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<br />I. <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />000487 <br /> <br />Nevada Proposed Version of <br />Off stream Storage Rule <br />April 3, 1998 <br /> <br />intentional creation of unused apportionment within the Storing State for release and delivery by <br />the Secretary to an authorized entity in a Consuming State, and for the recovery of the stored <br />water for use in the Storing State. <br /> <br />Lower Division States means the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada. <br /> <br />Mainstream means the main channel of the Colorado River downstream from Lee Ferry <br />within the United States, including the reservoirs behind dams on the main channel, and Senator <br />Wash Reservoir off the main channel. <br /> <br />Offstream storage means storage in a surface reservoir off of the mainstream or in a <br />groundwater aquifer. Off stream storage also includes indirect recharge when mainstream water is <br />exchanged for groundwater that otherwise would be pumped and consumed. - <br /> <br />Present peifected right or PPR means perfected rights defined by the Decree, exi~ting as <br />of June is, 1929, the effective date of the Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1057,43 U.S.C. <br />617) (BCP A). All present perfected rights are listed in the supplemental decrees entered <br />January 9, 1979, and April 16, 1984, by the United States Supreme Court in Arizona v. <br />California; et aI., as amended or supplemented. <br /> <br />Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior or an authorized representative. <br /> <br />Storing State means a Lower Division State in which water is stored off the mainstream to <br />implement an Interstate Storage Agreement. <br /> <br />Surplus apportionment means the Colorado River water apportioned to each Lower <br />Division State when sufficient water is available for release, as determined by the Secretary, to <br />satisfY in excess of7.5 maf of annual consumptive use in the Lower Division States, <br /> <br />Unused apportionment means Colorado River water within a Lower Division State's basic <br />or surplus apportionment, or both, which is not put to beneficial consumptive use during that year <br />within that State. <br /> <br />Sec. 414.3 <br /> <br />Interstate storage agreements. : <br /> <br />(a) Interstate storage agreements. Authorized entities of two or more Lower Division <br />States may enter into Interstate Storage Agreements subject to the approval of the Secretary in <br />accordance with paragraph (b) of this section. Such an agreement must: <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />_.8 <br />