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(c. <J ;"i iJ' n u tJ t. I...J l t, r ( I , -11- projeot construotion by the Bureau of Reolamation or any other publio or private agenoy, be eliminated. . 10. Controversies over oontraots for Lake Mead water should be resolved by the Seoretary of tha Interior. The Report asserts that, "there is not oomplete agreement llJIlong the states regarding the interpre- tation of the Compaot and its assooiated doouments, __ the Boulder Canyon Projeot Act, the California Self-Limitation Aot, and the several oontracts between the Secretary of the Interior and individual states or agencies within the states for the delivery of water from Lllke Mead." Its authors say, "this Report makes no attempt to interpret the Colorado River Compact or any other acts or contraots relating to the allocation of Colorado River water llJIlong the states and among projeots within the states." . I!:.':....."..'. 'i' Ii .if"" .1 It is the view of Colorado that the long-standing oontroversies among the states in the main result from these oontraots made by the Secretary of the Interior with California and agencies thereof. It is likewise the position of Colorado that the amount of water whioh may be deli vered under these oontraots must be in striot oomplianoe with the provisions of the Colorado River Compact and the Boulder Canyon Projeot Act. Suoh oompliance is specified by the oontracts themselves. Yet oertain provisions of these oontraots raise oontroversies whioh admitted- ly must be settled before an ultimate plan of development may be realized in the LClwer Basin. . The Report oontemplates the future expansion of existing or author- ized projeots in California, includin~ the Coachella. These allowanoes will make the total "present" use of Colorado River water in California 5,802,000 acre feet annually. Under the Californi.a Self<.Limitation statute, Cali fornia is limited to 4,400,000 aore feat annually plus one- half of the surplus as defined by the Colorado River Compact. Under that Compact the surplus may not be allooated between the two basins until after 1963. These inoreased and expanded uses would exceed the California share by 1,402,000 aore feet annually. The failure to recognize and apply the limitation self-imposed by California makes the Report misleading. , :.; :~ ~ Colorado respeotfully suggests that sinoe the Seoretary of the Interior executed these contr~cts on behalf of the Goverlnnent, it is in~ oumbent upon him to interpret them separately and in oonneotion with the Colorado River Compaot and the Boulder Canyon Project Aot. Unless thes~ questions are otherwise resolved, it would seem unreasonable and contrary to public policy for the Department of Interior, without interpreting the Acts, statutes and oontracts above mentioned. to submit this Report, presaging a plan of development, to the Congress. 11. Initial stage of developmen-t:,. Among the plans and proposals is reoommendation 1, paragraph 70 of the Regional Directors' Report, "that the states of the Colorado River Basin, acting separately or jointly, reoommend for oonstruction, as the next stage of development, a group of