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<br />I' r <br />, r: p r7 ' <br /> <br />SOME OF THE IMPACTS ON COLORADO OF H.R. 3408 AiUL 27198 <br />R E POR TED BY HOU S E S U BCOMM ITTE E ON WA TE R AN D POliER R E.S(jU!.~C ES 8 <br /> <br />IvaI Gosl in <br />7/22/88 <br /> <br />", <br /> <br />On July 14, 1988, a Bill, H.R. 3408 by Representative Owens <br />of Utah, to increase the amounts authorized for the Colorado River <br />Storage Project was ordered reported by the Subcommittee on Water <br />and Power Resources of the House Committee on Interior and Insular <br />Affairs. Senator Garn of Utah has a closely similar subsitute draft <br />Bill (S. 1737) pending in the Senate. <br /> <br />These Bills in their present form should not be permitted to be <br />enacted into law. They are detrimental to the best interests of the <br />State of Colorado. They were also compiled and submitted to the <br />Congress without consultation with water interests in Colorado. <br /> <br />On April 6, 1949; the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact became <br />the law under which the use of the waters of the Upper Colorado River <br />Basin were apportioned among the five States of Arizona, Colorado, <br />New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. This compact was an agreement by <br />the four States to apportion these waters as follows: <br /> <br />Colorado <br />New Mexico <br />Utah <br />Wyoming <br /> <br />50,000 acre-ft per year; and of <br />the balance <br />51 .75% <br />11 .25% <br />23.00% <br />14.00% <br /> <br />Arizona <br /> <br />On April 11, 1956, the Colorado River Storage Project Act <br />(CRSP Act) was enacted into law. Among other things, this Act <br />authorized the construction of four storage units and eleven <br /> <br />2269 <br /> <br />. <br />.>- <br />