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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />flow credits of 0.234 maf would reduce the total amount of consumptive use to 8.055 maf. for <br />calendar year 1999, the Central Arizona Project (CAP) is projected to divert 1.498 mat, of which <br />307,000 acre-feet is to be placed in the Arizona Water Bank, and The Metropolitan Water District of <br />Southern California (MWD) is projected to divert 1.220 maf. <br /> <br />The August 151 estimate of 1999 end-of-year California agricultural consumptive use of <br />Colorado River water under the first three priorities of the 1931 California Seven Party Agreement <br />is 3.832 maf. This estimate is based on the collective use through June 1999 by the Palo Verde <br />Irrigation District (PVID), the Yuma Project Reservation Division (YPRD), the Imperial Irrigation <br />District (lID), and the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD). Figure I, found at the end of this <br />report, depicts the historic end-of-year agricultural use for the year. <br /> <br />Colorado River Operations <br /> <br />Reclamation has scheduled the final consultation meeting with Colorado River Basin states' <br />representatives and others on the 2000 Annual Operating Plan for the Colorado River Reservoir <br />System (2000 AOP) for August 10, 1999, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is Reclamation's recommendation <br />that the 2000 AOP contain the same determinations as the 1999 AOP, that is: Hoover Dam would be <br />operated under a surplus condition; any Lower Division state would be allowed to use water <br />apportioned to, but unused, by the other Lower Division states; Mexico would be allowed to schedule <br />the delivery of 1.7 maf, a surplus declaration; and since storage in the Upper Basin reservoirs is above <br />the 602(a) storage requirement, the equalization of storage in Lakes Powell and Mead and the <br />avoidance of spills would govern releases at Glen Canyon Dam. There do not appear to be any <br />controversial issues which will be raised at this consultation meeting. <br /> <br />Commissioner Bernal of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) has <br />contacted both Mr. Hannigan and me regarding the All-American Canal Lining Project and IBWC's <br />consultations with Mexico regarding that Project. During the Executive Session of the Board, the <br />ongoing negotiations associated with the All-American Canal Lining Project and questions raised by <br />Commissioner Bernal will be discussed. <br /> <br />The Board recently received notification of a meeting of the Yuma Area Water Resource <br />Management Group (Y A WRMG) which was held on July 29, 1999. As the notice was received the <br />day before the meeting, no one from the staff attended; however, as their efforts to investigate <br />programs to address the salinity and groundwaler problems in the Yuma area materialize, it will be <br />important that the Board closely monitor their activities. Included in the Board handout is a copy of <br />the July 29'h meeting agenda of the Y A WRMG as well as other information on this subject. <br /> <br />Also included in the Board handout for your information is a copy of a letter, dated July 28, <br />1999, from Reclamation to the Bureau of Land Management addressing a proposal by the Chemehuevi <br />Indian Tribe to acquire lands on the westerly shore of Lake Havasu and the bed of the Lake. In its <br />letter, Reclamation states that it would be inappropriate to convey ownership of these lands to the <br />Tribe. Reclamation further states that ifany land is conveyed to the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, then <br />the United States must reserve the perpetual right, power, and easement permanently to seep, flood, <br />flow, erode by wave action, and inundate without liability all lands lying below the elevation of 455 <br /> <br />2 <br />