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<br />co. <br />N <br />0:;;< <br />r-l <br />c:::> <br />o <br /> <br />26. As appears from a brief ( and hurried) reading of the <br /> <br />proposed be~is for a compact, complications and uncartainities attach <br /> <br />to the o~ere.tions of 1!.lephant Butte rebervoir. "'ince the possible <br /> <br />benefits that might accrue to Colorado, from sharing in the spill of <br /> <br />that reservoir, if end when they ~cur, appear to be relatively <br /> <br />lllllIell in megrdtutre, end in the interestr3 of sim;:>lification, it is <br /> <br />t.ilggested thut the p&ragr6phs relatin;, to limitat.ions ( ~l1d i.nvohing <br /> <br />, accrued debit and credit cancellations) be re-written to exclude Colorado <br /> <br />from such complications end uncertainities. <br /> <br />It would seem thet, Colorado havingegreed not to exploit t~ <br /> <br />mountdn s'lppl:r of the river as it :>riginates in Colorodo, beyond the <br /> <br />limHr fixed by the proposed deli very schedules, should not € tteJtpt to <br /> <br /> <br />further share. in the periddic surpluses of the lOller belii.n, rlor be <br /> <br />obligated to adjust its irrifstion development to such veriations as <br /> <br />natur" has imposed on thot lower area. <br /> <br />HOHever, the one im.pcrtant feature is a compact, es ec;aiteble <br /> <br />and simple as may bel - fori it is our opinion, the worst compac~ is <br /> <br />batter the~ &ny probably decree of Court. <br /> <br />"-,., <br /> <br />-15- <br />