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<br />- <br /> <br />~, 1 ""7 <br />.. .L [ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />As specified in its enabling legislation, Arizona unused entitlement may be stored by the <br />AWBA only ifit would otherwise not have been used in the State of Arizona that year, <br />This provision protects priorities and entitlements of Colorado River water in Arizona; <br /> <br />i <br /> <br /> <br />G. Elements of Off stream Storage Programs. and Aspects of the Proposed Rule <br />Relevant To NEP A Compliance <br /> <br />The proposed rule will establish procedures for interstate contractual distribution and redemption <br />of credits for Colorado River water stored off stream. These procedures will apply to all Lower <br />Division States. However, the State with the greatest current potential for authorized entities to <br />enter into interstate agreements for storage of Colorado River water off stream is Arizona. <br />A WBA provisions, elements of other programs, and a number of aspects of the proposed rule are <br />important to NEP A compliance because they contain known parameters upon which to focus <br />impact analysis for affected resources or issues. <br /> <br />Elements of the Arizona, Nevada, and California off stream storage programs relevant to NEP A <br />impact analysis include: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />No more than a total of 100,000 afofstorage credits accrued in Arizona may be <br />recovered for use in California and Nevada in any given year. This limit reflects <br />Arizona's current capability to recover stored credits that would be used in the year they <br />had to decrease their consumptive use of Colorado River water for the benefit of either <br />California or Nevada. The diversion of this water into either California or Nevada would <br />be approximately I % of the volume diverted to the Lower Division States and Mexico <br />during a normal year; <br /> <br />. Interstate recovery of storage credits in Arizona for California and Nevada will not be <br />allowed in a shortage year. This provision protects water users in Arizona in case all <br />recovery facilities are needed to satisfy their water requirements during water shortage <br />periods; <br /> <br />. The A WBA intends to use both direct underground storage and indirect storage. <br />However, present indications are that indirect or in lieu storage will be used more often <br />than direct underground storage; <br /> <br />. A WBA water storage agreements shall not impede the ability of the CA WCD to meet the <br />obligations of its CAP water service contracts and subcontracts. Sufficient water must be <br />available each year to satisfY concurrent uses of CAP entitlement holders, including <br />groundwater recharge, before water can be used by A WBA for off stream storage; <br /> <br />. The A WBA may not own, develop, operate, or construct storage facilities. Instead, the <br />A WBA is to take advantage of existing storage sites by contracting to reserve storage <br />capacity at existing permitted facility(s). The AWBA has been charged with the duty to <br />prepare and assess an inventory of existing storage facilities to determine whether they <br /> <br /> <br />Lc R~gion DEAIl <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />12/97 <br />