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<br />t <br />, <br /> <br />002:n!, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />are not required for the (I) operation and regulation of flow, (2) diversion of water <br />from the mainstream, or (3) maintenance of the mainstream for the delivery of water; <br />and, <br />Option 4 - Water use by riparian vegetation within a contract service area is <br />consumptive use if the sum of (1) crop consumptive use, (2) domestic consumptive <br />use, (3) evaporation within the contract service area, and (4) consumptive use that <br />takes place between the point of diversion from the mainstream and contract service <br />area is less than the measured diversion less the measured return recorded for the <br />diverter. Additionally, evaporation from open water is consumptive use if the open <br />water is within the contract service area. <br /> <br />~u <br /> <br />The consensus of the state representatives was that additional analysis and discussion of this <br />issue is required. In addition to meeting with the states' representatives, Reclamation is planning <br />to meet with representatives from the Lower Basin Indian Tribes and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. <br /> <br />Quarterly Status of Pending Contract Actions <br /> <br />Included in the Board folder is a copy of the quarterly status report of pending contract <br />actions, dated January 1 0, 200 1, prepared by Reclamation. The Board staff will closely follow Items <br />6,8,20,21,22,27,42 and 43. Item 20 is associated with the City of Needles amending its water <br />service subcontracting authority of Lower Colorado Water Supply Project water to include the <br />Counties ofImperial and Riverside. Items 21 and 22 provide for a contract to fund the Department <br />of the Interior's expenses to conserve seepage water from the All-American Canal in accordance <br />with Title II of the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act. Item 42 deals with <br />incorporating into existing water delivery contracts, provisions contained in agreements reached <br />among California water districts to: 1) quantify Colorado River water entitlements for CVWD and <br />IID, and 2) provide a basis for water transfers among California water districts. Item 43 is an <br />amendment to an existing contract which authorizes the United States to construct irrigation and <br />drainage works for certain Indian lands within CVWD to deliver water for irrigation of up to 322 <br />acresoflands on Torres-Martinez Indian Reservation located within CVWD's Improvement District <br />No.1. Items 6 and 27 deal with the miscellaneous present perfected rights. Item 8 deals with <br />individual contracts for federally established present perfected rights of the Colorado River, Fort <br />. Mojave~Quechan~ehemehuevi-and-Coc6pah-Hfdian Tribes'- -. --. - - - -- .- <br /> <br />California's Colorado River Water Use Plan <br /> <br />Inadvertent Overrun Accounting <br /> <br />On January 18th, Reclamation issued, for public comment in the Federal Register, its <br />proposed policy on the definition and payback of inadvertent overruns. This policy deals with <br />procedures to account for inadvertent overruns, and subsequent payback requirements to the <br />Colorado River mainstream. Comments on this draft policy are due on or before March 24, 2001. <br /> <br />Prior to the March 24th deadline, representatives from the Basin states will be meeting to <br />determine if a unified Basin states' position can be attained. Prior to that meeting, the California <br />parties will be meeting to further define the importance of this policy to them and to all Colorado <br /> <br />3 <br />