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. . \ " '~,'" Reclamation informing it of the availability of an additional 21,551 acre-feet of Colorado River water. CAP Revised Water Order for 2004 At the Board's November meeting, we discussed several issues raised by Arizona concerning its water order for 2004 and its interpretation of the Interim Surplus Guidelines. Arizona believes that any surplus must be both quantified and based on the water orders; the surplus water must be apportioned among the states in accordance with the percentages contained in the 1964 decree in Arizona v. California; and under State law, Arizona cannot forbear water for use by Nevada. Arizona can only forbear water for use by MWD. On December 19th, a meeting of Basin State representatives and Reclamation was held to discuss concerns raised by Arizona's interpretation of the ISG. As a result of that meeting, the CAP informed Reclamation, by letter dated December 23n1, that it was withdrawing its request for surplus water in 2004. Recovery of Interstate Storage Credits In August 2003, the MWD in a letter to the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CA WCD), submitted a tentative schedule for recovering water stored in the Arizona Groundwater Bank. MWD asked the CAWCD to schedule 80,000 acre-feet (Interstate Underground Storage Credits) by exchange during calendar year 2004. , . ( / ,: " " Included in the Board folder, is a letter from MWD to the CA WCD canceling its August 2Slh request due to the availability of other sources of water to meet its service area requirements in 2004. In its letter, MWD indicated it would like to move forward with the development of an interstate storage agreement with the Arizona Water Banking Authority and reestablish a Surplus Guidelines Agreement with the State of Arizona. Unauthorized Use of Colorado River Water At last months Board meeting in Las Vegas, the unauthorized use of Colorado River water was discussed, at which time, I quantified the amount at approximately 10,500 acre-feet being charged against California's 4.4 apportionment. As a result of that discussion, included in the Board folder is a copy of a draft letter that I propose be sent to Reclamation urging it to move forward in developing a process and establishing a schedule to address the issue. This is the second letter addressing this issue that has been sent to Reclamation within the last six months. Renaming of Lake Powell Last October the Board discussed the efforts of an organization entitled Coalition to Rename Lake Powell to change "Lake Powell" with "Powell Reservoir". At that time the State of Utah wrote a letter to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names opposing any name change. On January 61h, an article appeared in the Los Angeles Times in support of the name change. I believe that it is 6