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<br />California and Nevada by the Secretary of the Interior ("Secretary") by contract <br /> <br />under the Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 ("BCPA"), 43 U.S.C. ~~617-617t, <br /> <br /> <br />which authorized the construction of Hoover Dam and approved the Colorado River <br /> <br /> <br />Compact. <br /> <br />1. The Colorado River Compact Apportionments <br /> <br />The Colorado River Compact, the first interstate water compact, was entered <br /> <br />into in 1922 by the seven Colorado River Basin states and became effective in 1929 <br /> <br />pursuant to the Congressional consent provisions of the BCP A. The Compact made <br /> <br />annual "apportionments" of the "beneficial consumptive use" of 7.5 and 8.5 million <br /> <br />acre-feet (MAF) of system water to the Upper Basin (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, <br /> <br />Wyoming and a small portion of Arizona) and Lower Basin (Arizona, California, <br /> <br />Nevada, and small portions of Utah and New Mexico), respectively, but made no <br /> <br />apportionments to individual states and did not provide for an interstate commission <br /> <br />to administer its provisions. <br /> <br />2. The Upper Colorado River Basis Compact Apportionments <br /> <br />In 1948 the five Upper Basin states entered into a compact establishing their <br /> <br />respective shares of the Upper Basin apportionment under the Colorado River <br /> <br />Compact, providing a formula for meeting the Upper Basin's delivery obligations to <br /> <br />the Lower Basin under that compact, and creating a commission to oversee the <br /> <br />Upper Basin apportionments and deal with the Lower Basin states. Each state <br /> <br />22 <br />