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DRAFT <br />under the operations of Lakes Powell and Mead pursuant to the ROD, the ISG, or any <br />other applicable provision of federal law, regulation, criteria, policy, rule or guideline, the <br />Secretary shall invite all of the Governors, or their designated representatives, to consult <br />with the Secretary in an attempt to resolve such claim or controversy by mutual <br />agreement. <br />7. Consultation on Operations. After the Secretary commences operating Lakes <br />Powell and Mead pursuant to the ROD, the Parties shall confer among themselves as <br />necessary, but at least annually, to assess such operations. Any Party may request <br />consultation with the other Parties on a proposed adjustment or modification of such <br />operations, based on changed circumstances, unanticipated conditions, or other factors. <br />Upon such request, the Parties shall in good faith confer to resolve any such issues, and <br />based thereon may request consultation by the States with the Secretary on adjustments to <br />or modifications of operations under the ROD. In any event, the Parties shall confer <br />before December 31, 2020, to determine whether to extend this Agreement and <br />recommend that the Secretary continue operations under the ROD for an additional <br />period, or modify this Agreement and recommend that the Secretary modify operations <br />under the ROD, or terminate this Agreement and recommend that the Secretary not <br />continue operations under the ROD after the expiration thereof. <br />8. Development of System Augmentation. The Parties agree to diligently pursue <br />system augmentation within the Colorado River System including but not limited to the <br />determination of the feasibility of projects to increase precipitation in the basin or to <br />augment available supplies through desalination. Additionally, the Parties agree to <br />cooperatively pursue an interim water supply of at least a cumulative amount of 280,000 <br />acre-feet for use in Nevada while long-term augmentation projects are being pursued. It <br />is anticipated that this interim water supply will be made available in return for Nevada's <br />funding of the Drop 2 Reservoir currently proposed for construction by the Bureau of <br />Reclamation. Annual recovery of this interim water supply by Nevada will not exceed <br />40,000 acre-feet. All water available to Nevada in consideration for funding the Drop 2 <br />Reservoir would remain available during all shortage conditions declared by the <br />Secretary. <br />In consideration of the Parties' diligent pursuit of long-term augmentation and the <br />availability of the interim water supply, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) <br />agrees that it will withdraw right-of-way Application No. N-79203 filed with the Bureau <br />of Land Management on October 1, 2004 for the purpose of developing Permit No. <br />58591 issued by the Nevada State Engineer in Ruling No. 4151. <br />The SNWA will not re-file such right-of-way application or otherwise seek to divert the <br />water rights available under Permit No. 58591 from the Virgin River prior to 2014 so <br />long as Nevada is allowed to utilize its pre-Boulder Canyon Project Act Virgin and <br />Muddy River rights in accordance with section 4(C) of the Parties' Recommendation in <br />the form forwarded to the Secretary on February 3, 2006, and the interim water supply <br />made available to Nevada is reasonably certain to remain available. The SNWA will not <br />re-file such right-of-way application or otherwise seek to divert the water rights available <br />8