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. . (MWD) will use about 0.513 maf, which is 0.171 maf less than its actual use of mainstream water in 2003. The preliminary end-of-year estimate for 2004 California agricultural consumptive use of Colorado River water under the first three priorities and the sixth priority of the 1931 California Seven Party Agreement is 3,707 maf, This estimate by Board staff, is based on the collective use through February 2004 by the Palo Verde Irrigation District, the Yuma Project-Reservation Division (YPRD), the Imperial Irrigation District, and the Coachella Valley Water District. Figure I, found at the end of this report, depicts the historic projected end-of-year agricultural use for the year, Colorado River Operations 2004 Annual Operating Plan The final 2004 Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the Colorado River and Reservoir System was signed by Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton on March 17, 2004, The 2004 AOP, based on basinwide hydrologic analyses and the current Interim Surplus Guidelines (ISG), establishes a Partial Domestic Surplus condition for reservoir and river operations during the calendar year, A copy of the final 2004 AOP was included in the January 14, 2004, Board materials; a copy of Secretary Norton's letter approving the 2004 AOP is included in the handout material for this month's Board meeting, Extraordinary Conservation/or (herruns As you are aware, as part of the Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement executed on October 10, 2003, Reclamation will initiate a process to monitor the implementation of the extraordinary conservation measures and require that each entitlement holder's consumptive use be at, or below, its approved water order for that year, This process would be utilized during those years that an entitlement holder is forbearing on some portion of its use to meet any payback obligation, It is Reclamation's stated goal to define the suite of extraordinary conservation measures and the verification process related to the payback of any inadvertent overruns associated with the Reclamation's Inadvertent Overrun and Payback Policy, the Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement and its associated payback of water use in 2001 and 2002, and other instances where the use of Colorado River water by an entitlement holder is forborne, Reclamation had scheduled a meeting on April 2, 2004, at the Coachella Valley Water District offices in Coachella, California; however, because of adverse weather conditions, the meeting was held via conference call. The agenda for the meeting included the following: (1) ordinary conservation measures; (2) extraordinary conservation measures; and (3) verification and payback measures. Additionally, at the meeting Reclamation requested that each involved agricultural or water district provide the name of a Technical Specialist that will participate as a member of a Technical Group 2