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<br />John Martin Project, upon which implementation of the agreement <br /> <br /> <br />depends, is controlled, operated and maintained by a Federal agency, <br /> <br /> <br />the Corps of Engineers. As has been pointed out earlier in this <br /> <br /> <br />report, administrative disagreements affecting the operation of the <br /> <br /> <br />John Martin Project inevitably involve the Corps of Engineers. It <br /> <br /> <br />is therefore essential, both fro~ the standpoint of the United States <br /> <br /> <br />as well as that of the signatory States, that the formula for control <br /> <br /> <br />and division of the water be so clearly expressed that it can be put <br /> <br /> <br />into practise and administered without misunderstandings and disputes. <br /> <br /> <br />This requirement was kept constantly in mind, during the compact <br /> <br /> <br />negotiations. The resulting provisions for apportionment' with <br /> <br /> <br />specified flexibility as set forth in Article V and with <br /> <br /> <br />admL'1istrative maehinery as provided in Artj,cle VIII were designed <br /> <br /> <br />to that end and should prove satisfactory to all concerned in actual <br /> <br /> <br />practise. <br /> <br />Section 7. INTERESTS OF UPPER AND LOrlER STATES <br /> <br /> <br />Although irrigation usage, and its accompanying problem of <br /> <br /> <br />interstate apportionment, of the waters of the Arkansas are confined <br /> <br /> <br />to southeastern Colorado and western Kansas, the river, in its course <br /> <br /> <br />from its headwaters to its confluence with the )~ssissippi, also flows <br /> <br /> <br />through portions of the States of New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas, <br /> <br /> <br />It is appropriate, therefore, in this report to touch upon the <br /> <br /> <br />interests, if any, which these other States might have in the <br /> <br /> <br />proposed compact between Colorado and Kansas. <br /> <br />-12- <br />