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<br />OCT-16-98 FRJ: <br />, , <br /> <br />11:03 UPPER COLORADO RJ:VER COMM <br />OQ,,\f)'Jl <br />U...., t <br /> <br />P.03 <br /> <br />Six State Proposal <br />Straw Man Draft <br />October 13, 1998 <br /> <br />States have insisted that California demonstrate a serious commitment to reduce its water use <br />~~\~ ~ . .. th I h ~ '1' th <br />before entertaining discussions of4J:anS~r7' _II' operatmg cntena at mlg t ~aclltate at <br /> <br />reduction. <br /> <br />The Six States now believe that a reasonable draft plan has been formulated by California <br /> <br />and sufficient commitment to the plan's implementation h~s been demonstrated by water users in <br /> <br />California to allow the initiation of discussions on~~ ~ operating criteria. <br /> <br /> <br />The purpose of this paper is to describe the parameters o~~~ criteria that would be <br />1M ~ <br />acceptable to the Six States. . <br /> <br />II. Consistency with the Law of the River . <br /> <br />. ICI\~~ <br />J.t gees withew: saying that the jhy MWvteml'erary operating criteria implemented to <br /> <br />assist California in its program t! ~~ its dependence on Colorado River water above its <br /> <br />basic apportionment must be consistent with the Law of the River. Of particular importance in <br /> <br />developing the ~ the apportionment system specified by the United States <br />'''+efit....... <br />Supreme Court for distributing all water in the Colorado River mainstream among the Lower <br /> <br />Division States of Arizona, California and Nevada. Any water diverted into one of the three <br /> <br />Lower Division States must fit within one of three categories: <br /> <br />a) The water diverted is within that state's basic apportionment. Article <br /> <br />Il(B)(1) of the Decree, 374 U.S. 340 (1964). <br /> <br />b) The water diverted is water that has been declared by the Secretary of the <br /> <br />Interior as surplus water available above the 7.5 mafbasic apportionment available to the <br /> <br />2 <br />