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0023G~i . . made available through a surplus detennination to be used for recharge or storage." It is their position that any surplus water made available in the 2001 AOP should be used only to meet direct municipal conswnptive uses. A copy of Reclamation's proposed 200 I AOP is included in the Board folder. It is hoped that it will be signed by Secretary Babbitt prior to the beginning of the new calendar year. Blythe Energy Project I have included in the Board folder, as 'an infonnational item, correspondence that I have received from Reclamation concerning the proposed Blythe Energy Project, a natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant which will be capable of producing 520 MW of electrical energy. The Project will consume a maximwn of3,OOO acre-feet of water per year from a well field that is to be constructed upon the Palo Verde Mesa. Attached to the letter is a copy of the Water Conservation Offtet Program which describes how the Project proponents plan to obtain the required water supply and report its use so as to be consistent with the California priority system for the use of Colorado River water. DWR's Bulletin 160-2003 Update Also included in the Board folder, as an infonnational item, is an announcement from the California Department of Water Resources of the selection of 55 individuals from throughout the State to serve on a Public Advisory Committee to provide input for preparation ofthe next California Water Plan Update, Bulletin 160, scheduled for release in 2003. California's Colorado River Water Use Plan Cadiz Groundwater Storage On November 26, 1999, the MWD and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) distributed a Draft EIS/EIR entitled Cadiz Groundwater Storage and Dry-Year Supply Program. The initial comment period was scheduled to end on December 4, 2000. I have included in the Board folder a News Release announcing that, in response to more than 300 public requests, the comment period has been extended an additional 35 days through Monday, January 8, 200 \, Basin States/Ten Tribes Discussion On November 29, 2000, representatives from the Basin states met with Reclamation and Tribal representatives to discuss the status of ongoing discussions within California in development of California's Colorado River Water Use Plan and related activities. During the meeting, Mr. Dennis Underwood, ofMWD, outlined the current status and schedule for completing the legal documents and associated activities related to implementation of the "quantification settlement" being negotiated among the California parties, He indicated that although the completion date for some of the documents and agreements has slipped, this slippage should not impact the schedule for implementation of the core water conservation projects contained in California's draft Colorado River Water Use Plan, 3