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<br />UJ,np <br /> <br />-17- <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />"(4) Buckles - Harris Lakest This project would <br />require new dams to' increase the oapaoi ty of the Lakes and <br />the enlargement of existing ditohes and same new ditches. <br />This projeot would probably serve only part of the land in <br />Coyote Park and should be oonsidered in oase the Duloe- <br />Chama-Navajo Projeot listed by the Bureau of Reolamation <br />never materializes." <br /> <br />() <br /> <br />13. Report in its present form should not be submitted for the <br />approval of the C~~~~~o The Report purports to be an inventory of wator <br />supplies, existing water utilization and development possibilities of the <br />Colorado River. It is indicative of the integrated relationship of indi- <br />vidual projeot potentialities, but its value for this purpose is limited <br />to the information oontained therein being used only to develop an inte- <br />grate a plan when and as presently ur,determiued faotors are resolved and <br />further material information made available, As pointed out herein, <br />oertain material considerations neoossary for a oomprehensive plan of de- <br />velopment, oannot be disregarded. Otherwise, the Report would result in <br />further oonf\wion and intensify future oontroversies. For instance, as <br />elsewhere explained herein in detail, (1) the Report contains plans for <br />utilization of Colorado River water whioh if realized would be contrary <br />to the Colorado River Compact; (2) potential project developments are in- <br />oluded whioh are continr,ent upon, and may be modified by, the future ap- <br />portionment ~f water among the affeoted states; (3) neoessary interpre- <br />tation of basio legal instruments, whioh oonstitute the law of the river, <br />remains unanswered; (4) inventoried potentialities admittedly exceed avail- <br />able water iupplies; (5) material inconsistencies in the Report exist <br />and potential developments of prime importanoe to some of the states are <br />not properly refleoted thereby beoause of the failure of the Report <br />properly and oonsistently to oover all territorial areas of development <br />in the otatss oomprising the Colorado River Basin, as defined by the Colo- <br />rado Ri>er Cornpaot; (6) important and neoessary faotual data and infor- <br />mation for the operation of the river under oonditions of oomprehensive <br />development, and material in effectuating a progressive, integrated plan <br />are not found in the Report; (7) and it follows that no reliable basis <br />for the eoonomio justification of the plan of projec't development, set <br />.forth in the Rep<lr'c, is established. <br /> <br />(. <br /> <br />~ -", <br />Ii <br />" .. <br />, <br />" . <br /> ~' <br /> <br />, <br />, <br />~. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Intimately related with these oonsiderati~ns, is the fact that areas <br />susceptible of development through the utilization of Colorado River water <br />are located in four different regions under the organization of the Bureau <br />of Reolamation. Two of these regions comprise areas outside of the natural <br />basin of the Colorado River. Apparently the direotors of these two region8 <br />had no part in the preparation of the Report. There exists a neoessity <br />of integrating the aotivities and plans of separate regions interested in <br />the use of Colerado River water within and without the natural basin in <br />portions of states whioh are a part of the Colorado River Basin as defined <br />by the Colorado River Compaot. Projeot plans for the div.ersion of "",tel' <br />from the natural basin must envisi~n the appropriate plans for water <br />