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[Vol. 19: Page 1 I) but also the entire o ~he upper basin 7.' oVldcs that the SUta be bendicially used. uthcr apponionmc:nt f of construing para_ 135 '" Clyde quotes 'D 17 that probably ,visions of Article 1able 01 arbitrary the same as those ~s water over the 1.1 where the 75- '35in can withhold rgues: 1ge in the compact- priority basis, when ,to play, and where eet during each ten. cation that from the n in the Supreme ,be the man who United States as ;even states, four- are involved, the , Supreme Court ling the gates at at Hoover Dam. [lWer prod uction , power revenues, 'D was swift and 1 member of the 'der simply and )per Basin Slates "" Dote 6:1, at A38. ~O\'cmber 1966] THE COLORADO RIVER 23 . losed meeting on May 15,1964. The press announcement at the end ::; ~c meeting left little doubt that Udall intended to meet the commit- ~ of the Hoover Dam power contracts so far as possible and that he ~.n ded to charge the Upper Basin for the cost of any replacement power Ult~ired to be purchased because of the detention of water at Glen Canyon. r;: the same time, Udall announced that he had ordered a ten-per-cent re- d t o'on in water use at all points of delivery in the Lower Basin-an order uc k .. A th. f tho . . th h t withstood later court attac. t e tIme 0 IS wntIng, e rwo ~a'ns have worked out an operating agreement for Glen Canyon and H;~ver Dams and have incorporated it as title VI of the committee print of H.R. 4671." The title directs the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate "equitable criteria for the coordinated long,range operation of the reser- \'Oirs" on the Colorado River system. The criteria are to be reviewed an- nU3l1y after comments have been received from the seven basin states and from parties with United States contracts affected by the operation of the reservoirs. The Secretary is generally directed to operate the dams to assure lhe availability of water to supply the consumptive uses apportioned by the 1912 compact, and he is specifically bound by the following priorities: (I) Water is to be released from Lake Powell for Mexico when neces- s.Jry to satisfy the Upper Ba,in's article III (c) obligation to supply half the .Idiciency arising from the treaty requirement. The bill does not under- lake to define "deficiency" or to determine whether the delivery point is L<-e Ferry or the international boundary. (2) Releases are to be made from Lake Powell to satisfy the Upper llasin'sartide IIl(d) obligation to deliver at Lee Ferry 75 million acre-feet in running periods of ten successive years. (3) After the first rwo priorities are satisfied, carry.over storage in Lake Puwell is permitted as a reserve against future demands for article III(c) and I1I(d) water. Such carry-over storage is limited to the amount neces- ury to protect Upper Basin consumptive uses from impairment by calls under the first rwo priorities. (4) Water not required for storage to protect Upper Basin consumptive uses against article III (c) and III (d) demands is to be released from Lakc Powell as follows: (i) for domestic and agricultural uses under article III (e) of the 1922 compact if active storage in Lake Powell is not less than t1,al in Lake Mead; (ii) to maintain active storage in Lake Mead equal 10 that in Lake Powell; (iii) to avoid projected spills from Lakc Powell. The first priority is abolished when, pursuant to the act, the President " , "J. Sn Yuma County Water Users' Ass'n v. Udall, J3J F. Supp. 548 (D.D.C. )964). Rot. For the commirtee print of H.R. ..671, see H~m"-lIgs B~fore Ih~ Suhcommillu OI'J /,.,igatiol'J .IWI 1\ul#F7JiJtion of Ih~ H(1fls~ Committee OI'J Interior and [nuflat' ADairs, 89th O:mg., :1d Scu.., ~r. ." pt. J, at 963 (1966). :.. .-'.'- , ,...,.-.:.,.