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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />and either pumped from Lake Mead or released to the Colorado <br />River to meet requirements as follows: <br />(a) Mexican Treaty obligations; <br />(b) Reasonable consumptive use requirements of mainstream <br /> <br />users in the Lower Basin; <br /> <br />(c) Net river losses; <br />(d) Net reservoir losses; <br />(e) Regulatory wastes. <br /> <br />(2) Until such time as mainstream water is delivered by means of <br />the Central Arizona Project, the consumptive use requirements of <br /> <br />Article III(l)(b) of these Operating Criteria will be met. <br /> <br />(3) After commencement of delivery of mainstream water by means <br />of the Central Arizona Project, the consumptive use requirements <br /> <br /> <br />of Article III(l)(b) of these Operating Criteria will be met to <br /> <br /> <br />the following extent: <br /> <br /> <br />(a) Normal: The annual pumping and release from Lake Mead <br /> <br /> <br />will be sufficient to satisfy 7,500,000 acre-feet of annual <br /> <br /> <br />consumptive use in accordance with the decree in Arizona v. <br /> <br /> <br />California, 376 U.S. 340 (1964). <br /> <br /> <br />(b) Surplus: The Secretary shall determine from time to <br />time when water in quantities greater than "Normal" is <br /> <br /> <br />available for either pumping or release from Lake Mead <br /> <br /> <br />pursuant to Article II(B) (2) of the decree in Arizona <br /> <br /> <br />v. California after consideration of all relevant factors, <br /> <br /> <br />including, but not limited to, the following: <br /> <br />5 <br />