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Interim Guidelines for the <br />Operation of Lake Powell <br />and Lake Mead <br />10, 2003 Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, the Contractor must pay <br />the over~-rrn payback obligation in full before requesting or receiving delivery of <br />DSS. The Contractor's DS5 Account shall be reduced by the amount of the <br />overrun payback obligation in order to pay the overrun payback obligation. <br />6. If more DSS is delivered to a Contractor than is actually available for delivery to <br />the Contractor in that Year, then the excess DSS delivered shall be treated as an <br />inadvertent overrun until it is fully repaid. <br />7. A Contractor may request mid-Year modification(s) to increase or reduce the <br />amount of DSS to be delivered during that Year because of changed conditions, <br />emergency, or hardship, subject to the requirements of this Section 4.C. <br />8. The Contractor shall agree in the Delivery Agreement that the records of the <br />Contractor relating to the creation of DSS shall be open to inspection by the <br />Secretary or by any Contractor or Basin State. <br />9. DSS may only be delivered in the Year- of its creation. Any DSS not delivered <br />pursuant to this Section 4.C. in the Year it is created may not be converted to <br />Extraordinary Conservation ICS. <br />D. Accounting for DSS <br />The Secretary shall develop procedures to account for and verify, on an annual basis, <br />DSS creation and delivery. At a minimum such procedures shall include the following: <br />A Contractor shall submit for the Secretary's review and verification appropriate <br />information, as determined by the Secretary, contained in a Certification Report, <br />to demonstrate the amount of DSS created and that the method of creation was <br />consistent with the Contractor's approved DSS plan and a Delivery Agreement. <br />Such information shall be submitted in the Year following the creation of the <br />DSS. <br />2. The Secretary, acting through the Lower Colorado Regional Director, shall <br />verify the information submitted pursuant to this section, and provide a final <br />written decision to the Contractor regarding the amount of DSS created. The <br />results of such final written decisions shall be made available to the public <br />through publication pursuant to Section 4.D.3. and other appropriate means. <br />The Contractor may appeal the Regional Director's verification decision first to <br />the Regional Director and then to the Secretary; and through judicial processes. <br />3. Each Year the Water Accounting Report will be supplemented to include DSS <br />information for each Contractor and shall address DSS creation, deliveries, and <br />deductions pursuant to Section 4.B.2. <br />December 2007 ROD -Colorado River Interim Guidelines for <br />46 Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated <br />Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead <br />