-173-1918-07-06.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the 1918 contract (PDF) \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"fcard\">\n <span class=\"fdate\">Nov 29, 1954<\/span>\n <h4>KID \u2014 1954 Amendatory (O&M) Contract<\/h4>\n <p>Under <span class=\"a13\">Article 13, Klamath Irrigation District assumed the contractual obligations of the United States<\/span> \u2014 operating and maintaining the works, delivering water, and collecting charges. (Article 6 binds KID to federal reclamation law; Article 21 reserves Reclamation's right to resume operation on default; Section 26 is the liability waiver for \u201cdrought or other causes.\u201d)<\/p>\n <a class=\"btn live\" href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/14-06-200-3784-1954-11-29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the 1954 contract (PDF) \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"fcard statute\">\n <span class=\"fdate\">Enacted Jan 4, 2025<\/span>\n <h4>Klamath Basin Water Agreement Support Act of 2024<\/h4>\n <p>Pub. L. No. 118\u2011246 (H.R. 7938). The statute the 2025 Solicitor memo and Reassessment rely on as the source of Reclamation's non\u2011discretionary mandate to operate for contractual irrigation delivery and flood control.<\/p>\n <a class=\"btn live\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/plaws\/publ246\/PLAW-118publ246.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the law (PDF) \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"fcard adj\">\n <span class=\"fdate\">2014 (judicial phase ongoing)<\/span>\n <h4>Klamath River Basin Adjudication (ACFFOD)<\/h4>\n <p>The Amended & Corrected Findings of Fact and Order of Determination fix the state-law water rights \u2014 the priority and \u201cstored water\u201d framework underlying the Solicitor's downstream-rights analysis.<\/p>\n <a class=\"btn live\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/owrd\/programs\/regulation\/klamathregulation\/pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OWRD adjudication page \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"fcard biop\">\n <span class=\"fdate\">2019 \/ 2020 (operative opinions)<\/span>\n <h4>ESA Biological Opinions \u2014 Klamath Project<\/h4>\n <p>Reclamation's Biological Opinions and environmental-compliance record for Project operations (USFWS \u2014 Lost River & shortnose suckers; NMFS \u2014 SONCC coho). The District's position is that the operative opinions were developed outside the USFWS ESA Consultation Handbook process and reflect pre\u2011negotiated terms.<\/p>\n <a class=\"btn live\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/mp\/kbao\/ecbo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reclamation BiOps & compliance \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"fcard full\">\n <span class=\"fdate\">USFWS \/ NMFS \u00b7 March 1998<\/span>\n <h4>ESA Section 7 Consultation Handbook<\/h4>\n <p>The joint USFWS\u2013NMFS Handbook sets out the procedures governing Section\u00a07 consultation, alongside the ESA and its regulations (50\u00a0C.F.R. Part\u00a0402). These features of the Section\u00a07 framework bear directly on the Klamath consultation:<\/p>\n <p><strong>KID is an \u201capplicant.\u201d<\/strong> The Handbook defines an \u201capplicant\u201d as any person who requires formal approval or authorization from a Federal agency as a prerequisite to conducting the action. Because the District depends on Reclamation\u2019s authorizations to operate the Project works and divert water, KID is an applicant \u2014 entitled to the procedural role the Handbook gives applicants, including to be kept informed and to provide information during the consultation.<span class=\"cite\">Handbook, Glossary \u201cApplicant,\u201d at x; \u00a7 2.2(E) \u201cRole of the Permit or License Applicant,\u201d at 2\u201112 to 2\u201113; 50 C.F.R. \u00a7 402.02.<\/span><\/p>\n <p><strong>The \u201cproposed action\u201d is bounded by Reclamation\u2019s discretion.<\/strong> Section\u00a07 reaches only actions in which there is discretionary Federal involvement or control. The proposed action that may be consulted on is therefore defined <em>only<\/em> in relation to Reclamation\u2019s discretionary authorities; the District\u2019s non\u2011discretionary contractual deliveries belong in the environmental baseline, not in the action subject to consultation.<span class=\"cite\">Handbook \u00a7 4.5(A) \u201cDescription of the proposed action,\u201d at 4\u201115, and \u201cEnvironmental baseline,\u201d at 4\u201122; 50 C.F.R. \u00a7\u00a7 402.02, 402.03.<\/span><\/p>\n <p><strong>No pre\u2011negotiated \u201cno\u2011jeopardy\u201d opinion is required \u2014 or contemplated.<\/strong> Neither the ESA nor the Handbook calls for the action agency and the Service to pre\u2011negotiate a non\u2011jeopardy biological opinion. The biological opinion is the Service\u2019s own determination, reached on the best scientific and commercial data available.<span class=\"cite\">Handbook \u00a7 1.2(D) \u201cBest available scientific and commercial data,\u201d at 1\u20116, and \u00a7 4.5(A) \u201cConclusion,\u201d at 4\u201131; ESA \u00a7 7(b); 50 C.F.R. \u00a7 402.14(g)\u2013(h).