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reservoir was very expensive in terms of water storage provided for the cost. Opening the 4 <br />Agreement could result in a reduction of their Eno allocation or an increase in their required release <br />from the WFER, either of which would reduce the effectiveness of the reservoir from their <br />perspective. <br />Piedmont Minerals has. expressed no opinion regarding opening the agreement. Though <br />representatives from the company are invited to attend the annual stakeholders meeting, no one has <br />attended in over two years. Due to a new manufacturing process they began employing several <br />years ago, Piedmont Minerals uses only a tiny fraction of the water they are allocated. In fact, if the <br />agreement were to be re-opened, Piedmont Minerals would not likely be party to the new agreement <br />because their water demand is well below the threshold of 100,000 gallons per day. <br />Potential Outcomes of a Review <br />DWR staff has always stated that once the agreement has been opened for review, the outcome will <br />be based on the EMC's interpretation of the data available and may or may not be predictable. <br />Because the request for review of the Agreement must be specific, some of this uncertainty is <br />removed, but there is still no guarantee of any particular outcome. If the BOCC chose to move <br />forward with a request to amend the agreement, the BOCC could certainly suggest desired outcomes <br />to include changes in allocations, changes in release rates from the reservoirs, changes to instream <br />flow requirements or any other aspect of the. agreement. <br />4 <br />