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<br />( <br />f - <br />_. <br />I c:- <br />~ , <br />. - <br /> - <br /> ,.- <br /> " <br /> <br />IlE'l tlSXICO IllTEllSTATE Gl' IlEA!l C(J\/\ISSIOIl <br /> <br />cfU~+-A- <br /> <br />THE CAP IIOL <br />SAllTA n. Jm/ l1t;l;ICO <br /> <br />Al"'l1 15. 1941 <br /> <br />Honorable John C.. Page. Commis.ioner, <br />Bureau of R8o~tlon <br />n.po.rtment or the Interior, <br />W'uhinr.tm., D. C. <br /> <br />~ l"'rr. Page. <br /> <br />At a _etin& or the Interotate Stre"'" C.,...1ooion oj' lIew /1exioo <br />held at Ssnta F. on Al"'L1 5. 1941. a oomaitt... repr..enting the _t.r <br />u.e" of the 1& Plata River in Colaado and a oomnl:tte. representiDg the <br />water UHr. of La Plata River in .... lienoo appelll'ed in poreon and pr.sented <br />tor ocm.alderatlon the followin& JUI1ora.ndum egreemant I <br /> <br />aU. PLATA PROJECT III CD LCRA.OO jI; D !Iii< ~.EXICO. <br /> <br />. "At a joint moeting of the projeot rcprelenting <br />New i'1erla.o alA Colorado by CODEl'li tte.. appointed by <br />water user. of eaoh of the State8 MId at D\lI"'Iln&o. <br />Colorado. t'arOh 29. 1941. the roll.,..~ modi1'ie<l plan <br />for coe.truotloo and irrigation develo~t. in eaoh <br />.tate wa. aueed upon. <br /> <br />81. Tho oonstruotion of 'the Sta:t. Line Re.ervoir <br />to an irrigation oapaoity of 12. 000 aore f881;, or a total <br />oa.paoity of }2, 000 aore t..t includin& flood control tu:xi <br />lil. storage. <br /> <br />"2. The ooostruatlon of 'the Long f:icllow Reservoir to <br />an irrigation oa:plLOity or lL. 000 aore r....t, <br /> <br />113. The projeot acreages in Colorado and lew n.xloo <br />to be det.erm1ned by the Burea.u or Realama.tion. baaed upon <br />the avallable water supply. Ten'tative aGre",ea, 3800 for <br />New flerlco baa beEl1 augtested. aa eqJ itable, and .uch aore~e <br />for Col<>rado ae llI&Y b. detena1ned t'r0l1l studi.. by the <br />ReGlaJIat10n Bureau so ... to pr'O'f'lde a t'1..na wut.er aupply for <br />the area.a in eaoh of the .tates. <br /> <br />"4. The r. Plata COCllpaot to r8Dl8.1n in effect, the <br />administrative proTisions of the Caupaot ~lng ooneidored <br />sufficiently elastic to fit into the operation of ItoraGS <br />UDder t~..e IW'opoeed project. <br />