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<br />A September 21, 1959 Upper Colorado River Commission resolution on <br /> <br />filling Glen Canyon'reservoir acknowledged that only through proper filling <br /> <br />of this reservoir could the Upper Basin be assured full development of its <br /> <br />compact apportionment. Section 5 of the resolution defines the rights of the <br /> <br />Upper Division States with regard to Lake Powell: <br /> <br />The states of the upper division have the right to have <br />impounded in Glen Canyon Reservoir all the waters of the Colorado <br />River flowing into it, except waters required by the Colorado River <br />Compact to pass Lee Ferry. It is the right and duty of the Upper <br />Colorado River Commission to insist that the agencies of the United <br />States which perform the ministerial duty of administration of Glen <br />Canyon Reservoir should fill it to capacity as expeditiously as the <br />flow of the river will permit without infringement on the rights of <br />upstream or downstream users as recognized or established by the <br />Colorado River Compact. <br /> <br />On November 19, 1969, the Upper Colorado River Commission's Engineering <br /> <br />Committee issued a report on the recommended position of the Commission on <br /> <br />the draft of the operating criteria prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />The Upper Colorado River Commission approved the Engineering Committee's <br /> <br />report on December 5, 1969. This report identified the following five "Im- <br /> <br />portant Basic Concepts" that the Upper Division States should be mindful of <br /> <br />during the formulation of the long-range operating criteria: <br /> <br />1. As in the lower basin, under the Colorado River Compact <br />storage of water in and for the upper basin was contemplated. <br />Article I clearly lists the storage of water as one of its major <br />purposes. This applies to both basins. The compact (Art. IV) also <br />recognizes that water will be used for power generation. Power <br />generation requires water storage. Furthermore, the compact <br />certainly recognizes that due to the erratic flows of the river the <br />upper basin without storage cannot use consumptively its full <br />apportionment of water, or so much of it as may be available, and <br />at the same time deliver an average of 7.5 maf of water per year to <br />the lower bas in. <br /> <br />2. Art. IV of the compact makes the use of water for power <br />generation subservient to its use for domestic and agricultural <br />purposes. This subserviency is effectuated by Art. III(e) which <br />provides that: <br /> <br />2 <br />