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<br />01)0842 <br /> <br />OTHER MAJOR COMPONENTS <br /> <br />OF THE "LAW OF THE RIVER" <br /> <br />BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ACT 1928 <br />BCP Act authorized Hoover Dam and the All <br />American Canal AND: <br /> <br />Because Arizona refused to ratify the 1922 compact, <br />it provided a mechanism for a six-state (plus <br />Congress) approval of the compact or <br />"#! 0#@!# * - Arizona!!" <br /> <br />Six-state approval was contingent on California <br />agreeing to limit its uses to 4.4 mat per annum. <br /> <br />Pre-approved a compact among the Lower Division <br />states, which was never completed. <br /> <br />The pre-approved compact made allocations <br />among states - Nevada .3 mat, Arizona 2.8 mat <br />and California 4.4 maf of main stem water AND <br />gave Lower Division states exclusive use of their <br />tributaries AND limited water for Mexico to the <br />mainstem (not the tributaries). <br /> <br />Supreme Court (and special master) relied <br />heavily on BCP Act and legislative history of that <br />act in its 1963 Arizona v. California decision. <br /> <br />Upon passage of the California Limitation Act in <br />1929, six-state ratification process completed <br />thus the compact became effective, <br /> <br />In 1931, Arizona filed suit in what would be the <br />tirst of several Arizona v. California cases. <br /> <br />3 <br />