West Coast Basin Amended Judgment: IX: Order of Production

IX. LIMITATIONS UPON EXTRACTION; ORDER OF PRODUCTION 

1. Limits on Extractions  

The total extraction right for an Administrative Year includes a Party's Total Adjudicated Production Right (to the extent not transferred by agreement or otherwise), and any right to extract Stored Water or Carryover as provided in this Amended Judgment. Any Party who has Carryover and/or Stored Water in the aggregate amount equal to or exceeding twenty percent  (20%) of the Party's Total Adjudicated Production Right shall be allowed to extract, in any one  Administrative Year, up to one-hundred and twenty percent (120%) of the Party's Total  Adjudicated Production Right, except upon prior approval by the Storage Panel, as provided herein. Upon application, the Storage Panel shall approve a Party's request to extract water in excess of one hundred and twenty percent (120%) of such limitation consistent with Section V.13.B. Requests to extract water in excess of one hundred and twenty percent (120%) of a  Party's Total Adjudicated Production Right shall be reviewed and either approved or denied by  the Storage Panel in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section V.13 of this Amended  Judgment.  

2. Prioritization of Production  

Except as provided in Section V.6.D, unless a Party elects otherwise, production of water  from the Basin for the use or benefit of the Parties hereto shall be credited to each such Party in  the following order: (i) Exchange Pool production; (ii) production of Carryover Water (but  excluding the Carryover Water described in Section V.4.C, (iii) production of water pursuant to a  lease or other agreement of an Adjudicated Right; (iv) production of water pursuant to that  Party's Adjudicated Right; (v) production of Stored Water; (vi) the production of the Carryover  Water described in Section V.4.C; and (vi) emergency production pursuant to an Over-Production  Agreement with WRD pursuant to Section VII.