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<br />I <br />'. <br />I <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />Ie <br />, <br />I <br />, <br />~. <br />I <br />I <br />'. <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />ANNUAL OPERATING PLAN FOR <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER RESERVOIRS <br /> <br />1994 <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Authority <br /> <br />This 1994 annual operating plan (AOP) was developed in accordance with Section 602 of <br />The Colorado River Basin Project Act (public Law 90-537), and the Criteria for <br />Coordinated Long-Range Operation of Colorado River Reservoirs Pursuant to the <br />Colorado River Basin Project Act of September 30, 1968 (Operating Criteria), <br />promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant thereto and other applicable <br />statutes, In accordance with The Colorado River Basin Project Act and the Operating <br />Criteria, the AOP must be developed and administered consistent with applicable Federal <br />laws, The Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio <br />Grande, Treaty Between the United States of America and Mexico, signed February 3, <br />1944 (1944 Mexican Water Treaty), interstate compacts, court decrees, and other <br />documents relating to the use of the waters of the Colorado River, which are commonly <br />and collectively known as "The Law of the River. " <br /> <br />The Operating Criteria and Section 602 of The Colorado River Basin Project Act mandate <br />consultation with representatives of the Governors of the seven Basin States and the <br />Upper Colorado River Commission in preparing the annual plan for operation of the <br />Colorado River reservoirs. In addition, The Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (Title <br />XVIII of Public Law 102-575) requires consultation to include the general public, <br />Accordingly, the 1994 AOP was prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) in <br />consultation with the seven Basin States Governors' representatives; the Upper Colorado <br />River Commission; appropriate Federal agencies; representatives of the academic and <br />scientific communities, environmental organizations, and the recreation industry; <br />contractors for the purchase of Federal power; others interested in Colorado River <br />operations through the Colorado River Management Work Group, and the general public. <br /> <br />Purpose <br /> <br />The purposes of the AOP are to determine: (1) the projected operation of the Colorado <br />River reservoirs to satisfy project purposes under varying hydrologic and climatic <br />conditions; (2) the quantity of water considered necessary as of September 30, 1994, to <br />be in storage in the Upper Basin reservoirs as required by Section 602(a) of The <br />Colorado River Basin Project Act; (3) water available for delivery pursuant to the 1944 <br />Mexican Water Treaty and Minute No, 242 of the International Boundary and Water <br />