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<br />, <br /> <br />.~, <br /> <br />Proposed General Principles to Govern. and Operatinq <br />Criteria for. Glen Canyon Reservoir and Lake Mead <br />Durinq the Glen Canyon Reservoir Fillinq Period. <br /> <br />1. The following principles and criteria are based on the <br />exercise, consistent with the Law of the River, of reasonable discre- <br />tion by the Secretary in the operation of Federal projects involved. <br />The case generally styled "Arizona v. California, et al, No. 9 <br /> <br />Original" is in litigation before the Supreme Court of the United <br /> <br />States. Anything which is provided for herein is subject to change <br />consistent with whatever rulings are made by the Supreme Court which <br />might affect the principles and criteria herein set out. <br />2. The principles and criteria set forth hereinafter are <br />applicable during the Glen Canyon Reservoir filling period which is <br />defined as that time interval between the date Glen Canyon Reservoir <br />is first capable of storing water (estimated to occur in January <br /> <br />1962) and the date Glen Canyon Reservoir storage first attains ele- <br /> <br /> <br />vation 3,700 (content 28.0 MAP total surface storage), or May 31, <br /> <br />1987, whichever occurs first. <br /> <br />3. Sufficient water will be passed through or released <br /> <br />from either Lake Mead or Glen Canyon Reservoir, as circumstances <br /> <br />require under the provisions of Paragraphs 7 and 8 hereof, to satisfy <br /> <br />downstream uses of water (other than for power) below Hoover Dam <br /> <br />which uses include the following: <br /> <br />a. Net river losses <br /> <br />b. Net reservoir losses <br /> <br />c. Regulatory wastes <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />J <br />