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<br />~ <br /> <br />000421 <br /> <br />-21- <br /> <br />problems. Any contract between the Upper Colorado River Commis- <br /> <br />sion and thp. nnit.~d st.~tt.es of A!!le!'"ic~_j !!H!.Stj of course" bind the <br /> <br />Commission to operate, in the national and international interest, <br /> <br />under regulations duly prescribed by the Federal Government." <br /> <br />In some river basins, such as the Upper Colorado River Basin, a compact <br /> <br />was necessary before a plan for basin-wide, comprehensive development could be <br />\ <br />undertaken; in other basins that is not necessary. The time may come, however, <br />a <br />in any river basin after the initiation ofjplan of comprehensive development, <br /> <br />when an interstate compact may be found to be an appropriate means for effective <br /> <br />and official adjustment of potential conflicts among the states, for giving legal <br /> <br />effect to understandings between the states and .nth the Government during the <br /> <br />process of basin-wide planning, and for providing an interstate administrative <br /> <br />body, with the legal status which it liOuld enjoy, to deal with important matters <br /> <br />of basin-wide project operation. It is noted that t~e Missouri Basin Stetes <br /> <br />Committee, of which Governor Val Peterson of Nebraska.is chairman, has wisely <br /> <br /> <br />requested the Council of State Governments to make a study of this matter. <br />