<\/span><\/p>\n <p><strong>A jeopardy opinion affords <em>more<\/em> flexibility, not less.<\/strong> If the Service finds jeopardy, Section\u00a07(b)(3)(A) directs it to provide reasonable and prudent alternatives (RPAs). By regulation an RPA must be consistent with the action\u2019s purpose, <strong>within the agency\u2019s legal authority and jurisdiction<\/strong>, and economically and technologically feasible. That framework lets the action agency and the applicant shape lawful alternatives after a jeopardy finding \u2014 and an RPA cannot require Reclamation to exceed its authority or override non\u2011discretionary contractual deliveries \u2014 which protects the District\u2019s water more reliably than a pre\u2011negotiated result.<span class=\"cite\">Handbook \u00a7 4.5(A) \u201cReasonable and prudent alternatives,\u201d at 4\u201141 (development during formal consultation); RPA monitoring at \u00a7 9.1, 9\u20111; ESA \u00a7 7(b)(3)(A); 50 C.F.R. \u00a7 402.02 (four\u2011part definition).<\/span><\/p>\n <p><strong>An irreconcilable conflict goes to the Endangered Species Committee \u2014 not to the District\u2019s water.<\/strong> If full contractual deliveries are honored and the remaining, truly discretionary operations would still cause jeopardy, Congress created a dedicated body \u2014 the Endangered Species Committee \u2014 to weigh an exemption from Section\u00a07(a)(2). That is the lawful venue for an unavoidable conflict, rather than curtailing the deliveries the District is owed.<span class=\"cite\">ESA \u00a7 7(e)\u2013(h); 50 C.F.R. Parts 450\u2013453; Handbook App. G \u201cExemption Process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <a class=\"btn live\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/endangered-species-consultation-handbook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the Handbook (PDF) \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <!-- ===================== ARTICLE 13 EXPLAINER ===================== -->\n <h2 class=\"sec\" id=\"article13\">The 1954 Contract & Article 13<\/h2>\n <div class=\"keybox\">\n <span class=\"tag\">Why this record matters to KID<\/span>\n <h3>KID assumed the United States' obligations<\/h3>\n <p>The Klamath Project did not begin with the federal government. Irrigation works were already being built in the Basin in the <strong>1880s (1883\u20131884 onward)<\/strong>. When the Project was authorized in 1905, Reclamation <strong>expanded those existing works<\/strong> rather than building a new system from scratch, and the United States contracted with the <strong>Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA)<\/strong>. In <strong>1918, Klamath Irrigation District assumed KWUA's contracts<\/strong>, succeeding it as the contracting water\u2011users entity.<\/p>\n <p>The District's modern service rests on the <strong>Amendatory Contract of November\u00a029, 1954<\/strong>. Under <span class=\"art\">Article\u00a013<\/span>, <strong>Klamath Irrigation District assumed the contractual obligations of the United States<\/strong> \u2014 operating and maintaining the works, delivering water, and collecting charges. (Two related clauses recur in this record: <strong>Article\u00a06<\/strong> binds the District to federal reclamation law and regulations, and <strong>Article\u00a021<\/strong> reserves Reclamation's right to resume operation on default. The liability\u2011waiver, <strong>Section\u00a026<\/strong>, holds the United States harmless for shortages from \u201cdrought or other causes.\u201d)<\/p>\n <p><strong>The throughline:<\/strong> if Reclamation's contractual delivery duties are <em>non\u2011discretionary<\/em>, federal law places them in the ESA \u201cenvironmental baseline,\u201d where Section\u00a07 consultation cannot claw them back. Because KID assumed the United States' contractual obligations under Article\u00a013 and operates the works that deliver the water, the discretion question directly governs the water security of the District and its patrons.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <!-- ===================== ANNOTATED TIMELINE ===================== -->\n <h2 class=\"sec\" id=\"annotations\">Annotated Record<\/h2>\n <p class=\"sec-sub\">The same documents, in sequence, with summaries and their bearing on KID and Article\u00a013.