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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(a) Wheelina reauirements. The Regional Director may consider <br />wheeling non-Colorado River water through the Colorado River if the <br />following conditions are met: <br /> <br />(1) An entity that desires the United States to wheel non- <br />Colorado River water within the Lower Basin shall submit a request to <br />the Regional Director for approval; <br /> <br />(2) The requesting entity (applicant) shall agree to <br />advance funds to the United States to pay all costs incurred by the <br />United States to review the entity's proposal; <br /> <br />(3) Any entity that desires to wheel non-Colorado River <br />water through the Colorado River will be required to enter into a <br />contract with the Regional Director prior to any wheeling of water; <br /> <br />(4) The applicant shall indemnify and hold harmless the <br />United States, its employees and agents, and other water users from any <br />loss or property damage or claims for personal injury, death, or <br />property damage of any nature whatsoever and by whomsoever made arising <br />out of any activities performed under the contract; <br /> <br />(5) The Regional Director must be able to determine that <br />the water to be wheeled could not have reached and that water from the <br />source has never reached the mainstream; <br /> <br />(6) The water received into the Colorado River for wheeling <br />shall at all times be of equal or better quality than that of the <br />mainstream at the point where the non-Colorado River water enters the <br />mainstream; <br /> <br />38 <br />