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00184~ Functions and Activities Of the Commission r. Arizona v. California litigation. One of the principal functions of the Stream Com, mission is the formulation of policy and the conduct of the case of .,1 rbJl/n r, Unlit",,,;//. eI III, involving the water of the Colorado River Svstem in the Lower Basin. De, tailed discussion of the J;roceedings to date in this case is contained in this and previous Annual Reports of the Commission, II. Problems in connection with the administration of Colo- rado River water. J. Operating criteri'l, Glen Canyon Darn. la) The Commission's responsibility, in co-operation with the Arizona Power A uthority, is to develop permanent rulcs governing releases of water from Glen Canyon Reservoir that will (1) assure Upper Basin compliance with the Colorado River Compact, (2) assure Upper .Basin compliance with its Mexican Treaty obligations, and (3) make practicable an economic power and water development at Bridge and Marble Canyon dams, (b) To accomplish this purpose, it is necessary that we present our point of view to (1) the other Lower Basin States (Califol'llia and Nevada); (2) the Upper Basin States, tu gain their under- standing of and possible agreement with om' views; (3) the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, to obtain long-range commitments, and I <I) the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government, to obtain support of our views for enactment of possible legislation, (e) In order to accomplish (a) and (b), the Com- mission is requireu to make engineering, legal and economic analyses and conduct many' oper- ating studies founded on various assumptions as to watel' supply, reservoir contents, uses of water, etc. Frequent meetings are scheduled in Wash- ington, D. C,; California, Nevada and one or an- othel' of the UPPC1' Basin States, It is often neces- sary that these meetings be at.tended not only by the members of the Commission but also by members of its engineering and legal staff. 2, Trans-basil, diversion" in the Uppej' Basin, Many tnllls-basin Lliveroions al'e now in operation in the Upper Basin, most of them relatively small. The largest is the :Big Thompson Projed. There are pro- posals for two other large diversions before Congres[; -the Frying Pan-Arkansas and the Chama-Rio (;ral1lJe, One (Jf the Commissi"n's responsibilities is to keep posted "" the stat lIS of these Upper Basin diversion" and make policy decisions relative to them