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
B. Creation of IC5
A Contractor may only create ICS in accordance with the following conditions:
A Contractor shall submit a plan for the creation of ICS to the Secretary
demonstrating how all requirements of these Guidelines will be met in the
Contractor's creation of ICS. Until such plan is reviewed and approved by the
Secretary, subject to such environmental compliance as may be required, such
plan or any ICS purportedly created through it shall not be a basis for creation of
ICS. An ICS plan will consist of at a minimum the following information:
a. Project description, including what extraordinary measures will be taken to
conserve or import water;
b. Term of the activity;
c. Estimate of the amount of water that will be conserved or imported;
d. Proposed methodology for verification of the amount of water conserved or
imported; and
e. Documentation regarding any state or federal permits or other regulatory
approvals that have already been obtained by the Contractor or that need to
be obtained prior to creation of ICS.
A Contractor may modify its approved plan for creation of ICS during any Year,
subject to approval by the Secretary. A Contractor with an approved multi-Year
plan for System Efficiency ICS is not required to seek further approval by the
Secretary in subsequent Years unless the Contractor seeks to modify the plan.
2. There shall be a one-time deduction of five percent (5%) from the amount of
ICS in the Year of its creation. This system assessment shall result in additional
system water in storage in Lake Mead. This one-time system assessment shall
not apply to:
a. System Efficiency ICS created pursuant to Section ;.B. because a large
portion of the water conserved by this type of project will increase the
quantity of system water in storage over time.
b. Extraordinary Conservation ICS created by conversion of Tributary
Conservation ICS that was not delivered in the Year created, pursuant to this
Section 3.B. because 5% of the ICS is deducted at the time the Tributary
Conservation ICS is created.
December 2007 ROD -Colorado River Interim Guidelines for
40 Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated
Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead