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<br />Introduction <br /> <br />The operation of the Colorado River Basin during the past <br />year and the projected operation for the current year reflect <br />flood control, domestic use, irrigation, hydroelectric power <br />generation, water quality control, fish and wildlife <br />propagation, recreation, and Colorado River Compact <br />requirements. <br /> <br />Storage and release of water from the Upper Basin reservoirs <br />are governed by all applicable laws and agreements <br />cnncerning the Colorado River, including the impoundment <br />and release of water in the Upper Basin required by Section <br />602( a) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act of September <br />30, 1968 (Public Law 90-537). The operation of the Lower <br />Basin reservoirs reflects Mexican Treaty obligations and <br />Lower Basin contractual commitments. <br /> <br />Nothing in this report is intended to interpret the provisions <br />of the Colorado River Compact (45 Stat. 1057), the Upper <br />Colorado River Basin Compact (63Stat.31), the Water Treaty <br />of 1944 with the U ruted Mexican States (Treaty Series 994, 59 <br />Stat. 1219), the Decree entered by the Supreme Court of the <br />United States in Arizona v. California et aL (376 U.S. 340), the <br />Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1057), the Boulder <br />Canyon Project Adjustment Act (54 Stat. 774; 43 U.S.c. 618a), <br />the Colorado River Storage Project Act (70 Stat. 105; 43 <br />U.S.c. 620), the Colorado River Basin Project Act (82 Stat. <br />885; 43 U.S.c. 1501), or the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 <br />(98 Stat. 1333). <br /> <br />Authority for Report <br /> <br />Pursuant to the Colorado River Basin Project Act (Public Law <br />90-537) of 1968, I am pleased to present to the Congress, and <br />to the Governors of the Colorado River Basin States, the <br />sixteenth annual report on tile Operation of tile Colorado <br />River Basin. <br /> <br />This report describes the actual operation of the reservoirs in <br />the Colorado River drainage area constructed under the <br />authority of the Colorado River Storage Project Act, the <br />Boulder Canyon Project Act, and the Boulder Canyon Project <br />Adjustment Act during water year 1986 and the projected <br />operation ofthese reservoirs during water year 1987 under the <br />"Criteria for Coordinated Long-Range Operation of <br />Colorado River Reservoirs," published in the Fcderal <br />Register June 10, 1970. <br /> <br />Donald Paul Hodel, Secretary <br />United States Oepartment of the lnterior <br /> <br />1 <br />