WSP12094

• File Number: 8210.120
• Description: Colorado River Basin States Committee ‎(AKA Colorado River Compact Commission)‎
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 2/18/1948
• Author: CRBSC
• Title: Proceedings of the Meeting of the Colorado River Basin States Committee
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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exercised over diversJons from the Canal to the Yuma Project

in Arizona and at Imperial Dam.

MR. CLAYTON: I don't think the proposal ousts their

jur:lsdic t:Lon; lYlr . Carson; to the extent that jurisdic tion in

a sense 1s tUI'ned over to the Imperial Irrigation Distric~ it

a.rises out of the All-American Canal contract and not out of

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the proposal.

MR. CARSON: Well, you stIll haven't answered my

question directly, Mr. Clayton. If this proposal should be

made effective ,then the Imper:lal Irrigation Distr:lct would be

in control of Imperial Dam and ali diversions of water from

Imperial Dam and the All-American Canal including divers:1.ons tc

the Yuma Project In P..rizona.

MR. CLAYTON: Subject to the provisions of the con-

tract/and also subject to the provision that the Imperial Irri-

gation District will operate the Dam and the Canal lmder such

regulations as the United States may prescribe.
doesn't say any particular agency and as far as

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domestic pro-

jects are concerned, I would say that the Bureau of Reclamation

was the Federal Agency that would de~ermine that.

. MR. CARSON:
the Interdepartmental

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Agreement

then, one other question: In
that was worked out in Washingt n

at the time of the Treaty hearing, wasn't it agreed that the

BUI'eau of Reclamation would operate and control these same

works that are now involved in this proposal?

MR. CLAYTON: It was agreed to the extent the Treaty

required It thattheBUI'eau of Reclama.tion would retain that

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