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<br />'. <br /> <br />COImlants. <br /> <br /> <br />It is impossibld to meks any complete stetsment of the powers and duties <br /> <br /> <br />of the Commission until the subst.ntive provisions of the compact are agreed upon. <br /> <br /> <br />CartAin general ITWttars may be considered in ~dvAnce of such .ction. It is <br /> <br />thought that the Commission should not h.ve .ny powers to finence; construct or <br /> <br />oper.te projeots. In other words thi s Compect Commission is . different sort of <br />entity from the Port of New York Authority which finPnc.es, builds snd opere,tes <br />bridges P.nd tunnels'. Also each s-wte will wish to retain control OV9r the distri- <br />buti.on And use of .'.tar v'ithin the stab. A possible exception is the regu18t:on <br />cf stor.ge in and I-ele8s'3 of storage from carry-ov3r r3servoirs benefi ting more <br /> <br />thAn one state. Tied in with thi s is the determination of and chArging of re- <br /> <br />servoir lossaBi> <br /> <br />The question of the location of the office of the Commission and the times <br /> <br />of meetings and the method of calling meetings snd numerous other details aN best <br />left to ruIn and regule.tions to b'3 .fixed by the Commission: <br />An important qU3stioo is wh"ther or not all actions of the Commission must <br /> <br />be by a unanimous vote.. Thi s cen be a.rgued pro sn:! c.on. In the Rio Grande Com- <br /> <br />p"ct All importAnt mAtters must be determined by unanimous action. <br /> <br /> <br />It m.y be thought by some that the Commi ssi on shou ld be given the judicial <br /> <br /> <br />or que.si-judieiEil po~'er' of s~ttling disputes over the construction or application <br /> <br /> <br />of th~ comppc t. In that regard consid erAtion should bo gi ve n to the cono lu sion <br /> <br /> <br />of the NAtional Reclamation Associe tion' s Committee on Integrity of State Water <br /> <br /> <br />Law that I <br /> <br />2097 <br /> <br />-8- <br />