WSP05136

• File Number: 8200.400
• Description: Colorado River Basin Briefing Documents-History-Correspondence
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 10/1/1999
• Author: DOI-BOR
• Title: Programmatic Environmental Assessment-Rulemaking-Offstream Storage Colorado River Water - Development-Release Intentionally Created Unused Apportionment - Lower Division States - Appendix H-Section II
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Nevada Proposed Version of
Offstream Storage Rule
April 3, 1998
Compared to Original Proposed Rule

Decree means the decree entered March 9, 1964, by the Supreme Court in Arizona v.
California, et aI., 373 U.S. 546 (1963), as supplemented or amended.

Entitlement means an authorization to beneficially use Colorado River water pursuant to:

(1) A decreed right,

(2) A contract with the United States through the Secretary, or

(3) A reservation of water from the Secretary.

Federal entitlement holder means a Federal agency or Indian tribe identified in Article
II(D) of the Decree as having an entitlement for the beneficial use of Colorado River water. .

Intentionally created unused apportiol'ment means unused apportionment that is created
solely as a result of an agreement ..'Mill. Ii Steriag Stllte far t1.e. pl:I1'j5e3fl3 ef ffilIkill.g Celerade
Ri,e;r ..llte;r Ii,ailable far 1I3C ill. Ii Cell.3tllllill.g StlIte ill fulfillment ef Ii reqtIC3t fur re;aen,ptiell. ef
3temge e1eait3 pllr3t1llnt 16. and that would not exist except for. implementation of an
Interstate Storage Agreement.

Interstate storage agreement means an agreement, consistent with this part, that provides
contract terms for off stream storage of Colorado River water in a Storing State fur IttItherize;a
eraitie3 ifi Cel'l3tl111ing States. the subseauent intentional creation of unused apportionment
within the Storinl! State for release and delivery bv the Secretary to an authorized entity in
a Consuminl! State. and for the recovery of the stored water. f..n. I!l.ter3tate Storage Agree;U1C11t
nill be. fth.eng atltnerirea e.ntitie.3 aft\v6 6r ft16re. Lener Dii<"i3ieft State:! 8:1.8 filay ine-hiae. other
cn:titie.3 thai: are. ele.~nn.ine.d to be apl'repriate. t8 tlie. perfernlftfiee. and enf8fee.nlent ef the
agreement lIllder F ede1'llllliw aM the respeeti.e lliw3 of the Sterill.g Stftte Mil the Cen3t1ffiing for
use in the Storinl! State.

Lower Division States means the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada.

Mainstream means the main channel of the Colorado River downstream from Lee Ferry
within the United States, including the reservoirs behind dams on the main channel, and Senator
Wash Reservoir off the main channel.

Offstream storage means storage in a surface reservoir off of the mainstream or in a
groundwater aquifer. Offstream storage also includes indirect recharge when mainstream water is
exchanged for groundwater that otherwise would be pumped and consumed.

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