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<br />LOWER COLORADO nn'l':n. BASIN PROJECT
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<br />(b) Wo~lI{l it ]1ot be more ('f1l1ltnhle to !lc(J~lit'e equal n1l10uflti'l of "vater in
<br />l,ak,~ 170wr.ll 1\1111 I.Jnke MNld n!JoYetll"JlectlYl~ minimum VO\\'('l' pooh; In both
<br />1'('1>('1'\'011'6 under (it) ratber than ul,lOveth(' 1't1!.'pl'{~ttve (j('f\d stornge 1<,ve1s?
<br />Iu fill$W!:1t' to question (a), we believe that If Sadlon {l01 doe:i. not booome
<br />f.j'fectlv# until suchtllllc as p)'ovid(~d in 60.1.(1\), tl,e t'\)n<Utlou descl'lbPiI e(lultl
<br />110t occtu.', It Section 601 were to jl1l'COlllO eITI-l(~ti"e inllnedlntel.v. it. wlmld lIn
<br />theoretically possible, although prlwll('!lll;y 11llPOllRihle, for 8\1(>h Ii e:midit;ron 10
<br />(l('1;mr. Ihn~iTlg the ll<!xtse'l'eu 3'Nl.rS it will be ll('celiSl\.I:Y for I,flI,a powell to
<br />relnse at INlst 50 million acre-feet to l)U\et. tile l'[iper Bllsln ohllgnlion under
<br />AI~Ucle III (d) of the Compact for the del.'lldlJ' 11)()H-;l072., AbsPllt thlK require.
<br />ment, the ilOSsiblUiy tlmt the condition llOsed in qnestion (a) coulll ,)eCUl' wit:llili
<br />tbe next sevl'U years would be mudl more sertonl!. Durin!\' t.bl;; j)(!l'iod the r{'-
<br />(]ull'oo releases from Hoover llre estimated to he sli~hny 1(~>J8 thlln the mlnluHlll\
<br />1.lIko 1'ow(.11 r<>lell.Sc.'ll. r.rhel'l~'tore, 11; Is e::qwdt'd that IJ1l1w l\h,nrl will gai.n slew.
<br />tl~() OVer the next seven yetlrs, or tlll'Ollgh tile year 1072. By the t'!HI nfHl72, the'
<br />llUlotuiI: ofstul'age required In Lo.l{c powell 1'01' Ilssnl1lnrf! of rll:'llvcry of water
<br />l'l.>t1uired lUll](!r Section 6111 (b) (1) and (2), tailing nlll'uhw1I11t factors into
<br />COl1S\(J(lr/:lUOn, wonld almost eertulnl~' lw d08e to or at 10.7 million nere.feet,
<br />tlW minilllum llctlveatorage reqnl.red 1'0(' ppwm' pn)(lucti(\U .flt Ltt1\e ::\rea(1. By
<br />1l)71}, the requlredstol'uge would lx' .mllllul.ltitdly aboVe' 10.7 tllllUOll acre.fee.t.
<br />When 10.7 roi1lloll.acl:e.fe~t or more ofstorll~elll'e l't>quIl'ed, thl' priorlt.y granted
<br />to "uchstorag-e by t.he !irllt Mrti(ln of l'!l'<'Uon 6(}I(h) (~{) wonlel ollllHllnte t1Je
<br />pOlllllblllty that itcrn (if) could Clluse tllll condItion poscd in qtteatton (n) tl!
<br />occur.
<br />In respect to question (b), we ran COHlt\llriltlve opel'l1tion~tu61es on tlu~ two
<br />bases tor a soledad llverage period of 30 yen.T'S (1923--1.9t>2) ,The pertinent
<br />1'1:\,,1111:8 of thl'Jle studieso.re (is tone,,'s : .
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<br />Glen C1Ull/l'ln..........; ----. ................... ...... ............. - ........,
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<br />As can be seon, the dIfferences are very small,
<br />~'be third listed criterion (lii) is obViOUSly con.'3istent ~\'ith sound prtnciples
<br />of reservoir opcrll.tion, 'I'he l)J.'ovlso hqginning on line 28, IlS presently lllaced,
<br />would mo.dfy (iH)aml under f.'ertain circuIr.li5tlUlccll wnuld defeflt the vl~rypbjec'
<br />tlv\! of (ill). As stat.ed earlier, it should be ll. Iimltati()Tl onl:y on item (i).
<br />Section 601(0) 81111ply statel;. that Section 7 of 'the Colorado River Storage
<br />Pl.Oj~t Act I'hnll be ndmillistered in accordance with the foregoing criteria. We
<br />can see no obJect1ont9 this prov!R1on. .
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<br />UP1>i!lR (loWllAIiO RrvER COMMISS:rON, '
<br />.. Sa,U LQ,:kfJ (JUy, Ufilh, .i1pril5,19(1(J.
<br />:MeDlorlmdumto: IvalV, Goe1hJ, JDxCC'\lUrePIl'oetOl'.
<br />1l'rOlll: PIl\l1 L. Blllll.l'mer, GCI)erlll Cou.usel. . .
<br />SubJect: Bridge Cauyon and Marble Cam'OIl VS, Gl'll.llU Can}^Qn NlltlQnnll\fonu'
<br />m.ent.and Grand canyon National Pllrl,; . . .
<br />ConservntiQl1 IntQ1'<lsts, lludel' tbe leadership of tb<! Sl(~rl'tl. Clup of California,
<br />geekto i:;e{~ure the removal of antllOl'il1l11.tioliforBrldge amI 1\larble Cnpyoti dams
<br />from :a,}t, 4{l71. .In suutruary, tbe chief obJ('(ltlou is dh'cewd primarily toward
<br />I3ridgt> Canyon Pam for the reUSOll. that it t.'1'Clltes n. rCOOl'\'olr whlchinvlldNI the
<br />Nlllippnll\lonumenttlnd a SUlaU sector of the NatiolllllPork, 'l'h1s group argues
<br />that 1his l)1'QPosed inYl1siou vtolatcl:l the ll!lllOUllecd national IluUC:J' as found in
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