BOARD01502

• Board Meeting Date: 4/22/1948
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Mr. Dille, seconded by Mr. Smith, moved that the State of
Colorado does not object to the proposal of the Imperial Irriga-
tion District, if the State Department finds it is within the
scope of the Mexican Water Treaty, provided, however, that any
arrangement which is made for the construction and operation
of the pOVfer plant at Pilot Knob should be upon the basis that
the water to be used there is only water which is available for
such use under the Colorado River Compact.

The motion was carried and was declared adopted.

The Director reported on the McCarran Resolution introduced and now
pending in Congress for the purpose of seeking Supreme Court interpretation of
the Colorado River Compact. He explained the reasons why Colorado should
oppose this resolution.

Mr. Dutcher moved that the Colorado Water Conservation
Board go on record as being definitely opposed to the McCarran
Resolution and the Hinshaw Bill, and that the Director and attorney
for the Board be authorized to take such action as they see fit to
make such opposition effective.

The motion was seconded, carried, and declared passed.

The Board discussed the Barrett Dill pertaining to the Colorado River
Development Fund for investigations. The Director stated that the original
Barrett Bill had been revised. He explained its tems and recommended that
as revised, it be supported by the Board.

Mr. Smith moved that the Colorado Water Conservation Board
approve the Barrett Bill now pending in Congress as it has been
revised.

The motion was seconded, carried, and declared passed.

Mr. Tipton discussed the report of the Army Engineers and Bureau of
Reclamation on the Middle Rio Grande Proje!lt in New Mexico, and explained some
of the features of the plan were considered as adverse to Colorado's plans for
the San Luis Valley.

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The Director outlined the status of the Collbran project, explaining
that a present difficulty is the method of figuring the repayment plan, whether
on the basis of the Solicitor's Opinion, or some probable new method determined
by the Congress.

The Board adjourned to reconvene at 9:30 a. m., Friday, April 23, 1948

ncORNING SESSION
Friday, April 23, 1948

The Board was called to order at 9:30 A.Ill., by Vice Chairman Bailey.
The Chairman 'called for some Board action, relative to the infonnation
received on the Middle Rio Grande Project.

Mr. Dille moved that the comments of Colorado, under Section I