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<br />00163\J <br /> <br />Diversions: <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />The Commissioners for Montana and Wyoming are in full agreement <br />that allocable uses under the Compact did not approach the pro rata share <br />in either state during the year. Available information on new water-right <br />filings, general knowledge of developments completed since January 1, <br />1950 and records of stream-flow supported that opinion. <br /> <br />The assembly of information on new water right filings is being car- <br />ried on by the Commission in preparation for the time when allocable uses <br />will be necessary for administration of the Compact. The major expense <br />of quantitative determination will be spared until the need is strongly <br />evident. <br /> <br />Storage: <br /> <br />In reservoirs crnapleted after January 1. 1950: <br /> <br />Boysen Reservoir on the Bighorn River is the principal reservoir in <br />this category, records for which are tabulated in Appendix C. The re- <br />maining reservoirs completed since January 1, 1950 are, in the aggregate, <br />relatively small. Details of their operations have not been collected. <br /> <br />In reservoirs existing on January 1. 1950: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Compact allocations are affected by storage in these reservoirs only <br />in so far as utilized for new developments. The extent of that use is <br />known to be minor or relatively negligible. As a matter of information <br />the quantities in storage on month-ends in the larger reservoirs in this <br />category, namely Bull Lake, Pi;t;ot Butte, Buffalo Bill and Tongue River <br />Reservoirs are tabulated in Appendix D. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />... <br />