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<br />promote interetate cg~ltl; '0 recognt!e that the moet eftlclent ut1l11atton ot <br />the vaterl vltbln the Balin 18 tor beneflotal consumptlve uee; and to promote <br />Joint actlon ~ the State I aDd the United Statle ln tbe etflcient use or vater <br />and tbe ~ontrol ot dlltrucU.,e flcode. <br />Baale 2! AJ.louUon <br />AllocaUon, to the DlgoatGr7 States, ot the vaterl of tbe Republican !liver <br />Balln 11 baBed upon tbe princlple ot "benetlclal coaeumptl.,e ule", whlch i. <br />danced 1n the propoeed COIlIpI'ct "to be that use b)' wMob the vatn IUPpll of the <br />Dad!! 11 CODouad througb the aottvlt1eB ot lIa11, and lball hc1ude _tn conl1ll118d <br />b)' evaporation hOlD !l.lIf ree.r.,oir, canal, ditch, or irrl/:ate4 MIa". The lpeclt10 <br />allooations wMoll. are Ilade to eaoh ::ltate are derlnd frOM the co.puted annual <br />vir<<1n vater IUPP17, whioll. h detined in the eOlllpll.ct "to be the vater eUPP17 <br />within tbe Basin undepllted hI the activitleB of man". <br />!2! Intended ~ .!!! Precedent <br />fhe p~llcal and other condltlonB peculiaP to the Blpubl1can Hl.,.r Baeln <br />cODstitute the balls ot the aurrentl7 propo..4 coapact. whlch epeolfloall7 pro- <br />Ylda. that Us pneral buh and cond!Uons are Dot cODceded b7 tbe Stat.. or hI <br />the Unlhd 5tatee to bs a precedent with respeot to lUQ' other Interstate strlam. <br />Compaot J'onerl7 l'rollCl..d <br />In order that the problem I aDd dtttiaultle. Invol.,.d In the negotiation ot <br />the current1l proposed co~t ~ be better understood. the 1e,i81ntlvl course <br />of a forasr one le brletlT revlewed herein. <br />Colorado, IaDSBS, and Nsbraska, througb du17 deslgnated Commlss10ners. <br />necetletad Q oompact tor allocatlng the watere ot the Republican nlver on Karch 19, <br />19~1 and tbe three resyBctlye 5tate. ratified lt ahortlT tbereatter b7 appropriate <br />legislatlon. The Statee had not had prlor Congre..lonal consent to negotiate a <br />compact and no J'epreBsntatlYs of tbe United States partloipated ln the negotiation.. <br /> <br />.2 <br /> <br />29820 <br />