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(II) For a 12-year period, 1953-1964, the average annual virgin now amounts to only I 1.6 million acre-feet. (12) Since Glen Canyon Dam was closed in 1963, the esti- mated virgin now for the subsequent 25 years is 15.2 million acre-feet. The estimated historical now for the same period (1963-1987) is 10, I million acre-feet. B.LEGAL 1. Water Newsletter The legal staff continues to inform the Commissioners, their advisers, and other interested parties about developments in the courts, Congress, and certain Federal agencies through the Water Newsletter. Current information can be found in the newsletter. In addition, the legal staff has prepared legal memoranda on matters needing more detailed treatment. 2. Court Cases During the year, action has been taken in a number of cases of importance to the Upper Colorado River Basin States. These cases include: International Paper Company v. Ouellette, 479 U.S. _, 93 L.Ed.2d 883, 107 S.Ct. _, 25 ERC 1457. Petitioner Paper Company operates a paper mill on the New York side of Lake Champlain and, in the course of its business, discharged eft1uents into the lake through a diffusion pipe that ended shortly before the New Y ork- Vermont border that divides the lake. Respondents, property owners on the Vermont shore, filed a class action against petitioner in Vermont State court under the Vermont common law of nuisance. The U.S. Supreme Court held that both the district court and the court of appeals erred in concluding that Vermont law governs this litigation, since the application of affected-State laws would be incompatible with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act's delegation of authority and its comprehensive regulation of water pollution, and the Act preempts State law to the extent that the State law is applied to an out-of-State point source, State of Texas v. State of New Mexico, 482 U.S. _, 96 L.Ed.2d 105, 107 S.Ct. _' This case, before the U. S. Supreme Court for the fourth time, involves the construction and 29