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<br />December 13, 2062 <br /> <br />Imperial Irrigation District Prop'osa~ 'For Short-Term Fallowing <br />Transfer Pending Resolution of Outstanding ~ssues and Conditions for Long-Term <br />Transfer <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />DEC-23-02 10,06 FROM,BALCOMB & GREEN PC <br /> <br />IDlS7121S4SBS02 <br /> <br />PAGE 11/48 <br />#lkimelff 12.. <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />The lID Boa:rd determined that the unresolve~ issues and riskS attendant to the QSA are <br />unacceptable. In light of the concerns described in p~ A below, the DD has developed a short- <br />term fallowing transfer program described in Part B 1:Ielow, which could be convertible into a <br />long-term conservation and transfer program on con~tions described in Part C below. <br /> <br />The lID Board remains committed to help Cat-iforoia's jani-or right holders solve the <br />long-outstanding problem regarding over use of Colqrado River water. The no Board proposes <br />to assist California's need for conservation and transfer' of'Colorado River water in the following <br />two stages. First. IID would enter into a short tenn land fallowing and transfer program for 5 <br />years. Second, provided that environmental and oth~ requirements specified in Part C below are <br />subsequently satisfied, lID could enter into a long-telm conservation and transfer agreement <br />based em efficiency conservation. <br /> <br />lID also s'Wports M'WD's current proposals to hell> secure needed water supplies for <br />Southern California from the Colorado River: <br /> <br />a. no supports revising the Interim Surplus Criteria to base the availability of s\nplus . <br />Colorado. River water on "perlormance sjandards" related.to~ebfOad spectrum of <br />MWD activities to reduce its reliance on 'Colorado River water; <br /> <br />b. DD will approve MWD' s proposed acquisition of conserved water from PVID, <br />provided that the transfer is implemente4 in a manner that does not injure no; <br /> <br />c. on continues to support the lining ofth~ MC, subject to the conswction of the <br />affiliated regulating reservoirs and the pfeservation ofIID call rights under certain <br />hydrologic conditions_ <br /> <br />A. Why the QSA was Unac::ceptable <br /> <br />1. The IID Boa:rd's failure to approve the proppsed QSA and related transfers on <br />December 9 resulted from the unacceptableirisk of making a long-term 75 year <br />commitment in the face of substantial risks posed by unresolved enviromnental issues <br />and other concerns as set forth below. <br /> <br />2. The following environmeptal issues were oPt resolved: <br /> <br />a. Necessary permits from state and fe~eral resource agencies for the tenn of the <br />proposed transfers have not been oqtained; <br /> <br />b. Clearly-defined mitigation obligatid~ that would be required by state and federal <br />resource agenc,jes over the full term; of the proposed transfers bave not been <br />identified;. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />l69S2'.OllSD <br />t.t.1fl.l."llm112.13-021dlolQJo <br />