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APPENDIX H <br /> STATE OF COLORADO <br /> COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br /> Department of Natural Resources <br /> 823 State Centennial Building ,`,'• <br /> 1313 Sherman Street <br /> Denver,Colorado 80203 <br /> Phone: (303)866-3441 <br /> Richard D.Lamm <br /> M E M OR A N D U M Governor <br /> J.William McDonald <br /> Director <br /> TO: - Members, CWCB David W.Walker <br /> Deputy Director <br /> FROM: Bill McDonald <br /> DATE: February 9, 1984 <br /> SUBJECT: Agenda Item 11, February 16, 1984, Special Meeting-- <br /> Water Supply Determination for Navajo Reservoir <br /> Long-term contracts for the sale of water from Navajo <br /> Reservoir, New Mexico, cannot be made until the Secretary of <br /> the Interior " . . . has determined by hydrologic investigation <br /> that sufficient water to fulfill said contract is reasonably <br /> likely to be available for use in . . . New Mexico during the <br /> term thereof . . . " (section 11 (a) of P.L. 87-483) . Such <br /> determinations must be submitted to and approved by Congress <br /> • before contracts can be entered into. <br /> One such determination was approved in 1968 and has served <br /> as the basis for water service contracts extending to the year <br /> 2005. New Mexico has now requested a new determination so that <br /> contracts can be extended to the year 2040 . <br /> A draft of the requested hydrologic determination, dated <br /> December 1983 (copy enclosed) , has been circulated by the Bureau <br /> of Reclamation for comment. At a January meeting of the Engi- <br /> neering and Legal Committees of the Upper Colorado River Commis- <br /> sion, the four states agreed to review the draft determination <br /> and seek to develop a Commission position at a meeting scheduled <br /> for March 20 . <br /> The Board needs to review this matter now so that Colorado <br /> can provide its comments, via Felix Sparks and me, to the Commis- <br /> sion staff. At the Board ' s mid-March meeting, we can review the <br /> Commission staff' s proposed Commission position. <br /> In addition to the draft hydrologic determination, I have <br /> enclosed: <br /> 900A <br /> Memo (BMcD) <br /> APPENDIX H <br /> Herbert H.Vandemoer,Chairman-Richard W.Johnston,Jr.,Vice Chairman <br /> C.M.Furneaux,Floyd L.Getz,Robert A.Jackson,Frederick V.Kroeger,James S.Lochhead,David W.Robbins,David H.Smith <br />