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"era\"><span class=\"yr\">2020 \u2013 2021<\/span><h3>The Original Analysis<\/h3><\/div>\n <div class=\"timeline\">\n\n <div class=\"entry\" id=\"doc-00\">\n <div class=\"card\">\n <div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"date\">Oct 28\u201329, 2020<\/span><span class=\"type\">Solicitor\u2019s Opinion<\/span><\/div>\n <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolicitorOpinion_2020_10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Updated Review of Legal Issues Concerning Reclamation\u2019s Operation of the Klamath Project<span class=\"ext\">\u2197 PDF<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n <p class=\"origin\">Office of the Solicitor (Solicitor Jorjani) \u2192 Secretary of the Interior \u2014 the \u201cOctober 2020 Solicitor\u2019s Opinion\u201d<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\">The originating opinion of the entire record. At the Secretary\u2019s request, the Solicitor\u2019s Office reviewed whether Reclamation must consult under ESA Section\u00a07 for Project operations and concluded that, while operating the Project requires <em>some<\/em> consultation, Reclamation\u2019s discretion is \u201calmost certainly constrained\u201d by the pre\u2011ESA water\u2011delivery contracts \u2014 where a contract imposes a non\u2011discretionary duty to deliver water, those deliveries belong in the ESA environmental baseline and are not subject to consultation. It examines the Van\u00a0Brimmer, Tulelake, Klamath Irrigation District, and Sunnyside contracts individually.<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\"><span class=\"small\">This is the opinion the April\u00a08, 2021 Haaland memo withdrew and the 2025 Burgum\/Zerzan actions reinstated; everything downstream builds on it.<\/span><\/p>\n <div class=\"rel\"><span class=\"rlab\">Bearing on KID & Article 13<\/span><p>It addresses the <span class=\"a13\">1954 KID contract<\/span> by name \u2014 its liability\u2011waiver (Section\u00a026) and the absence of a re\u2011apportionment clause \u2014 and frames the theory KID relies on: contractual delivery duties strip Reclamation of discretion and shield the deliveries KID performs under Article\u00a013 from ESA cutbacks.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"entry\" id=\"doc-01\">\n <div class=\"card\">\n <div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"date\">Nov 12, 2020<\/span><span class=\"type\">Secretary\u2019s Transmittal & Direction<\/span><\/div>\n <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/signed-letterenclosure-klamath-water-project-request-for-solicitor-opinion-rietmann-2020-11-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernhardt Transmittal Letters \u2014 Klamath Water Project (Signed Letter & Enclosure)<span class=\"ext\">\u2197 PDF<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n <p class=\"origin\">Secretary Bernhardt \u2192 KWUA (Paul Simmons) and Rietmann Law PC<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\">Secretary Bernhardt\u2019s November\u00a012, 2020 letters transmitting the October 2020 Solicitor\u2019s opinion to the water users\u2019 counsel and directing the Office of the Solicitor to perform a further, contract\u2011specific analysis of Reclamation\u2019s discretionary authority \u2014 the directive that produced the January\u00a014, 2021 memoranda, which were prepared \u201cin accordance with the November\u00a012, 2020 Letter of the Secretary.\u201d<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\"><span class=\"small\">The linked file is the signed letter with the October 2020 opinion enclosed; the opinion is also posted on its own, above.<\/span><\/p>\n <div class=\"rel\"><span class=\"rlab\">Bearing on KID & Article 13<\/span><p>The Department\u2019s formal transmittal of the discretion theory to the irrigation community, and its instruction to apply that theory contract\u2011by\u2011contract \u2014 the analysis that would address KID\u2019s 1954 contract and Article\u00a013 directly.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"entry\" id=\"doc-02\">\n <div class=\"card\">\n <div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"date\">Jan 14, 2021<\/span><span class=\"type\">Solicitor\u2019s Memorandum<\/span><\/div>\n <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/analysis-of-klamath-project-contracts-discretionary-authority001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Analysis of Klamath Project Contracts to Determine Discretionary Authority<span class=\"ext\">\u2197 PDF<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n <p class=\"origin\">Office of the Solicitor \u2192 Secretary of the Interior<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\">A clause-by-clause analysis across 150+ Project contracts identifying six clause types (liability waivers, beneficial-use, annual\/monthly amounts, delivery dates, re-apportionment). It concludes liability waivers are force-majeure clauses conferring no discretion, and that \u201cbeneficial use\u201d obligations under Oregon law leave Reclamation little room to reduce deliveries for species.<\/p>\n <div class=\"rel\"><span class=\"rlab\">Bearing on KID & Article 13<\/span><p>This memo <span class=\"a13\">cites Article\u00a013 of the 1954 KID contract directly<\/span>: under Article\u00a06 KID is bound by federal reclamation law, under <span class=\"a13\">Article\u00a013 KID assumed the contractual obligations of the United States<\/span>, and under Article\u00a021 Reclamation may resume operation on default. The Solicitor\u2019s view that this does not change the discretion analysis is the precise point on which the District\u2019s reading of Article\u00a013 may diverge from Interior\u2019s.