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<br />t~ <br />:;f,;?1 <br /> <br />Agenda U:em llb <br />May 8. 1990 <br /> <br />Section 1. . .. [The Secretary of <br />the Interior is hereby authorized to <br />construct the Colorado River Storage <br />Project] for the purposes. among <br />others. of regulating the flow of the <br />Colorado River. storing water for <br />beneficial consumptive use. making it <br />possible for the states of the Upper <br />Basin to utilize. consistently with the <br />provisions of the Colorado River <br />Compact. the apportionments made to and <br />among them in the Colorado River <br />Compact and the Upper Colorado River <br />Basin Compact. respectively. providing <br />for the reclamation of arid and <br />semi-arid land. for the control of <br />floods. FOR THE RESTORATION. <br />PROTECTION. AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE <br />NATURAL RESOURCES OF GRAND CANYON <br />NATIONAL PARK AND GLEN CANYON NATIONAL <br />RECREATION AREA. and for the generation <br />of hydroelectric power. as an incident <br />to the foregoing purposes. .... [New <br />language in CAPS]. <br /> <br />Note that this language does not indicate which <br />purposes are superior. except that the generation of <br />hydroelectric power is explicitly made incidental to <br />all foregoing purposes. Furthermore. the above quoted <br />language covers the entire Colorado River Storage <br />Project. there being no statement of purposes specific <br />to Glen Canyon Dam or. for that matter. to any other <br />individual storage unit or to any individual <br />participating project. <br /> <br />Second. section 3 of the CRSP Act would be amended to <br />read as follows: <br /> <br />... It is the intention of Congress <br />that no dam or reservoir constructed <br />under the authorization of this Act <br />shall be within any national park or <br />monument. IT IS THE FURTHER INTENTION <br />OF CONGRESS THAT GLEN CANYON DAM SHALL <br />BE OPERATED IN A MANNER THAT PROTECTS. <br />MITIGATES DAMAGES TO. AND ENHANCES THE <br />NATURAL RESOURCES OF GRAND CANYON <br />NATIONAL PARK AND GLEN CANYON NATIONAL <br />RECREATION AREA. [New language in <br />CAPS] <br /> <br />-2- <br />