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Contractor's state if there is documentation that the water rights have been used for a <br />significant period of years and that the water rights were perfected prior to June 25, 1929 (the <br />effective date of the Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928). The quantity of Tributary <br />Conservation ICS that may be created shall be limited to the quantity of water set forth in <br />Exhibits and ,and shall in no event be more than the quantity of such water the <br />Secretary verifies actually flows into Lake Mead. Any Tributary Conservation ICS not <br />released or deducted pursuant to Article 2.5(C) in the Year it was created will be converted to <br />Extraordinary Conservation ICS at the request of the Contractor and will be subject to all <br />provisions of this Forbearance Agreement applicable to Extraordinary Conser~~ation ICS. <br />2.3 System Efficienc_ <br />Pursuant to procedures set forth in the ROD, a Contractor may make contributions of capital <br />to the Secretary for use in Secretarial projects designed to realize efficiencies that save water <br />that would otherwise be lost from the Mainstream in the United States. An amount of water <br />equal to a portion of the water saved may be made available to contributing Contractors by <br />the Secretary as System Efficiency ICS. System efficiency projects are only intended to <br />provide temporary water supplies and System Efficiency ICS will not be available for <br />permanent use. The System Efficiency ICS will be released to the capital contributor on a <br />predetermined schedule of annual deliveries for a period of years as agreed by the Parties. <br />2.4 Imported ICS <br />Pursuant to procedures set forth in the ROD, a Contractor may create Imported ICS by <br />introducing non-Colorado River System water in that Contractor's state into the Mainstream. <br />Contractors proposing to create Imported ICS shall make sufficient arrangements with the <br />Secretary, contractual or otherwise, to guarantee that the creation of Imported ICS shall cause <br />no harm to the Secretary's management of the Colorado River System. These arrangements <br />shall provide that the Contractor must obtain appropriate permits or other authorizations <br />required by state law and that the actual amount of water introduced to the Mainstream <br />would be reported to the Secretary on an annual basis. Any Imported ICS not released or <br />9 <br />