BOARD02180

• Board Meeting Date: 1/22/2003
• Description: WSP Section - Colorado River Issues
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Mr. Jesse P. Silva
General Manager
Imperial Irrigation District
P.O. Box 937
Imperial CA 92251

Dear Mr. Silva:

By letter dated September 9, 2002, and pursuant to 43 C.F.R. Part 417, ImperialIrrigation
District (IID) requested diversions of3.l million acre feet (mat) at Imperia! Dam and, as a result
of the water conservation program with the MetropolitaJl Water District of Southern California
(MWD), 104,000 af of diversions at Parker Dam. The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation)
consulted with IID with respect to its water order for C~lendar Year (CY) 2003 on November 14,
2002. .

Acting on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior (Secretluy) and pursuant to a specific Delegation
of Authority from the Secretary in this matter, this is th~ fina!43 C.F.R. Part 417 determination of
an approved Colorado River water order for IID for CY 2003.

Aooroved Water Order ifOuantification Settlement All:reement is Executed bv
December 31. 2002 .

The availability of Colorado River water supplies withiJ).. the lower Basin is determined each year
by the Secretary of the Interior in the Annual Operating Plan for Colorado River System
Reservoirs (AOP). The Secretary's determinations in t)le AOP implement her role as water
master for the lower Colorado River pursuant to applicable federal law, as confirmed by the U.S.
Supreme Court in Arizona v. California, 373 U.S. 546 (1963). The Secretary adopted the 2003
AOP on December 16,2002.

The 2003 AOP 8pecifically provides that in the event tliat the QuantifICation Settlement
Agreement and its related documents are executed by December 31, 2002, consistent with the
applicable provisions of the Interim Surplus Guidelines~ the Full Domestic Surplus will govern

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