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"entry\" id=\"doc-03\">\n <div class=\"card\">\n <div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"date\">Jan 14, 2021<\/span><span class=\"type\">Solicitor\u2019s Memorandum<\/span><\/div>\n <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/use-of-water-previously-stored-in-priority-for-sat-of-dwnstrm-rts001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use of Water Previously Stored in Priority for Satisfaction of Downstream Rights<span class=\"ext\">\u2197 PDF<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n <p class=\"origin\">Office of the Solicitor \u2192 Secretary of the Interior<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\">Asks whether water already stored in Upper Klamath Lake under Oregon law can be released for the unquantified downstream rights of the Yurok and Hoopa Valley Tribes. It concludes stored water is governed by the Klamath Basin Adjudication (ACFFOD) and is not available to supplement natural river flows \u2014 Reclamation meets its trust duty by providing the flow that would exist absent the Project.<\/p>\n <div class=\"rel\"><span class=\"rlab\">Bearing on KID & Article 13<\/span><p>Stored Project water is the supply that serves KID\u2019s patrons. By holding that stored water cannot be sent downstream for unquantified claims, the memo protects the storage pool backing the deliveries KID performs as operator under Article\u00a013.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"entry\" id=\"doc-04\">\n <div class=\"card\">\n <div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"date\">Jan 15, 2021<\/span><span class=\"type\">Reclamation Reassessment<\/span><\/div>\n <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/20210115_klamath_reassessment_signed-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Reassessment of Klamath Project Operations (ESA \u00a77(a)(2))<span class=\"ext\">\u2197 PDF<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n <p class=\"origin\">U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, California-Great Basin Region<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\">Reclamation\u2019s operational application of the Solicitor\u2019s conclusions. It walks through each component of Project operations and classifies each as discretionary (subject to consultation) or non-discretionary (placed in the baseline). It is a decision document meant to guide a future biological assessment and consultation.<\/p>\n <div class=\"rel\"><span class=\"rlab\">Bearing on KID & Article 13<\/span><p>Where the legal theory becomes operating policy. Treating contractual deliveries as non-discretionary means the water KID must deliver is a fixed baseline ESA consultation cannot reduce \u2014 protecting the obligations KID carries out under Article\u00a013.<\/p><\/div>\n <p class=\"copies\">Posted twice:\n <a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/20210115_klamath_reassessment_signed-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Copy A<\/a>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/20210115_klamath_reassessment_signed-final-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Copy B<\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"entry\" id=\"doc-05\">\n <div class=\"card\">\n <div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"date\">Jan 16, 2021<\/span><span class=\"type\">Transmittal Correspondence<\/span><\/div>\n <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/est-17949-letter-to-nathan-r-rietmann\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secretary Bernhardt \u2014 Letter to Nathan R. Rietmann<span class=\"ext\">\u2197 PDF<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n <p class=\"origin\">Secretary of the Interior \u2192 counsel for the water users (Rietmann Law PC; parallel letter to KWUA\u2019s Paul Simmons)<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\">Notifies the water users\u2019 counsel that the Department completed the analysis directed by the November\u00a012, 2020 letter, enclosing the two January\u00a014, 2021 memoranda and the January 2021 Reassessment.<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\"><span class=\"small\">Note: the posted copy is a scanned image; its content is confirmed by the April\u00a08, 2021 withdrawal memo, which lists it.<\/span><\/p>\n <div class=\"rel\"><span class=\"rlab\">Bearing on KID & Article 13<\/span><p>Formal delivery of the completed contract-discretion analysis to the irrigation community \u2014 the package interpreting the very delivery obligations KID carries out under Article\u00a013.