The Secretary of the Interior - Washington - CO River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and the Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead

• Year: 2007
• Title: The Secretary of the Interior - Washington - CO River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and the Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead
• CWCB Section: Interstate & Federal
• Description: The Secretary of the Interior - Washington - CO River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and the Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead
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Interim Guidelines for the
Operation of Lake Powell
and Lake Mead
Conservation ICS not delivered pursuant to Section ;.C. or deducted pursuant to
Section 3.B.2. in the Year it was created will, at the beginning of the following
Year, be converted to Extraordinary Conservation ICS and will thereafter be subject
to all provisions applicable to Extraordinary Conservation ICS. Tributary
Conservation ICS may be delivered for Domestic Use only.
3. System Efficiency ICS
A Contractor may make contributions of capital4 to the Secretary for use in projects
designed to realize system efficiencies that save water that would otherwise be lost
from the Mainstream in the United States. An amount of water equal to a portion of
the water conserved would be made available to contributing Contractor(s) by the
Secretary as System Efficiency ICS.' System efficiency projects are intended only
to provide temporary water supplies. System Efficiency ICS will be delivered to the
contributing Contractor(s) on a schedule of annual deliveries as provided in an
exhibit to a Forbearance Agreement and Delivery Agreement. The Secretary may
identify potential system efficiency projects, terms for capital participation in such
projects, and types and amounts of benefits the Secretary could provide in
consideration of non-federal capital contributions to system efficiency projects,
including identification of a portion of the water saved by such projects.
4. Imported ICS
A Contractor may create Imported ICS by introducing non-Colorado River System
water in that Contractor's state into the Mainstream. Contractors proposing to
create Imported ICS shall make arrangements with the Secretary, contractual or
otherwise, to ensure no interference with the Secretary's management of Colorado
River System reservoirs and regulatory structures. Any arrangement shall provide
that the Contractor must obtain appropriate permits or other authorizations required
by state and federal law. The actual amount of any Imported ICS introduced to the
Mainstream shall be subject to verification by the Secretary as provided in Section
3.D. Any Imported ICS not delivered pursuant to Section 3.C. or deducted pursuant
to Section 3.B.2. in the Year it was created will be converted, at the beginning of the
following Year, to Extraordinary Conservation ICS and thereafter will be subject to
all provisions applicable to Extraordinary Conservation ICS.
a To the extent permitted by federal law, monies to pay construction, operation, maintenance, repair,
and/or replacement costs.
' Should other Contractor(s) elect to participate in a system efficiency project following the Secretary
making an amount of water available to the contributing Contractor(s), the Secretary shall reduce the
amount of water in the contributing Contractor(s)' ICS Account(s) and credit the electing Contractor(s)'
ICS Account(s) in an equal amount in accordance with the terms of the Secretary's agreement for the
funding of the system efficiency project.
ROD -Colorado River Interim Guidelines for December 2007
Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated 39
Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead