Agenda Item 13

• Board Meeting Date: 3/18/2008
• Description: Report of the Attorney General
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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preparation. California has
. continues to threaten to fors
supplies is not met. This cc
of the factual and legal issu
possibly relevant document
will take several years.
In response to this con
future Colorado River
First, the Subunit prepares egal memoranda researching issues that: may arise in future
Colorado River Compact li igation. These memoranda include those prepared in connection
with the Basin States negot ations, described above, as well as the i:ollowing topics:
• Upper
• 70R Surplus
a State Board devoted to Colorado River issues. Nevada
e reconsideration of the Compact if its need for additional water
ncern is heightened by the knowledge that, due to the complexity
~s, the number of parties affected, and t:he sheer number of
~, adequately preparing for Colorado River Compact litigation
the Colorado River Subunit was charged to prepare Colorado for
pact litigation. This charge involves three elements.
River Commission Finding Authority
and
• 602(a)
Second, the Subunit active
the State's Colorado River
the State with respect to fu
. into the database is stored i
searchable by such "object
of document, and other sin
database is reviewed by a r
searchable pursuant to one
makes the document searc]
provisions within the Law
authority represented by th
develops and organizes an electronically searchal
~cuments. This database is coded and organized s
re Colorado River Compact litigation. Each docu
word searchable format and coded so .as to make
e" information as date, title, author, recipient, org
ar information. Finally, every document entered
amber of the Subunit and then coded so as to make
f four "subjective" outlines. This "subjective" coy
ble by the issues addressed, the geographic locati~
the River to which the document is relevant, and
document.
e database of
as to assist
lent entered
ie document
zization, type
Ito the
the document
ng thus
i, the
ry the type of
The Subunit is in the prose s of subjectively coding the documents scanned i~
Colorado River Databases stem. Were Colorado to become involved in any
Compact litigation, use oft e database will dramatically reduce litigation pre
In addition, the database h already proven useful with respect to Colorado I
negotiations and research. ocuments in the database were relied upon in res
issues that arose during the Basin States negotiations. The Subunit will Conti:
the database in its research egarding compact curtailment rulemakng, negoti
Mexico, and interpretation f the Law of the River.
Third, the Subunit is worki
Division States, and the sta
organize an electronically s
documents. This has entail
Division States to finance a
the
o River
time.
dmg to
to utilize
ns with
with the Colorado Water Conservation Board, th'e Upper
at the Upper Colorado River Commission to develop and
rchable database of the Commission's Colorado River
developing a Memorandum of Agreement among the Upper
i authorize the "UCRC Imaging Project," preparing the Scope