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<br />.: <br /> <br />~..."" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />REVIEW OF TITLE VI, PUBLIC LA" 90-537 <br />COLORADO RIVER BASIN ACT OF SEPTE/IBER 30, 1968 <br /> <br />As most of you may recall, the language in Title VI of Public Law 90-537, <br /> <br />the Colorado River Basin Act of September 1968, spelled out in Section 602(a) <br /> <br />essentially what the Operating Criteria were intended to accomplish, as <br /> <br />follows: <br /> <br />"Section 602 (a). In order to comply ,,'ith and carry out the provisions <br /> <br />of the Colorado River Compact, the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, and <br /> <br />the Mexican Water Treaty, the Secretary shall propose criteria for the <br /> <br />coordinated long-range operation of the reservoirs constructed and operated <br /> <br />under the authority of the Colorado River Storage Project Act, the Boulder <br /> <br />Canyon Project Act, and the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, To <br /> <br />effect in part the purposes expressed in this paragraph, the criteria shall <br /> <br />make provision for the storage of water in storage units of the Colorado <br /> <br />River Project and releases of water from Lake Powell in the following listed <br /> <br />order of priority: <br /> <br />(1) releases to supply one-half the deficiency described in article <br /> <br />NUICon 7r<l!:..~t <br />III (c) of the Colorado River Compact, if any such deficiency exists and is <br /> <br />chargeable to the States of the Upper Division, but in any event such releases, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />if any, shall not be required in any year that the Secretary makes the <br />r"liL.i;e..,e.s s...J-e.s f:.-o..... ""eJ.Ic._ ir-e.QO~1 <br />determination and issues the proclamation specified in section 202 of this Act' <br />7.S......c..~ <br />(2) releases to comply with article III(d) of the Colorado River Compact, <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />less such quantities of water delivered into the Colorado River below Lee <br /> <br />~' <br /> <br />Ferry to the credit of the States of the Upper Division from other sources; and <br />