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. BLACK CANYON INFORMATION PAPI:R . Oct. 2000 Attachment A Additional Information from Legislation Colorado River Compact: The Compact covers the Colorado River system including the tributaries within the United States, The Upper Basin states were defined as parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyommg which were within and from which waters naturally drain into the Colorado River System above Lee Feny, The Lower Basin states included those parts of the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah which were within and from which waters naturally drain into the Colorado River System below Lee Feny, "Domestic Use" is defined as household, stock, municipal, mining, milling, industrial and other like purposes, but specifically excluded power generation, Article I states the intent to ".., secure the expeditious agricultural and industrial development of the Colorado River Basin, the storage of its waters, and the protection oflife and property from floods, " The Compact in Article III apportions in perpetuity to the Upper Basin and to the Lower Basin the exclusive beneficial consumptive use of7,500,000 acre feet of water per year for each Basin and included all water necessary to supply existing rights, Article Ill(d) provides that the Upper Basin states must provide an aggregate of 75.000,000 acre feet of water in any period often consecutive years beginning with October 1, 1929, In Article IV(b) the waters of the Colorado River may be impounded and used for hydropower generation but that use is subservient to use of water for agricultural and domestic purposes, The dominant purposes for use of Colorado River are agricultural and domestic purposes, In Article IV( e) recognizes the states rights to control the regulation, appropriation, use and distribution of the water within their boundaries, Boulder Canyon Project Act: Section 13(b) states: "The rights of the United States in or to waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries howsoever claimed or acquired, as well as the rights of those claiming under the United States, shall be subject to and controlled by said Colorado River compact." A-2 0027111