BOARD00166 ‎(3)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 5/22/2007
• Description: OWCDP Section - Colorado Foundation for Water Education FY08 Program Scope of Work
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Proposed Interim Guidelines for Colorado River Operations

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The Basin States propose the following Guidelines to be implemented and used for
determinations made pursuant to the Criteriafor Coordinated Long-Range Operation of the
Colorado River Reservoirs Pursuant to the Colorado River Basin Project Act of September 30,
1968 (LROC) during the period identified in Section 91 :

Section 1. Definitions

A. Each of the following terms shall have the meaning provided herein. All defined
terms are identified by initial letter capitalization.

1. "Basin States" shall mean the Colorado River Basin States of Arizona,
California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming.

2. "Certification Report" shall mean the written documentation provided by a
Contractor pursuant to Section 5.D.5 that provides the Secretary with sufficient
information to verify the quantity of ICS created and that the creation was
consistent with the approved project.

3. "Colorado River System" shall have the same meaning as defined in the 1922
Colorado River Compact.

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"Consolidated Decree" shall mean the Consolidated Decree entered by the
United States Supreme Court in Arizona v. California, 126 S. Ct. 1543,547
U.S. 150 (2006).

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5. "Contractor" shall mean a Boulder Canyon Project Act Section 5 Contractor or
an entity receiving Mainstream water pursuant to other applicable federal
statutes or the Consolidated Decree.

6. "Delivery Agreement" shall mean an agreement consistent with these
guidelines entered into between the Parties to the Forbearance Agreement, one
or more Contractors creating ICS, and the Secretary of the Interior.

7. "Developed Shortage Supply ("DSS")" shall mean water available for use by a
Contractor under the terms and conditions of a Delivery Agreement and
Section 6.

8. "Direct Delivery Domestic Use" shall mean direct delivery of water to
domestic end users or other municipal and industrial water providers within the
contractor's area of normal service, including incidental regulation of Colorado
River water supplies within the Year of operation but not including Off-stream
Banking. For the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD),
Direct Delivery Domestic Use shall include delivery of water to end users
within its area of normal service, incidental regulation of Colorado River water

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I Unless otherwise specified, references to "Section" or "Sections" in these Guidelines are in reference to sections of
these Guidelines.

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