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I Upper Basin is being required to deliver 750,000. Never under any circumstances, in our opinion, could the figure ever be 750,000. There is always some water at the international boundary. We therefore have strenuous objections at this point in history at being assessed 750,000 acre- feet as a result of the Mexican Treaty. At Governor Love's request that figure was changed to 8 million acre-feet. We realize that there will be a period of time during the immediate future in which we can probably deliver 8 million or in some years in excess of 8 million acre-feet without any damage to the Upper Basin. It will be necessary in fact in order to provide power revenues necessary to provide for Upper Basin development. However, we do not wish to be branded with the implication that 750,000 acre-feet should be assessed against the Upper Basin as an obligation under the Mexican Treaty. I What we did was modify the proposed cri- teria to conform to the act of Congress. If a situation exists where Lake Mead has greater storage than Lake Powell, and there is sufficient water for the Mexican Treaty and for the 75 million at Lee Ferry, then releases would be reduced to whatever figure is necessary in order to bring Lake Powell up to the level of Lake Mead. Or conversely, more than 8 million acre- feet. perhaps 9 or 10 million acre-feet in some years, may have to be released if it is necessary to bring Lake Mead up to the level of Lake Powell. These extreme conditions should not occur because as nearly as possible there should be a uniform release from Lake Powell in order to accomplish the maximum generation of power. In any event, the congressional act provides that releases either go up or down, depending on the situation. Other than that there were no significant changes from what was previously submitted to you. That's my summary of this agenda item, Mr. Chairman."