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'tJ m ') Statutory Authority of the Board and Board Staff The Board's statutory authorities and responsibilities are defined in 37-60 and 37-92 c.R.S. The specific authorities are further discussed below. . Water Supplv Protection Sections 37-60-106 and 37-60-115 C.R.S. (1990) set forth the statutory requirements for the CWCB to protect the authority, interests and rights of the State and its citizens in matters pertaining to interstate waters of the State of Colorado. Under these statutes, the CWCB is required to cooperate with federal agencies and other states to better utilize the waters of the State of Colorado, develop legislation to secure greater beneficial utilization of these waters, recommend mitigation to maintain a balance between water development and protection of the State's fish and wildlife resources and control phreatophytes. The Board also has the authority to investigate and provide responses regarding activities of the federal government and other state agencies that may affect the use and development of Colorado's surface and groundwater water resources. The CWCB is responsible for administration of major International Treaties, Interstate Compacts and U.S. Supreme Court decisions impacting Colorado's Water Resources. The following are the compacts and decisions the CWCB must continually administer, or support other state officials in their administration: . 1922 Colorado River Compact (37-61-101 to 37-61-104 C.R.S.) . 1922 La Plata River Compact (37-63-101 and 37-63-102 C.R.S.) . 1923 South Platte River Compact (37-65-101 c.R.S.) · 1938 Rio Grande Compact (37-66-101 and 37-66-102 C.R.S.) · 1942 Republican River Compact (37-67-101 and 37-67-102 C.R.S.) · 1944 Costilla Creek Compact (Rev. 1963) (37-68-101 and 37-68-102 C.R.S.) · 1945 Treaty between United States and Mexico, Utilization of waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande · 1945 Nebraska v. Wyoming (325 U.S. 589) · 1948 Upper Colorado River Compact (37-62-101 to 37-62-106 C.R.S.) · 1949 Arkansas River Compact (37-69-101 to 37-69-106 C.R.S.) · 1957 Wyoming v. Colorado ((309 U.S. (1940)), (259 U.S. 419 (1922)) · 1969 Animas-La Plata Project Compact (37-64-101 C.R.S.) · Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act -- Codified as 43 U.S.C.A 1571 to 1599 (pL. 93-320) · Criteria for the Coordinated Long-Range Operation of Colorado River Reservoirs pursuant to the Colorado River Basin Project Act of September 30, 1968 -- This document was filed June 9, 1970 as Federal Register Document 70-7138 and published in VoL35, No.1 12 FEDERAL REGISTER, Wednesday, June 10, 1970 · Colorado River Interim Surplus Guidelines -- The Colorado River Interim Surplus Guidelines were adopted as a result of a Record of Decision signed by the Secretary of Interior on January 16,2001 and published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on January 25, 2001 (66 FR 7772-7782). Also, a notice regarding . Page 2 of 6 .