BOARD01764

• Board Meeting Date: 2/16/1960
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

MR. SPARKS:

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MR. STAPLETON:
MR. SPARKS:

MR. BUNGER:
MR. STAPLETON:
MR. BUNGER:

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MR. STAPLETON:

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'reckoned in continuing progressive series'
means?"

"That's from the Colorado River Compact. It
means that each year begins another ten-year
period. You go from one to ten - that's .one .ten-
year period. You go from two to eleven - that's
another ten-year period. Three to twelve is
another ten-year period, starting from the begin-
ning of the operation. It's a progressive series.
Are there any more questions on (a)?

Under (b) there is no change there. That,
as you will see, is a rather harsh provision. We
said that the San Juan-Chama Project must be
junior to all rights in Colorado whether now in
existence or hereafter constructed."

"You did add the last two lines."

nOh, yes. We did add the last two lines, as
provided in the Compacts. Article IX in both
compacts states that. So we made specific refer-
ence to those provisions in the Rio Grande Com-
pact and the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact.

Of course New Mexico is not happy with this
provision but since it so states in the compacts,
we thought it should again be set out in this
authorizing legislation.

We made no changes in what was
discussed in the rest of the page.
remain in there."

originally
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"I'd like to make some comments on (b)."

"Mr. Bunger."

"I made the surveys for the San Juan-Chama
and the Navajo Irrigation Projects originally for
the Bureau of Reclamation and in my opinion, in-
stead of calling this the initial stage, it
should be the final stage because, if New Mexico
takes over 140,000 acre-feet a year, uses that
we can make in Colorado will be done away with.
If we are going to protect the uses in Colorado
that should be the final stage of the San Juan-
Chama."

"Mr. Bunger, if you will recall in the min-
utes of the last meeting that was a question