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® Recommendations made by stakeholders through the joint State-Federal-Stakeholder 

 process should be ^ven authority through mechanisms such as the Federal Advisory 

 Committee Act. 



• To improve the eflBciency of CVPIA implementation, the joint State-Federal-Stakeholder 

 process should be coordinated with other Bay-Delta implementation groups such as 

 CALFED. 



• The joint State-Federal-Stakeholder process must include a dispute resolution process to 

 ensure stakeholder involvement resuhs in broadly supported, achievable recommendations 

 to the Secretary. 



Comparison with H.R. 1906: 



H.R. 1906 does not provide for establishing a joint State-Federal-Stakeholder 

 process that builds communication and trust between the implementing agencies and 

 stakeholders Many of the changes proposed by H.R. 1906 might be resolved administratively 

 if such an effective process was established legislatively. The process would also better 

 ensure that CVPIA implementation achieves a reasonable balance among the competing 

 demands for CVP water. 



Urban Water Supplies 



Urban Coalition Position: 



• A minimum level of contract deliveries for municipal and industrial Municipal and 

 Industrial (M&I) purposes should be at least 75% of contract quantity. 



• The reliability of contract deliveries for M&I purposes should be consistent with the 

 greater costs that are allocated to the M&I purpose relative to the irrigation purpose in 

 current CVP cost allocations. 



• The reliability defined for M&I water supplies through the CVP Reform Act should be 

 provided under future renewed or amended contracts, and under existing contracts to the 

 extent it does not conflict with existing shortage provisions. 



• CVP agricultural water supplies that are converted or transferred to M&I use should 

 retain the reliability of their original purpose. 



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