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<br />OOLOHIWO RIVER BASIN PROJECT
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<br />1'11i5 quo(:ed sentence is subsequently qUl1lifietl by pllmgl1lph (i) of tbe
<br />Sll-me section which, with reference to the Colorado River Compact,
<br />states, in ptU'tJ Us follows:
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<br />Not"ithstanding' tbe relat,iye priorities specified in para-
<br />graph (g) 11erdn, if an obligation is ercn.ted uncleI' snid com-
<br />pact to augment. the supply of Wl1.ter from the State of
<br />Colorado to satisfy the pl'ovisionH of said compact, the diver-
<br />sion for the benefit of the -eastern slope shall be discontinued
<br />in advance of any western slope approprint,ions.
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<br />Tlle committee \m,,; informed thl1 t there hils been consiucl'l1ble
<br />misunderstanding within the State of Colorado as to the effect of the
<br />additional projpnts herein authorizcd when viewed in the Iigh t of the
<br />above quoted ~pl'OvisionB of Senate Document No. RO. .Although t.be
<br />misunderstaudlllgs may be less renl thall they appear, the eominitteo
<br />agrees t.o resolving the matter by approying t.he int,el'pl'etation of the
<br />words Hany western slope appropriations" to mean tlnd ref(>l' 1:.0 the
<br />appropriation heretofore ll1a~de for storage. in Gr~n ?l-fountain R?ser-
<br />vOU' on the western slope of Colorado. It IS the Vlew of the COlIlullttee
<br />thut any other interpretation would interfere with water rights \'ested
<br />hy law in prior appropriators, and that the approved iuterpl'et.ll.tiol1
<br />defines find observes tbepurpose of said paragmph (i) of Senate Docu-
<br />ment No. 80, and does not, in any \ray, nffee/i or alter any right,s or
<br />obligations arising under Senate I50cument No, 80 01' under the laWl;!
<br />of the St.ate of Colorado.
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<br />Sedi.Qt~ liOfJ
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<br />Section 502 deals ,,-ith thcfinnncinl problellls created bv the fHling
<br />of L1l.ke Powell und the re.sulting impairment of finn powel:' production
<br />n.t Hoover Dam. SUl)stllIltial payments have nlrelldy been made
<br />out of the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund to compensate Hoover
<br />Dam power contractors for deliciencies in power generation at Hoover
<br />Dam, tlnd additional payments may hl1veto be made in the [utuTe
<br />under the Glen Canyon lilling criteria.
<br />Section 502 IJrovides for tue l'cpa.yment, of Huch eXl?endituJ'~ here-
<br />tofore or hereafter Wilde out of the Upper Colorndo RIver Bll.''lm fnnd.
<br />This is to be accomplished by transferring $500,000 each year to the
<br />upper ba.'iin fund from the Oolomdo River development hind created
<br />by the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act of 1940, commencing
<br />vv-ith the enactment of this act, This 1940 fund now receives $500,000
<br />per year from Hoover Dam power revenues earmarked for use in the
<br />construction of pl'ojects and will continue to do so under existing law
<br />until 1987. The e.fl'ect of section 502 is to earmark that same amount
<br />($500,000) for tnlIlsfel' to tbe up~er basin fund inst-cad. If any deficit
<br />in reimbursement of the Upper Uolomdo Rivc!" Bnsin fund exists /Lfter
<br />1987 the remaining deficiency is to be paid out of the new Lower Colo~
<br />rado RiVe!' Bnsin development fund which is established by title IV of
<br />this act.
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<br />thc commiUe-e
<br />in :1\fHY of thi
<br />As ~ijscu,';;se(
<br />received llmpl(
<br />upper Il.nd hn'
<br />Colorado Rivl
<br />Loth bilsins b
<br />apportioned b;
<br />that the long-
<br />capacity is p(
<br />water lIpportlO
<br />compact.. Ai;
<br />come n time w
<br />tlw lower b~k<,i
<br />tegtitied that,
<br />Colorudo Rivcl
<br />l~gal cn~t.~clJ~e
<br />rIver. 11us IS
<br />mllnkipl1l and i
<br />Without augl
<br />that major sh;)
<br />1990--2000, or \
<br />enough water il
<br />UPpCl' basin to .
<br />yenr p~riod, as
<br />same tlille eons!
<br />acre-feet per Y8
<br />earning the l'eCIl
<br />in I he 10\yer hat
<br />It is the vie\\
<br />Uppm' nnd Low.
<br />VI, const.itute (~
<br />ing the future w
<br />States, lind, in 1
<br />"ide a fullllq llCC
<br />area that is alr
<br />future events en
<br />believes that thl
<br />commendable t,.,
<br />for its bitter COli'
<br />supply.
<br />Title VI impIe;
<br />bv pl'Oviding det
<br />cOnstructed on tJ
<br />which govern th.
<br />River compact,
<br />Stor'ae-e in Lal
<br />Stales can delivel
<br />HI (d) of the cou.
<br />w;es. If there i~
<br />quired releases d
<br />consumpl.h-e use.c
<br />the compact obli!!
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<br />TITLE VI-GENlmAL PHOVISIOXS: DEFINITIO?>jS: CONDI'l'lONS
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<br />For the most pnrt, the language of title VI is the result of many
<br />months of complex filld diilieult llegotil1,tions mllong repre..qcntatives of
<br />the t;hroe Low'm' Division Stat-es a.nd the fom Upper Division States of
<br />the Colorado River Basin. These negotiation::; were initiat.ed before
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