Basin States' Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement, CO River Interim guidelines for Lower Basin Shrotages and Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead

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ATTACHMENT B Proposed Interim Guidelines for Colorado River Operations The Basin States propose the following Guidelines to be implemented and used for determinations made pursuant to the Criteria for Coordinated Long-Range Operation of the Colorado River Reservoirs Pursuant to the Colorado River Basin ProjectAct of September 30, 1968 (LROC) during the period identified in Section 9i Section 1. Definitions A. Each of the following tet7ns shall have the meaning provided herein. All defined terms are identified by initial letter capitalization. "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 S.D.S that provides the Secretary with sufficient information to verify the quantity of ICS created and that the creation was consistent with the approved project. "Colorado River System" shall have the same meaning as defined in the 1922 Colorado River Compact. 4. "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). "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 1 Unless otherwise specified, references to "Section" or "Sections" in these Guidelines are in reference to sections of these Guidelines.