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"entry\" id=\"doc-06\">\n <div class=\"card\">\n <div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"date\">Mar 9, 2021<\/span><span class=\"type\">Water Users\u2019 Counsel Memo<\/span><\/div>\n <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/03092021-memo-to-pss-from-bkj-and-rlk-re-reclamation-authority_obligations-at-klamath-project-with-exhs-00101867xd2c75\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reclamation\u2019s Authority and Obligations at the Klamath Project<span class=\"ext\">\u2197 PDF<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n <p class=\"origin\">Somach Simmons & Dunn (Johnson & Kropf) \u2192 Paul S. Simmons, for Klamath Water Users Association<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\">KWUA\u2019s outside counsel set out the legal research behind the Association\u2019s requests for review, tracing the law from the 1995\u20131997 Regional Solicitor memoranda through <em>Home Builders<\/em> and the 2020\u201321 analysis, and endorsing the core conclusions: ESA Section\u00a07 reaches only discretionary actions, and pre-ESA contractual delivery duties are not discretionary.<\/p>\n <div class=\"rel\"><span class=\"rlab\">Bearing on KID & Article 13<\/span><p>The water-user community\u2019s parallel articulation of the position protecting KID\u2019s deliveries. It describes the transferred-works arrangement under which districts operate federally owned works and deliver water within their service areas \u2014 the operational role KID holds under Article\u00a013.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"era\"><span class=\"yr\">April 2021<\/span><h3>The Withdrawal<\/h3><\/div>\n <div class=\"timeline\">\n <div class=\"entry withdraw\" id=\"doc-07\">\n <div class=\"card\">\n <div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"date\">Apr 8, 2021<\/span><span class=\"type\">Secretarial Withdrawal<\/span><\/div>\n <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/secint-memo-esb46-00673-klamath-withdawal-2021-04-08-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Withdrawal of Klamath Project-Related Memoranda, Letters, and Analyses<span class=\"ext\">\u2197 PDF<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n <p class=\"origin\">Secretary Haaland \u2192 Interior leadership<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\">Citing Executive Order\u00a013990 and the absence of government-to-government tribal consultation, Secretary Haaland withdrew the entire 2020\u201321 package \u2014 the October 2020 opinion, the November\u00a012 letters, the January 2021 Reassessment, both January\u00a014 memoranda, and the January\u00a016 transmittal letters \u2014 stating they \u201cshould not be relied upon for any purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n <div class=\"rel\"><span class=\"rlab\">Bearing on KID & Article 13<\/span><p>The turning point of the record. Rescinding the analysis removed the interpretation shielding contractual deliveries from ESA reductions \u2014 leaving the water KID delivers under Article\u00a013 again exposed to discretionary, consultation-driven cutbacks.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"entry withdraw\" id=\"doc-2021ops\">\n <div class=\"card\">\n <div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"date\">Apr 13, 2021<\/span><span class=\"type\">Reclamation Operations Plan<\/span><\/div>\n <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/mp\/kbao\/programs\/docs\/final-2021-annual-ops-plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Klamath Project Annual Operations Plan (Temporary Operations Plan)<span class=\"ext\">\u2197 PDF<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n <p class=\"origin\">U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath Basin Area Office<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\">Issued five days after the withdrawal, during one of the worst droughts on record, the 2021 Temporary Operations Plan allocated essentially no Klamath Project irrigation supply from Upper Klamath Lake; the A Canal \u2014 the Project\u2019s principal diversion \u2014 did not open for irrigation deliveries that season. A June\u00a03, 2021 adjustment further revised the June\u2013September protocol. This is the operational record behind the year the Project received, in practical terms, no water.<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\"><span class=\"small\">Companion documents \u2014 the April\u00a013, 2021 transmittals to USFWS and NMFS and the June\u00a03, 2021 adjustment \u2014 are listed on Reclamation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/mp\/kbao\/programs\/ops-planning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KBAO Operations Planning page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <div class=\"rel\"><span class=\"rlab\">Bearing on KID & Article 13<\/span><p>This documents the \u201cno water in 2021\u201d record \u2014 the year the deliveries KID is obligated to make under Article\u00a013 were reduced to essentially nothing. It followed both the April\u00a08 withdrawal of the protective legal guidance and the extreme 2021 drought, and operated under the 2019 \/ 2020 Biological Opinions and the Interim Operations Plan.