Laserfiche WebLink
<br />approval of the CAP. To distribute the Federal benefits <br />somewhat more evenly, the Act also authorized one! project in <br />Utah and the Animas-LaPlata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, West <br />Divide and San Miguel projects in Colorado at a cost of $360 <br />million. 43 U.S.C. §620 (1976). The Secretary was instruc- <br />ted to proceed "as nearly as practicable ... concurrently <br />with the construction of the Central Arizona Project" and <br />these five Upper Basin projects and to have them completed no <br />later than the completion of the CAP. 43 U.S.C. §620a-1 <br />(1976). Certain administrative concessions were also <br />accorded to the Upper Basin by the Act. The Secretary was <br />directed to calculate and report upon the beneficial uses of <br />River water in each state, including the water of <br />tributaries. 43 U.S.C. §1551(b). He was also ?equired to <br />devise criteria for the storage of water in Lake Powell so <br />that the Upper Basin's Mexican Treaty and Article III(d) <br />delivery obligations could be performed without im airment of <br />its annual consumptive uses sanctioned by the Compact. 43 <br />U. S . C. Section 1552(a)(3). The same provision of the Act <br />mandates that the Secretary release from Lake Powell for <br />certain purposes the water which is not required t be stored <br />according to the criteria; but, except to avoid anticipated <br />spills from Lake Powell, no such releases are to ccur "when <br />the active storage in Lake Powell is less than the active <br />storage in Lake Mead." Id. 36 <br />F. Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Ac <br />-16-