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<br />. <br /> <br /> <br />AUG~01-2001 WED 09:02 AM UPPER CO RIVER CONN <br /> <br />FAX NO, 8015319705 <br /> <br />p, 01 <br /> <br />)sl-L .Fax"Note <br /> <br />, Rc'l. <br />D.ID"p'. <br /> <br />7671 Out. <br /> <br /> <br />RE'CE:VEO <br /> <br /> <br />hone. <br /> <br />PhDnD II <br />Fax # <br /> <br />AUG 0 1 2uu1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'xU <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br />CIIoIado water ConSOlV8lion b."d <br /> <br />--...-.----..- <br /> <br />OF <br /> <br />THE <br />UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION <br /> <br />RE: JULY 1994 STATES' DEPLETION TABLES <br /> <br />WHEREAS. the Upper Colorado .Rlver Commission supports water <br />resource development in the Upper Colorildo River Basin to enable the Upper <br />Division States to fully develop their coinpact apportionments of Colorado <br />River water while meeting their Compact: delivery requirements at Lee Ferry: <br />and <br /> <br />....~ <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it is the position of the Upper Colorado River Commission <br />and the Upper Division States that, with the deliverY at Lee Ferry of 75 <br />million acre-feet of water in each period of ten consecutive years, the water <br />supply available In the Colorado River !System below Lee Ferry may be <br />sufficient to meet the apportionments to the Lower Basin provided for in <br />Article IIlla) and Ibl of the Colorado Rlv~r Compact and the entire Mexican <br />Treaty delivery obligation: and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, It is the understanding and expectation of the Upper <br />Colorado River Commission and the Upper Division States that appropriate <br />authorities will take all actions necessilry to ensure that all States have <br />access to their respective apportlonmen~ as specified in the Upper Colorado <br />River Basin Compact; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Commission resolved at its Special Meeting in Denver, <br />Colorado on June 2, 1987 that It " . . .would not object to a determination by <br />the Bureau (of Reclamation) that the Upper Basin yield Is at least 6.0 million <br />acre-feet annually. rather than 5.8 million acre-feet as previously determined" : <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. that while the Upper Colorado <br />River Commission does not endorse the Individual State depletion schedules <br />depicted In the July 1994 Depletion Tabl~s and while it specifically disagrees <br />with the assumption of a minimum Llpper Basin delivery of 8.23 MAF <br />annually at Lee Ferry, the Commission; does not object to the use of the <br />composite depletion projection for planning purposes and water supply <br />studies within the Colorado River Basin. <br /> <br />,..., <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHI:R RESOLVED. that:thls resolution be transmitted to the <br />Regional Director, Upper Colorado Regiqn, Bureau of Reclamation, Salt Lake <br />City, Utah and. as appropriate, to oth.r Federal. State and congressional <br />officials who may need to use these depletion projections. <br /> <br />.. <br />