[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: 43CFR418.15]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
      CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 418--OPERATING CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR THE NEWLANDS RECLAMATION PROJECT, NEVADA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 418.15  Operations monitoring.

    (a) The Bureau will work with the District to monitor Project 
operations and will perform field inspections of water distribution 
during the irrigation season.
    (1) Staff members of the Bureau's Lahontan Area Office and the 
District will meet as often as necessary during the irrigation season 
after each water distribution report has been prepared to examine the 
amounts of water used to that point in the season.
    (2) On the basis of the information obtained from field 
observations, water use records, and consultations with District staff, 
the Bureau will determine at monthly intervals whether the rate of 
diversion is consistent with this part for that year.
    (3) The District will be informed in writing of suggested 
adjustments that may be made in management of diversions and releases as 
necessary to achieve target efficiencies and stay within the MAD.
    (b) Project operations will be monitored in part by measuring flows 
at key locations. Specifically, Project diversions (used in the 
calculations under Sec. 418.18 below) will be determined by:
    (1) Adding flows measured at:
    (i) Truckee Canal near Wadsworth--U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 
gauge number 10351300;
    (ii) Carson River below Lahontan Dam--USGS gauge number 10312150;

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    (iii) Rock Dam Ditch near the end of the concrete lining; and
    (2) Subtracting:
    (i) Flows measured at the Truckee Canal near Hazen--USGS gauge 
number 10351400;
    (ii) The Carson River at Tarzyn Road near Fallon (below Sagouspe 
Dam) for satisfying water rights outside of the Project boundaries as 
described in Sec. 418.25, USGS gauge number 10312275;
    (iii) Estimated losses in the Truckee Canal; and
    (iv) Spills, precautionary drawdown, and incentive water released at 
Lahontan Dam under Secs. 418.24 and 418.36.

                        Operations and Management