[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR414.1]

[Page 552]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
      CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 414--OFFSTREAM STORAGE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER AND DEVELOPMENT AND RELEASE OF INTENTIONALLY CREATED UNUSED APPORTIONMENT IN THE LOWER DIVISION STATES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart A--Purposes and Definitions
 
Sec. 414.1  Purpose.


    (a) What this part does. This part establishes a procedural 
framework for the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to follow in 
considering, participating in, and administering Storage and Interstate 
Release Agreements in the Lower Division States (Arizona, California, 
and Nevada) that would:
    (1) Permit State-authorized entities to store Colorado River water 
offstream;
    (2) Permit State-authorized entities to develop intentionally 
created unused apportionment (ICUA);
    (3) Permit State-authorized entities to make ICUA available to the 
Secretary for release for use in another Lower Division State. This 
release may only take place in accordance with the Secretary's 
obligations under Federal law and may occur in either the year of 
storage or in years subsequent to storage; and
    (4) Allow only voluntary interstate water transactions. These water 
transactions can help to satisfy regional water demands by increasing 
the efficiency, flexibility, and certainty in Colorado River management 
in accordance with the Secretary's authority under Article II (B) (6) of 
the Decree entered March 9, 1964 (376 U.S. 340) in the case of Arizona 
v. California, (373 U.S. 546) (1963), as supplemented and amended.
    (b) What this part does not do. This part does not:
    (1) Affect any Colorado River water entitlement holder's right to 
use its full water entitlement;
    (2) Address or preclude independent actions by the Secretary 
regarding Tribal storage and water transfer activities;
    (3) Change or expand existing authorities under the body of law 
known as the ``Law of the River';
    (4) Change the apportionments made for use within individual States;
    (5) Address intrastate storage or intrastate distribution of water;
    (6) Preclude a Storing State from storing some of its unused 
apportionment in another Lower Division State if consistent with 
applicable State law; or
    (7) Authorize any specific activities; the rule provides a framework 
only.