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<br />. <br /> <br />Section 5. <br /> <br />California's Colorado River Water Use Plan Implementation <br />Progress <br /> <br />A. Introduction <br /> <br />The purpose of the California Colorado River Water Use Plan is to ensure that <br />California limits its use of Colorado River waler to no more than 4.4 Olaf in nonnal <br />years at the end of the fifteen year period for these Guidelines, unless a surplus is <br />determined under the 70R strategy. The Secretary win annually review the status of <br />implementation of the California Colorado River Water Use Plan during the <br />development of the AOP. <br /> <br />B. California's Quantification Settlement Agreement <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />It is expected that the California Colorado River contractors will execute the <br />Quanlifx:ation Settlement Agreement (and its related documents) among the Imperial <br />Irrigation District (lID), Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD). MWD, and the <br />San Diego County Water Authority by December 31,2001. In the event that the <br />California contractors and the Secretary have not executed such agreements by <br />December 31, 2002, the interim surplus deterrninations under Sec tions 2(B)( I) and <br />2(B)(2) of these Guidelines will be suspended and will instead be based upon Ihe 70R <br />Strategy, for eilher the remainder of the period identified in Section 4(A) or until such <br />time as California completes all required actions and complies with reduClions in water <br />use reflected in Section S(C) of these Gui:Jelines, whichever occurs first. <br /> <br />C. California's Co lorado River Water Use Reductions <br /> <br />California will need to reduce its need for surplus Colorado River water through the <br />period identified in Section 4(A). The Califurnia Agricultural (Palo Verde Irrigation <br />District (PVIDl, Yuma Project Reservation Divi;ion (YPRD), lID, and CVWD) usage <br />plus 14,500 afofPresent Perfected Right (PPR) use would need to be at or below the <br />following amounts at the end of the calendar year indicated in years of quantified <br />surplus (for Decree accounting purposes all reductions must be within 25,000 af of the <br />amounts stated): <br /> <br />Benchrrark Date <br />(Calendar Year) <br /> <br />Benchlmrk Quantily <br />(Califurnia Agricultural usage <br />& 14.500 AF ofPPR Use in lIlaj) <br />3.74 <br />3.64 <br />3.53 <br />3.47 <br /> <br />2003 <br />2006 <br />2009 <br />2012 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />26 <br />