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0015,)4 -17- "(4) Buckles - Harris Lakess This project would require new dams to increase the capacity of the Lakes and the enlargement of existing ditches and s orne new ditches. This project would probably serve only part of the land in Coyote Park and should be considered in case the Dulce- Chama-Navajo Project listed by the Bureau of Reclamation never materializes." (I, " 13. Report in its present form should not be submitted for the approval of the Congress. The Report purports to be an inventory of water supplies, existing water utilization and development possibilities of the Colorado River. It is indicative of the integrated relationship of indi- vidual project potentialities, but its value for this purpose is limited to the information contained therein being used only to develop an inte- grated plan when and as presently undetermined factors are resolved and further material information made available. As pointed out herein, oertain material considerations necessary for a oomprehensive plan of de- velopment, cannot be disregarded. Otherwise, the Report would result in further confusion and intensify future controversies, For instance, as elsewhere explained herein in detail, (1) the Report contains plans for utilization of Colorado River water which if realized would be contrary to the Colorado River Compact; (2) potential project developments are in- cluded which are oontingent upon, and may be modified by, the future ap- portionment of water among the affected states; (3) necessary interpre- tation of basic legal instruments, which constitute the law of the river, remains unanswered; (4) inventoried potentialities admittedly exceed avail- able water supplies; (5) material inconsistenoies in the Report exist and potential developments of prime importance to some of the states are not properly refleoted thereby because of the failure of the Report properly and consistently to cover all territorial areas of development in the states comprising the Colorado River Basin, as defined by the Colo- rado River Compact; (6) important and necessary factual data and infor- mation for the operation of the river under conditions of comprehensive development, and material in effectuating a pro~ressive, integrated plan are not found in the Report; (7) and it follows that nc reliable basis for the economio justification of the plan of projeot development, set forth in the Report, is established. ." 1;" . f' , t. Intimately related with these considerations, is the fact that areas susceptible of development through the utilization of Colorado River water are located in four different regions under the organization of the Bureau of Reclamation. Two of these regions comprise areas outside of the natural basin of the Colorado River.' Apparently the directors of these two regHlns had no part in the preparation of the Report. There exists a necessity of integrating the activities and plans of separate regions interested in the use of Colorado River water within and without the natural basin in portions of states which are a part of the Colorado River Basin as defined by the Colorado River Compact, Project plans for the diversion of water from the natural basin must envision the appropriate plans for water