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<br />g 21.01 <br /> <br />MINERAL LAW INSTITUTE <br /> <br />21-2 <br /> <br />~ 21.04 Possible Avenues of Relief From Unintended <br />Restrictions <br /> <br />[1] Resolution of the Controversy Under Article <br />VI ofthe 1922 Compact <br /> <br />I2] Federal Legislation Modifying the 1922 <br />Compact <br /> <br />[3] Litigation in the United States Supreme Court <br /> <br />~ 21.05 Legal Theories Potentially Providing Relief to the <br />Upper Basin <br /> <br />II] Requirement of Article III (d) of the Compact <br />That the Upper Basin Not Deplete the River <br />Below an Aggregate of 75 m.a.f. for Any <br />Ten-Year Period <br /> <br />[a] Construe the Compact According to Its <br />Plain Language and Intent <br /> <br />[b] Rescission of the Compact <br /> <br />[i] Mistake of Fact <br /> <br />[il] Bearing the Risk of Mistake <br /> <br />[ill] Value of Remedy <br /> <br />[c] Reformation of the Compact <br /> <br />[d] Congressional Apportionment <br /> <br />[2] Clarification of the Upper Basin's Duty to <br />Satisfy the Mexican Treaty Burden <br /> <br />[a] Inclusion of the Lower Basin Tributaries <br /> <br />[b] Lower Basin Uses in Excess of Its <br />Apportionment <br /> <br />Ic] Upper Basin's Obligation to Absorb <br />Channel Losses <br /> <br />~ 21.06 Conclusion <br /> <br />g 21.01 Introduction <br /> <br />The Colorado River arises in the mountains of Wyoming <br />and Colorado and flows 1400 miles to the sea. Its basin cov- <br />