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<br />. <. <br /> <br />001443 <br /> <br />section. <br /> <br />Sec. 414.4 Reporting requirements and accounting for storage credits. <br /> <br />Each authorized entity will annually report to the Secretary, by January 31, the quantity of <br />water it diverted and stored on behalf of authorized users in other Lower Division States and the <br />balance of storage credits remaining in interstate storage for each entity as of December 31 of <br />the prior calendar year. This water will be accounted for, in the records maintained by the <br />Secretary under Article V of the Decree, as a consumptive use in the Storing State for the year <br />in which it is stored. The Secretary will maintain individual balances of storage credits <br />established by the off stream storage of water under Interstate Storage Agreements. The balances <br />will be reduced when intentionally created unused apportionment is developed by the authorized <br />entity in a Storing State and made available for use in a Consuming State. In the records <br />maintained by the Secretary under Article V of the Decree, the taking of unused apportionment <br />for use in a Consuming State by an authorized entity in redemption of its storage credits will be <br />accounted for as consumptive use by the Consuming State of unused apportionment in the year <br />the water is used, the same as with any other unused apportionment taken by that State. <br /> <br />Sec. 414.5 Water quality. <br /> <br />(a) No guarantee of water quality. The Secretary does not warrant the quality of water <br />released or delivered under interstate agreements, and the United States will not be liable for <br />damages of any kind resulting from water quality problems. The United States will not be under <br />any obligation to construct or furnish water treatment facilities to maintain or improve water <br />quality standards. <br />(b) Water quality standards. All contractors or Federal entitlement holders, in diverting, <br />using, and returning Colorado River water, must comply with all relevant water pollution laws <br />and regulations of the United States, the Storing State, and the Consuming State, and must <br />obtain all applicable permits or licenses from the appropriate Federal, State, or local authorities <br />regarding water quality and water pollution matters. <br /> <br />Sec. 414.6 Environmental compliance. <br /> <br />(a) Ensuring environmental compliance. The Secretary will ensure that environmental <br />compliance is completed. The Secretary will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the <br />National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Endangered Species Act of <br />1973, as amended, and will integrate the requirements of other statutes, laws, and executive <br />orders as required for Federal actions taken under this part. <br />(b) Responsibility for environmental compliance work. Authorized entities requesting <br />Secretarial approval of an interstate transaction pursuant to this part may prepare the <br />appropriate documentation and compliance document for a proposed Federal action such as <br />approving a proposed interstate transaction. Such compliance documents must meet the <br />standards set forth in Reclamation's National Environmental Policy Act Handbook before they <br /> <br />29 <br />