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Rage ~ <br />litigation recerztl~° filed by the Grand Carryon Trust in the ~.~.. District CC3urt in ~rizoz~a that <br />implicates the Bureau of Reclarzzation's operation of Glen Cannon Darn., <br />The Subzznit also rrzozzitors federal cage la~v that array create bizzding precede;.nt regarding <br />int€;rpretation cif the Colorado liver Coznpact and the: L.Tppez- Coiczrado River Basin Compact. <br />Examples of such litigation are the interstate shits of ~~~~~a~rzncc v. lI%vc~~r~ir~g and So~zt~t <br />C'a~-alirza z3..~r~rth. C~aroZitac~ recently filed in the [,~.~. Szzpreme Court pursuant to its original <br />jurisdiction. <br />1.3. A.ssts~ance v~rith C~~~radcs Ri~•er ~€~inlstatiu~t <br />Irz addition to providing the state o Colorado with legal cozz€isel regarding interstate issues <br />related to the Colorado River and the Colorado River Compact, the Colorado River Subunit <br />provides legal counsel to the State Engirz~;cr and the Departmett of .Natural Resozzrces whiz <br />respect to intrastate administration of water rights. Specifically, the Szzbunit assists the State <br />Engineer and the .Department of Natural Resources in analyzing state acrd federal la~v as <br />applied to proposed rater supply projects that in~rolve the waters of the Colorado River <br />Basin. <br />14. Cam act Curtail~nerrt Rueakin Research <br />The Subunit assists the State Engineer irz addressing legal questions that may arise in the <br />event Colorado must curtail use of Colorado River water pursuant to its compact obligations. <br />Legal issues already addressed include: <br />• The State Engineer's legal authority to administer compact curtailment througiz <br />pr©mulgation of rules. <br />• The; legal process that such corzzpact curtailment ruleznaking must follow. <br />• The general rcquirerrzezzts of Colorado la~.v on compact curtailment rules. <br />• Description of legal issues implicated by c©tnpact administration. <br />The rrzultitzzde of legal issues still to be addressed fall generally under the following topics <br />for analyses: the parameters and constraints unposed by Colorado law and the I~aw oftc <br />River on corrzpact curtailment administration., possible Ic;gal claims and defenses for use in <br />compact litigation brought by or against the L-over Division States, possible curtailzxzent <br />zzzethods, and lossible curtailrr~ezzt tinning. <br />