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"era\"><span class=\"yr\">2025<\/span><h3>Reinstatement & a New Statutory Basis<\/h3><\/div>\n <div class=\"timeline\">\n\n <div class=\"entry reinstate\" id=\"doc-08\">\n <div class=\"card\">\n <div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"date\">Jan \u2013 Feb 2025<\/span><span class=\"type\">Secretarial Order<\/span><\/div>\n <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/secretary-burgum-order-jan-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secretary Burgum Order \u2014 Rescission of the April 8, 2021 Withdrawal<span class=\"ext\">\u2197 PDF<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n <p class=\"origin\">Secretary of the Interior (Burgum) \u2192 Solicitor<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\">Secretary Burgum vacated Secretary Haaland\u2019s April\u00a08, 2021 withdrawal \u2014 reinstating the 2020 opinion, the 2021 Reassessment, and the supporting memoranda \u2014 and directed the Solicitor to issue updated versions. The order coincided with enactment of the <strong>Klamath Basin Water Agreement Support Act (Pub. L. No. 118\u2011246)<\/strong> on Jan.\u00a04, 2025.<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\"><span class=\"small\">Note: the posted copy is a scanned image; the 2025 Reassessment describes the rescission as dated February\u00a010, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n <div class=\"rel\"><span class=\"rlab\">Bearing on KID & Article 13<\/span><p>Revives the framework treating KID\u2019s contractual deliveries as non-discretionary and protected from ESA claw-back \u2014 restoring the interpretation most favorable to the obligations KID performs under Article\u00a013 \u2014 and sets up the statute-based analysis that follows.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"entry reinstate\" id=\"doc-09\">\n <div class=\"card\">\n <div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"date\">May 14, 2025<\/span><span class=\"type\">Solicitor\u2019s Memorandum (court-filed)<\/span><\/div>\n <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2025_05_14_ZurzanMemo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Klamath Updated Analysis of Endangered Species Act Obligations (\u201cZerzan Memo\u201d)<span class=\"ext\">\u2197 PDF<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n <p class=\"origin\">Acting Solicitor Gregory Zerzan \u00b7 filed in Yurok Tribe v. KWUA \/ KID, 9th Cir. Nos. 23\u201115499 \/ 23\u201115521<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\">An updated legal analysis concluding that the Klamath Basin Water Agreement Support Act (Pub. L. No. 118\u2011246) statutorily directs Reclamation to operate Link River Dam and the Project for water diversion consistent with existing contracts and for flood control \u2014 leaving no discretion to divert water for other uses to the detriment of Project contractors.<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\"><span class=\"small\">Note: the posted copy is a scanned court filing.<\/span><\/p>\n <div class=\"rel\"><span class=\"rlab\">Bearing on KID & Article 13<\/span><p>Elevates the protection of KID\u2019s deliveries from a contract-interpretation argument to a <em>statutory command<\/em>. Those deliveries are precisely what KID is obligated to make and operate for under Article\u00a013 of the 1954 contract.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"entry reinstate\" id=\"doc-10\">\n <div class=\"card\">\n <div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"date\">2025 (after May 14)<\/span><span class=\"type\">Reclamation Reassessment<\/span><\/div>\n <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/klamathid.org\/home\/resources\/administrative-record\/2025_reassessment-of-discretion-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report on Reassessment for Conforming Operations of the Klamath Project to Legal Requirements<span class=\"ext\">\u2197 PDF<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n <p class=\"origin\">U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Interior Region\u00a010<\/p>\n <p class=\"summary\">Reclamation\u2019s operational implementation of the May\u00a014, 2025 memo. It concludes that operating Link River Dam and Project facilities to deliver contractual irrigation water and provide flood control is non-discretionary under the 2025 Act \u2014 so ESA Section\u00a07(a)(2) does not apply to those actions. Only operations unrelated to delivery and flood control remain discretionary. It supersedes the 2021 Reassessment where conflicting, and sets a four-step path to new operating criteria and NEPA\/ESA review (estimated 2026\u20132027).<\/p>\n <div class=\"rel\"><span class=\"rlab\">Bearing on KID & Article 13<\/span><p>The current operative policy. It treats storing, releasing, and conveying water for contractual delivery and flood control as non-discretionary and beyond ESA reduction \u2014 the strongest statement in the record protecting the deliveries KID performs under Article\u00a013, now anchored in both statute and contract.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/wrap -->\n\n<footer>\n <div class=\"wrap footer-inner\">\n <p class=\"disclaimer\">This page is an informational index maintained by Klamath Irrigation District for public and official reference. The summaries are plain-language descriptions; the linked documents are the controlling sources and should be consulted directly. 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