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<br />OOJ242 <br /> <br />Six State Proposal <br />Straw Man Draft <br />Includes Fassett and Mutz comments <br />11/4/98 <br /> <br />Proposal for Interim Lake Mead Reservoir Operation GuideHnesCriteria Related to <br />Surplus, Nonnal, and Shortage Year Declarations <br /> <br />Prepared by Representatives of the States of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, <br />Utah, and Wyoming in Response to the Draft California 4.4 Plan <br /> <br />Oetobel 26, 1998 <br /> <br />I. Introduction <br /> <br />The States of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming ("Six <br /> <br />transition to living within its basic apportionment. The other Colorado River Basin States have <br /> <br />'~) <br />l~ <br /> <br />to reduce California's dependence on Colorado River water over its basic entitlement. The n ~ <br /> <br /> <br />fomrulation of California's plan to gradually step-down from its historiecurrent use of over 5,2 ''1 ~ <br /> <br /> <br />million acre-feet ("maf') of Colorado River water to its basic apportionment amount of 4.4 mar '~ ~ <br /> <br /> <br />over a ten-to-fifteen year period is a significant accomplishment. .:{ ~ ~ <br /> <br /> <br />The California 4.4 Plan, however, is greatly dependent upon using Colorado River water <t. ~ ~ <br /> <br />'~...J~ <br />made available from more liberal surplus declarations on the Colorado as a way to ease the State's . ~ \ <br /> <br /> <br />~I <br /> <br />States") are encouraged by the progress presently being made by the Colorado River water users <br /> <br />within the State of California, which are endeavoring to formulate a defined, enforceable program <br /> <br />been, up to now, unwilling to enter into discussions on operating criteria that would <br /> <br />accommodate California's plan. The reason for this reticence is obvious--new reservoir operating <br /> <br />criteria on the Colorado River must only-be only temporary as California steps down its Colorado <br /> <br />River water use. The new criteria cannot be viewed as a means to continue California's addiction <br /> <br />to Colorado River water above its basic entitlement. Therefore, the Six States have insisted that <br /> <br />1 <br />