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<br />000262 <br /> <br />Six State Proposal <br />Straw Man Draft <br />Includes Fassett and Mutz comments <br />11/4/98 <br /> <br />possible to know whether or not an overrun has occurred, until the after-the-fact accounting is <br /> <br />completed. <br /> <br />The Six States propose that a limited form of overrun accounting be instituted. It must be <br /> <br />based on the following principles: <br /> <br />1) Overruns m~st be inadvertent. '3~ <br /> <br />2) Overruns may not e~ii%~ annual eutitIement. <br /> <br />3) Generally, overruns must be repaid the following year by the entity that benefitted from <br /> <br />)~ <br />rtJ1J 1/( <br />Rl~ , <br />6~J ('~I;k <br />tL~J <br /> <br />the extra water. ' J. .110;1 _ ...JJ.. <br />0- re. fbr 2-t\)JZM I W, I ~ ()'-UA <br />4) OverrunsileOO fleJt Be pai6 back ifthe following year's operation is controlled by the flood <br /> <br />control regulation and water must be released beyond downstream demands. <br /> <br />V. Control of Illegal Diversions and Uses <br /> <br />The implementation of interim reservoir operating criteria cannot stand alone in the water <br /> <br />management of the Lower Colorado River. The Six States concern about California's continuing <br /> <br />use of Colorado River water above its basic apportionment is an indicator that they believe that <br /> <br />the era of limits in the Lower Basin has begun. In order to implement and enforce these limits so <br /> <br />that other states or individual water entitlement holders are not adversely impacted. the Bureau of <br /> <br />Reclamation must move forward with its identification of lower basin water users who are either <br /> <br />exceeding contract entitlements or are diverting water without a contract. The Bureau must take <br /> <br />steps necessary to require more accurate measurement and reporting of diversions. It must also <br /> <br />develop accurate techniques for determining both measured and unmeasured return flows to the <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />".rV <br />1J;.; /1. <br />~i~ <br />c)D~ ru~ <br />~~ <br />