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without getting stranded, but are not flows that would be ideal under different cir- cumstances," a state water board press release said. The state water board said the emergency regu- lations will provide a more streamlined process to cur- tail water diversions. In a presentation to the Tehama County Board of Supervisors Tuesday Pub- lic Works Director Gary Antone said the state water board estimates the cost to local agencies will be around $1 million in lost water sale revenue, replacement wa- ter costs and projected tax losses. The proposed flow re- quirements would require a base flow of 50 cubic feet per second from April 1 to June 30 if adult salmon or steel- head are present on Mill and Deer creeks and 35 cfs on Antelope Creek. Mill and Deer creek would also need to have a pulse flow of 100 cfs and Antelope Creek of 70 cfs. The pulse flows would last a between 24 and 72 hours determined by the presence of fish. Those pulse flows would also be in place for the month of June if juvenile salmon or steelhead are present. From Oct. 1 to March 31 Mill and Deer creeks would need to maintain a base flow of 50 cfs if adult steelhead are present and Antelope Creek at 35 cfs. From Nov. 1 to June 30 if adults are not present and juvenile salmon or steelhead are, Mill and Deer creeks would need to maintain a base flow of 20 cfs and An- telope Creek of 20 cfs. Initial curtailment orders would be mailed to each wa- ter right holder on file. The curtailments do not affect non-consumptive uses such as hydropower, which puts the water it uses back into the system. Antone said one aspect of the new rules he believed was a positive for Tehama County was that it included local cooperative solutions, allowing proposals to be made for alternative means of reducing water use to preserve the drought emer- gency minimum flows. "The key is going to be what happens next year. I think we're going to get through this year." Supervi- sor Burt Bundy said. The regulations must still be reviewed and approved by the California Office of Ad- ministrative Law. Water FROMPAGE1 press release issued Friday morning said. Anyone with information regarding the vehicle or its driver is urged to call De- tective Jeff Garrett at (530) 529-7920 or the Tehama County Sherrif's Depart- ment at (530) 529-7900. The suspect has been described as a white male adult between the ages of 35 and 40, aobut 6-feet tall, with a thin build and short black hair and a black mus- tache or beard. Earlier this week Te- hama County Secret Wit- ness raised its reward amount to $5,000 for infor- mation leading to an arrest and a prosecution of anyone involved in the homicide of Francis "Pat" Gregory. Gregory, a 69-year-old man from West Tisbury, Mass. was hiking the Iron Canyon Trail of the Sac- ramento River Bend Out- standing Natural Area May 16 with a 76-year-old friend from Manton. The two were robbed at gun point and subsequently shot. Gregory died at the scene. His friend survived, but his name is not being re- leased. The trail head is off of State Route 36E about five miles north of State Route 99E from Red Bluff. Interest FROM PAGE 1 The lease agreement would run for an initial five- year term. Utilityliens The City Council also will take on a request to record liens on 10 properties that have been delinquent in wa- ter and sewer fee payments. The unpaid balance on the properties, according to a staff document, totals about $8,290. "Some of these properties are in foreclosure or aban- doned, some are sewer only accounts, and others are just repeatedly delinquent in their payments for city water and sewer services," according to the document. City staff is seeking author- ity to lien the individual properties and disconnect service to avoid additional revenue losses. Sewer rate hike A public hearing on a proposed 3.5 percent sewer rate increase also is sched- uled. The resolution, if ad- opted, would trigger five separate annual 3.5 percent increases starting July 1. The increase amounts to about a $1.14 per month for a typical customer. Tuesday's council meet- ing will be held at 7:30 p.m. at 794 Third St. Council FROM PAGE 1 "The key is going to be what happens next year. I think we're going to get through this year." —SupervisorBurtBundy By Fenit Nirappil The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Adultscould be helmet-free when driving certainrecreationaloff-high- way vehicles under a bill that passed the Assembly on Fri- day despite opposition from public health groups and the industry