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<br />..::.. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />, Division, hut in ilnY cvent such rcleil~cs. if any, shall not be <br />require',! in uny y,'ilr thilt the Secr,"lilry makcs the detcrminiltion <br />and issucs the pr Cclil III at Ion specified in section 202 of this Act; <br /> <br />(2) relcllses to comply with Mticlc III (dl of the Colorado <br />River Comp"ct, less such qUiJntitics of w,lter delivered into the <br />Colorado ltiver bedow Lee ferry to the credit of the States of the <br />Upper Division from other sources; and <br /> <br />(3) storage of water not required for the releilses speci- <br />fied in clauses (J) and (2) of this subsect ion to the extent that <br />the Secret"ry. after consultiJtion with the Upper Colorado River <br />Commission and rept'escntatives of the three Lower Division <br />States and tilking into consideration all relevant filctors (includ- <br />ing, but not limited to, historic 3tream-flo'.vs, the most critical <br />period of record, and probabiliti'2s of water supply), shall find <br />this to be reasonClb:i necessClry to assure deliveri"s under <br />clauses (1) ilnd (2) without impairn18nt of annual consumptive <br />uses in the upper basin pursuant to the Colorado River Compact: <br />Provided, Thilt wilter not so required to be stored shall be re- <br />leased from Lake Powe'll: (i) to the extent it Ciln be reilsonably <br />applied in the States of the Lower Division to the uses specified <br />in article III (c) of the Colorado River Compact, but no such <br />releases shull be made ,,:hen the active storage in Lake' Powell <br />Is less thim the active storuge in Lilke Mead, (ii) to maintain, <br />as nemly as pra8ticab!e, active storage in Lake Mead equi,] to <br />the active stora1Jc in L2ke Powedl. and (iii) to avoid anticipated <br />Sliills from Lake Powell. <br /> <br />(b) Not latcr than January i, 1970, the criteria proposed in accord- <br />ance with the foregoing suhsection (il) of this section shall be submitted <br />to the Governors of the sevcn Colorado !:iver Basin SU1tes and to such other <br />pilrties and agencies 'CIS the Secretary may deem apj:ropriate for their review <br />and comment. After recceipt cf comm8nts on tho proposed criteria, but not <br />later than July 1. 1970, tho Secretmy shilll adopt ilppropri<;te criteria in <br />accordance with this section and publl,ch the same in the Feder'al Register. <br />Beginning Janui',ry 1. 1972, and yccdy theleilfter, th0. Secretary shilll trilns- <br />mit to the Congross ilnd to tlJ0 Governors of th.c Colorado River Bosin Stiltes <br />il report describing the ilclual operation under the ild~pted criteria for the pre- <br />ceding compact water year ilpd the proj "etect operiltion for the current yeilr. <br />As a result of actual opcruting experience or unforeseen circlJlI1stances, the <br />Secretilry InilY thereafter modify the criterlil to bettcr acl:ieve the purposes <br />specified in su~section (ill of this slOction. but only ilftcr corr"sponclence <br />with the Gove: nors of the seven Colufc;do River Bas in States ilnd c;pjlropriate <br />consultut ion \V ith such State representiltiv"s as each Governor milY designate. <br />