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Interim Guidelines for the <br />Operation of Lake Powell <br />and Lake Mead <br />Section 1. Allocation of Unused Basic Apportionment Water Under Article <br />II(B)(6) <br />A. Introduction <br />Article II(B)(6) of the Consolidated Decree allows the Secretary to allocate water that is <br />apportioned to one Lower Division state, but is for any reason unused in that State, to <br />another Lower Division state. This determination is made for one Year only and no <br />rights to recurrent use of the water accrue to the state that receives the allocated water. <br />B. Application to Unused Basic Apportionment <br />Before making a determination of a Surplus Condition under these Guidelines, the <br />Secretary will determine the quantity of apportioned but unused water excluding ICS <br />created in that Year from the basic apportionments under Article II(B)(6), and will <br />allocate such water in the following order of priority: <br />1. Meet the Direct Delivery Domestic Use requirements of MWD and Southern <br />Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), allocated as agreed by said agencies; <br />2. Meet the needs for Off-stream Banking activities for use in California by MWD <br />and for use in Nevada by SNWA, allocated as agreed by said agencies; and <br />Meet the other needs for water in California in accordance with the California <br />Seven-Party Agreement as supplemented by the Quantification Settlement <br />Agreement. <br />ROD -Colorado River Interim Guidelines for December 2007 <br />Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated 33 <br />Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead <br />