trade association. AB1835 by Assembly- woman Kristin Olsen, R- Modesto, heads to the Sen- ate after narrowly passing ona43-21vote,justabovethe threshold for approval in the 80-member chamber. Shesaidexistingstatelaw treats recreational off-high- way vehicles as if they were motorcycles. Instead, she said they are more like golf cartsforoutdoorenthusiasts. Olsensaidtheexistinglaw is an example of "unneces- sary nanny government pol- icies." "Peopleshouldbe allowed to determine for themselves when a helmet is suitable for their driving style and con- ditions — not the State — especially when no data or studies have shown ROV drivers to be any less safe without a helmet," she said in a statement after the vote. The Recreational Off- Highway Vehicle Associa- tion, however, cites a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission statistics show- ing that failure to wear a hel- met was thought to be a con- tributing factor in more than half of injuries and deaths in- volving such vehicles. The groupopposesthebill.Demo- craticAssemblywomanBon- nieLowenthalofLongBeach opposed the bill, saying hel- mets save lives. A recreational off-high- way vehicle is defined as one meant for non-paved roads with a steering wheel and non-straddle seating with a maximum speed of 30 miles per hour. Unlike dune buggies or all-terrain vehicles, they are closer to normal cars with a cabin contained with protective rails, seatbelts and room for multiple passengers. The California Medi- cal Association said roll- over safety measures aren't enough to prevent passen- ger ejections, which hap- pened in 70 percent of ROV crashes. California requires hel- mets for all motorcycle rid- ers and children riding bi- cycles. A bill to require hel- mets for children who ski and snowboard was vetoed byGov.JerryBrownin2011. SACRAMENTO Bi ll m ak es h el me ts o pt io na l for off-road vehicles By Bree Fowler The Associated Press NEW YORK Visa and Mas- terCard are renewing a push to speed the adoption of mi- crochips into U.S. credit and debit cards in the wake of recent high-profile data breaches, including this week's revelation that hack- ers stole consumer data from eBay's computer sys- tems. Card processing com- panies argue that a move away from the black mag- netic strips on the backs of credit cards would eliminate a substantial amount of U.S. credit card fraud. They say it's time to offer U.S. con- sumers the greater protec- tions microchips provide by joining Canada, Mexico and most of Western Europe in using cards with the more advanced technology. Chips aren't perfect, says Carolyn Balfany, Master- Card's group head for U.S. product delivery, but the ex- tra barrier they present is one of the reasons criminals often choose to target U.S.- issued cards, whose mag- netic strips are easy to rep- licate. "Typically, fraudsters are going to go to the path of least resistance," Balfany says. Thechiptechnologyhasn't been adopted in the U.S. be- cause of costs and disputes over how the network would operate. Retailers have long balked at paying for new cash registers and back office sys- temstohandlethenewcards. There have been clashes be- tween retailers, card issuers and processors over which processing networks will get access to the new system and whether to stick with a signa- ture-basedsystemormoveto one that requires a personal identificationnumberinstead. These technical decisions im- pact how much retailers and customers have to pay — and how much credit card issuers make — each time a card is used. The disputes have now largelybeenresolved.Andthe epic breach of Target's com- puter systems in December, which involved the theft of 40 million debit and credit card numbers, along with smaller breaches at companies such as Neiman Marcus and Mi- chaels,helpedgarnersupport for chip-based cards among retailerswhowerepreviously put off by the costs. Chip cards are safer, ar- gue supporters, because unlike magnetic strip cards that transfer a credit card number when they are swiped at a point-of-sale ter- minal, chip cards use a one- time code that moves be- tween the chip and the re- tailer's register. The result is a transfer of data that is useless to anyone except the parties involved. Chip cards, say experts, are also nearly impossible to copy. For its part, Target is ac- celerating its $100 million plan to roll out chip-based credit card technology in its nearly 1,800 stores. New payment terminals will ap- pear in stores by September, six months ahead of sched- ule. 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