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<br />. <br /> <br />shall be apportioned 2,800,000 acre-feet for use in Arizona, <br /> <br /> <br />4,400,000 acre-feet for use in California, and 300,000 acre- <br /> <br /> <br />feet for use in Nevada: <br /> <br />"(2) If sufficient mainstream water is available for release, <br /> <br /> <br />* * * to satisfy annual consumptive use in excess of 7,500,000 <br /> <br /> <br />acre-feet, such excess consumptive use is surplus, and 50 per- <br /> <br /> <br />cent thereof shall be apportioned for use in Arizona and 50 <br /> <br /> <br />percent for use in California; * * * <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"(J) If insufficient mainstream water is available for release, <br /> <br /> <br />* * * to satisfy annual consumptive use of 7,500,000 acre-feet <br /> <br /> <br />* * *, then the Secretary, after providing for satisfaction of <br /> <br /> <br />present perfected rights * * *, may apportion the amount remain- <br /> <br /> <br />ing * * * in such manner as is consistent with the Boulder Canyon <br /> <br /> <br />Project Act * * *, but in no event shall more than 4,400,000 <br /> <br /> <br />acre-feet be apportioned for use in California ~ * *;" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Lake Mead Flood Control Regulations <br />The Flood Control Regulations were formulated pursuant to Section 7 <br />of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944, (58 Stat. 890; 33 <br />U.S. C. 709). Regulations previously in effect were amended in 1%8 <br />to take into account the effects of storage capacity available in <br />reservoirs of the Colorado River Storage Project. Current regulations <br />are published in the Federal Register (F.R. Doc. 68-9067; Filed, <br />July 29, 1%8; 8:49 a.m.). <br /> <br />13 <br />