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<br />( <br /> <br />.;rticle I!I (3) of the CcLte~i~ fo~ Coordinated Lonc;- <br />Range O?era~ion of Colo~ado River Reservoirs ?rovides that <br />~~fte: co~mencement ot deliv~rv of~mainstream ~2~e: bv means <br />oE t~e Central Arizona Project, the consumpti~e use <br />~equirements of Article III (1) (b) of these O?erating Criteria <br />"-- (meaning reasonable consum?tive use requirements of <br />mainstre~m users in the lower basin) --" '",ill be :;'let to the <br />follo~ing extent: <br /> <br />(a) Normal. The annual pumping and r:ele2se f:orn La:,<e <br />Mead will be sufficient to satisfy 7,500,000 acre- <br />feet of annual consumotive us~ ~n accorca~ce ~ith t~e <br />cec:ee in ~E.!.!~!!~ .v. f~.!.!.i~E.~i~, 376 U.S. 3~O <br />(1964)"0 <br /> <br />"'.rticle II (3) (1) of the 19b~ United States Su?reme Court <br />decree i:1 .;r.:.zona v. California orovices "If sUi:tlcient <br />maLns~:'eam W2te: is available for release, as cete;:~ined t>y <br />the Secretary of the Interior, to satisfy 7,500,000 acce-Ee~t <br />of annual consurn?tive use in the aforesaid th:ee states, then <br />of sue:' 7,500,000 acre-feet of consu:upt~ve use, ~h~.:-e shall <br />be ~??ortioned 2,800,000 ac~e-feet for use i~ .:..rizonc, <br />4,400,000 acre fee.t for use in California, and 300,000 ac:.e- <br />fee t for l.!se ::-: ~evada". <br /> <br />i'.:ticle II (B) (6) of the 195~ dec!:ee in ,:;.E:~!~.!:!~ _. <br />~~!!!~E.E!i.~ ste.t.es that "!.f, in 2~Y Oile ~;ea:, wate:- <br />e..?po(tioned for consumoti\f~ use in 2. state ....ill not be <br />co~su~ec i~ that state, ~hether Eo: the ~:ason that deliver; <br />contracts for the full amount of t.ne stat~'s a??o:t':o~ir:'2nt <br />a:e not i~ effect or thet users cannot 2.??!y all of suc~ <br />~ate= to b.eneficial uses, or roc any othe: :easo;., ~othins i~ <br />this cac:ee shall be construed as ?:ohioi tine; t:le Sec;:e~a:y <br />of the !i1te:io: frow. releasing such e.??o.:-t.ioilec b:..:~ :J;;us~c <br />.....at.e: CU:iilS such year for CO~s~~?~i'...e use i;: ::.h'2 oth~: <br />states. No :-ights to the- i:'ecu'r~n~ use of suc.~ ;"'c~e= s~~ll <br />accrue by ~eason of the use thereof'l. <br /> <br />Centcal r.~izona ?roject deliveries ~e~e initiated in <br />December 1985. i'.rizona is not exoected to be f.l.llly using <br />its 2.8 million acre-foot basic annual a;:>!?o:t~o";:\e"'t of <br />Colo~ado River ~ater before 1995. In addit.ion, Nevada has <br />estima::.ed that i~ is not expected to be fully usi;"lg it:.s basic <br />a",nual Colorado ~iver water ap?ortionment 0: 0.3 million <br />acre-feet ?er year until after the year 20l0. The U??er <br />Basin states are not expected to be fully using their <br />ap?ortionmen~s until someti~e after the year 20~O_ Until <br />.;:izona is fully using its basic a?po~tio!"lm'?~\:, ~:'e ~""~:ag: <br />a~nual Colo~acio River :unoff ~ill liKely exceec ~~e cggr~gate <br />3~sin states Colo:aco ~i~e: ~ater consu~?t:ve use ~eecs_ <br /> <br />-2- <br />