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<br />-d'''' ,.t.- <br /> <br />Proposal. <br /> <br />"Ina smuch A s the Uppor ColorAdo Ri V3r ha s OCA sed to be navigable for oom- <br /> <br />merce and th3 reservation of its watars for navigAtion would s3riously limit the <br /> <br />developm3nt of the Uppal" Coloredo Rival" basin. the use of its wators for the pur- <br />pOS3S of navigp.tion shAll b0 subsarviGnt to the usos of such v'at3rs for domestic, <br /> <br />Bgricu 1 tural, And 1'0"31" purpo S3 s. If the Cong 1"3 ss sloP 11 not cons3n t to this <br /> <br />pAragraph, th3 oth3r provisions of this compact shall mV3rthela ss remain binding. <br /> <br />Subj3ct to the provisions of this compact, wat3r of th.) Upp3r ColorAdo <br />Riv.3r Syst3l!l may bo impounded And used for the g3mrAtion of 013ctrical powor, but <br /> <br />such impounding and u S3 shall b3 subsorvien t to the u S3 And consumption of such <br /> <br />wat3r for agricultural and dom3stic plrposas and shall not interfere with or pre- <br /> <br />vent US3 for such dominant purposes. <br /> <br />The provi sions of this articlo shAll not apply to or int'3rfere with the <br /> <br />regulAtion and oontrol by any stat'3 wi thin its boundari3s of the appropriation, use <br /> <br />and distribution of v'at3r." <br /> <br />CornmE}nts. <br /> <br />Tho above is tak3n from the Colorado Riv3r Compact wi. th thE} only chAng" <br />being the reference to the "Upper Colorado." <br /> <br />Care should be tebn too t th3 terminology used is appropriate in the . <br /> <br />Upper BAsin Compact. <br /> <br />2090 <br /> <br />.15. <br />