BOARD01674

• Board Meeting Date: 9/24/2001
• Description: WSP Section - Colorado River Basin Issues - Discussion on Future Policy Regarding the Gallup Navajo Project in New Mexico
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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RESOLUTION
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UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION

RE: "UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASiN YIELD STUDY--
HYDROLOGIC DETERMINATION"

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WHEREAS, the UpperCalarada River' Cammissian support,s waterresaurce
develapment in the Upper Calarada River Basin to. enable the Upper Divisian
States to. fully develap their c'ampac,t appo'rtianments af Calarado. River water
while meeting their campact water delivery requirements at Lee Ferry; and

WHEREAS, it is the pasition af the Upper Calorada River Camm,ission and
the lIpper Division St:ates that with the delivery at Lee Ferry af 75 million
a'cre-feet af "ater in each periad of ten cansecutive years, the wat,er supply
available in the Calarada River System'belew Lee Ferry is sufficient to. meet
the aPl'artianments to. the Lewer Basin provided far in Article III (a) and (b).
of t:he Calqrada River Cempact and the entire Mexican Water Treaty delivery
obligation; 'and

WHEREAS, the Upper Calorado River Cammissian and the Upper Divisian
States will call upen apprapriate aut<,orities to. take all actians necessary
to. ensure ehat all States have access ~a 'their respective appart:ianments as
specified in the Upper Calarada River Basin Cempact:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Upper Calarado River Cammission
at its Special Meeting in Denver, 'Calarade, an June 2, 1987, tha.t while the
Cammission dees net enderse the projections of depletions ,the studyassump-,
tians ar the aaalytital methadalegies, particularly the assumptian af a
minimum Upper Basin delivery ef 8.23 millien acre-feet annually at Lees
Ferry, c<Jntained in the "Upper Calorada River Basin' Yield S tudy--Hydralagic
Determinatian" as 'transmitted by letter dated March 9, 1987, fram the Upper
Calarada Regiaa of the Bureau af Reclamatian" the Cammissian wauld nat
abj ect to. a determination by the' Bureau that the Upper Basin yield is at
least 6,0 millian acre-feet annually, rathe,r thao. 5,8 millian acre-feet as'
previausly determined,

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. that the Ca1l$issian encaurages the Bureau of
Reclamatian to. redetermine the amaunt af water available far can tract from
the Navajo. Reservair supply based an an Upper Basin yield af 6.0 millian
acre-feet annually.

BE IT.FURTHER RESOLVED that the Commissian is aat, at this time, taking
any pasitian an the amaunt af water which is reasanably likely to. be avail-
able fram any given Federal reservair for lang-term water service 'cantracts
withaut causing an Upper Division State to. exceed its campact apportianment
based upan a determinatian by the Bureau af Reclamatian that the Upper Basin
~ yield is at least 6.0 millian acre-feet annually.