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1. Right Nos. Right Nos. 02-0100, 02-2001A, 02-2001B, 02-2032A, 03-2032B, 02-2036, 02-2056, 02-2057, 02-2059, 02-2060, 02-2064, 02-2065, 02-4000A, 02-4000B, 02-4001A, 02-4001B, 02-10135, 36-2013, 36-2018, 36-2026, 37-2128, 37-2471, 37-2472, 37-20709 and 37-20710 entitle the Company to unsubordinated average daily flows of 3900 CFS from April 1 to October 31, and 5600 CFS from November 1 to March 31, both to be measured at the Murphy U.S.G.S. gauging station immediately below Swan Falls. These flows are not subject to depletion by junior water right holders. (Exceptions to the Company’s unsubordinated average daily flows are listed below in paragraphs 2 through 5.) The Murphy gauging station is located at latitude 43° 17’ 31”, Longitude 116° 25’ 12”, in T01S, R01W, S35, NWNESE, Boise Meridian, Ada County Hydrologic Unit 17050103, on the right bank 4.2 miles downstream from Swan Falls Power plant, 7.5 miles NE of Murphy, at river mile 453.5.
2. Right Nos. Right Nos. 02-0100, 02-2001A, 02-2001B, 02-2032A, 03-2032B, 02-2036, 02-2056, 02-2057, 02-2059, 02-2060, 02-2064, 02-2065, 02-4000A, 02-4000B, 02-4001A, 02-4001B, 02-10135, 36-2013, 36-2018, 36-2026, 37-2128, 37-2471, 37-2472, 37-20709 and 37-20710, when used in combination in amounts specified above shall be subordinate to subsequent beneficial upstream uses upon approval of such uses by the Idaho Department of Water Resources in accordance with State law unless the depletion violates the flows set forth in paragraph 1. Average daily flow, as used herein, shall be based upon actual flow conditions; thus, any fluctuations resulting from the operation of Company facilities shall not be considered in the calculation of the minimum daily stream flows set forth herein.
3. The rights listed in paragraphs 1 and 2 above are subordinate to the water rights of those persons dismissed from Idaho Power Co. v State of Idaho, Case No. 81375 (Fourth Judicial Dist. Feb. 16, 1990) pursuant to the contract executed between the State and Company implementing the terms of I.C. §§ 61-539 and 61-540.
4. The rights listed in paragraphs 1 and 2 above are subordinate to those water rights with a priority date prior to October 1, 1984.
5. The portion of Right Nos. Right Nos. 02-0100, 02-2001A, 02-2001B, 02-2032A, 03-2032B, 02-2036, 02-2056, 02-2057, 02-2059, 02-2060, 02-2064, 02-2065, 02-4000A, 02-4000B, 02-4001A, 02-4001B, 02-10135, 36-2013, 36-2018, 36-2026, 37-2128, 37-2471, 37-2472, 37-20709 and 37-20710, in excess of the amounts set forth in paragraph 1 are held in trust by the state of Idaho, by and through the governor, for the use and benefit of the users of water for power purposes and of the people of the state of Idaho as provided for in the contract entered into by the governor and the Idaho Power Company on October 25, 1985 and ratified by the Idaho Legislature by Idaho Code § 42-203B(5).
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