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<br />priority for relensing water atGlon Canyon Dam sllltll terminate if
<br />t.md when the President, plll'srm,nt, to soct,ion 205( h) of this act, pro-
<br />claims thttt \vol'ks tllLve heen .col:nplcted nnd are in O!HIJ'lltion capable
<br />of d(.Jivcring n1; least 2.5 million Hl)re~feet of water into tho main stream
<br />of the Coh.i;l1do Rhrer below Leo Ferry from sources out,side the natu-
<br />ral dl'ltinltge urea o( the Oolorado Riversyst,(jJH.
<br />'rhe COlllmilt(lc is fully cogn:izttnt of t:iU\ filet that witnesses from the
<br />upper hasin,and ~r.om the lower basin differed with resp~ct to t1~eimpo.ct
<br />of the MoxlCun 1r~lity water burden on tho two btt8ll1s, 'I he comM
<br />mittee, tlltWefore, roalizes that if 2.5 milJioll tl.cn~-reot. of water aro not
<br />imported into tl~e Y~Vl:1t below Lee Ferry t,he qtle~tion of the magnitude
<br />of tbe Upper DIViSIon StatoB' sharo of the .~\'Iexlean 'Treaty water de-
<br />fidoncy burden rerMins unresolved and may have to be settled by
<br />litigatlon !\lhould (',lu'tlliIrnent,of \Va-tor reSOUl'ce development in the
<br />uppel' basiu be throl1tened. .. . .
<br />The second priority, set out in paragl;aph (2), for rell:mse of water
<br />ftom J.Jl1ke Powell is to deliver at Lee ]'erry 75 million acre-feet in
<br />every period of 10. mmsecutiveyeu.l's under ll.rticle lIled) oithe
<br />Colorado River com p aef. , If the Upper Division States arrange Cor a
<br />delivery of WliotCl' into tht~ Colorado River below Lee Ferry from
<br />sources outside theCoh)rlldo River syst.em, thi"! wnJet is to be credited
<br />to the uppl~1' division which theu, by exchange, enD COllsume an equal
<br />amount of Oolol'u.do River Wtlte.r.
<br />A third pdQrityis given to stOI'llgO of water t.o enable the 8to,tes of
<br />t.heupper divisioll. to moot their compact obHgll.tiOIli:l withQut irnpairing
<br />cOllsumptiveuses in tho upper bl1.Sin, The lnngllltgein the first
<br />part of paragraph (3) pl'Ctvk~es. t!lat wate.r not required t~ be released
<br />each year to. fulfill theprlOrrLlesralatnlg to the Mi3X1Can '1'1'ol1ty
<br />burden. and delivery of 7 I) n:iUion. acl'e~feet every 10 rouJ.'$ shall bl)
<br />stored ill upper bl.l$1n roseI'VoU'S to tho e:.'l:tentthat tho Secretary shu.!l
<br />find to be necessary to assul'oloIig-term delivories of water at Lee
<br />Fel'l'Y lor these sl1tne purposes without impairing present or contem-
<br />plated (\OnSUill}JtjVO uses of WItter within the olJul.pact apportionment
<br />t.o the U})pcr Division States, In determining t,ho e:ii::tont to which
<br />water must be stored for those purposes, the Secrotu.ry is l't'quired
<br />to consult with t.he Uppel' Oolorado River Oomrnission and l'opre-
<br />sontatiivos of the threo 1.1owe1' Division Sta.tos a.nd to t,i.ke into <:onsid-
<br />~mttion all f!Wt,ors pert,il1ent to an hydrologic t1,naIysis of the witter
<br />supply situation) including hi9Lodc stl'ofl.mflows, lihe most CJ'itical
<br />pel'lod Ior which water rocords are avn.ih:\.ble, Itnd Plobahilitios of
<br />water su.pply tmder recognized stnt,jstioo.l procedures. This procedure
<br />is cou$istcmt with the intent of thE! Colqrttdo River Storage Project
<br />Act, and tbecommittM 'boHev:cs that it cu.n be complied with and still
<br />pJ~ovida thoSecl'etary tho necessary latitudo in determining thooxtent
<br />of storagerel1Hotlllbly requit'ed.
<br />.Af; t,lie upper ~asin depIot,iolls increaso ;.vith t,imo, tho controlling
<br />crItwal perlOds Wl1l1engtl1el1 and tho req1n1'cd a.mounts of CltrryoVel'
<br />sto.rage will irwrel1.So, It is l'ec,ognizod that the establishment of
<br />requirements Co.1' Clll'l'yovet storageCl111not he basad on critical period
<br />conside:rn.tions nlClne, but. fhnt pl'ohnbilit.ioH nf witter supply also must
<br />be considered. Also, the producFonofpower. a11d 61~er:gy' is Ii relevant
<br />factor that mllst he consldorod If thefinallCltll fOU.Slblltty of Federal
<br />duvelopments in tho ColoradoH.iver Bl1sin is to be assured.
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