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<br />OPERATIONAL r,UIIJELlNI:S <br />COOltrJl:NATED OPERATION OF LAKE pm?ELL AIlJJ LAKE HEAD <br /> <br />I. lIj~B_~ry---,,~nd lInctS!."und <br /> <br />A. I:!:fliil,_and Institutionnl Consideration" Covern~)peratio~'!.. <br /> <br />T~le Co1.oTsdo Rive.r is a highly institutionaltzed stream. Use <br />of it" water i6 governed by a treaty IJi.th ;lexico, t"o lnter8tate <br />comparts~ 'Hater latolS of Beven States) numerous Federal statutes, <br />C.CIUr.t decree.R, and "NIter and power contrncts. Together these <br />documen ta mAke up what is known as the "Lat.] of the River. II Some <br />of th~ mor.e tlilpor.tnnt document.e are listed helOt,,: <br /> <br />~;upreme Court Decree in l.J"inters v. U.~. - 1908. <br />~:;llproC!lje Cl......urt j)ecr(~e in Wymni~ v. ~~;-fo~ado - June ~, 1922. <br />Co.iorndo J(iver Compact - Hovemher 24. 1')22. <br />80ulder Cnnyon Project ^c~ - December 21. 1928. <br />Cnlifornia Limi 1:8 tion Act - nard, 4. 19 29. <br />Sf:ven-l"'arty t.JBt2r Agreeme:.nt - AuguRt IH, 1931. <br />iloulder Canyon Project \-later ContractE - February 21, 1930, <br />throug:l the present. <br />iloulder Canyc!n Project Pm.'"r ContractA - April 26, 193U, <br />through the present. <br />Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act - July i9. 1940. <br />Hexican 1.later Treat). .. November 27, 1945. <br />lIpp"" Colorado River BRsin Compact - October 11, 19/,8. <br />Co.lOTndo 1\lveT. Storage Proj ect Act - AprIl 11, 195G. <br />General Principles t.o Govern, and Operating Criteria) for <br />Glen Canyon Heservoir and Lake Head During the Lake Powel1 <br />Filling Period - Apeil 2, 1962. <br />r':o1.orado River Storage P'roj ec t, General 'Power N..~rket 111[:. <br />Crlt~ria - 1962. <br />Supreme Court Decree in Arizona v. CaltforniR - l-Iarch 9, 196/,j.. <br />Lak" Mend Flood Control Regulatlons~July29. 1968. <br />'~olorado IU.ver Basin Project Act (Publlc Law 90..537, <br />90th Congress. approvE-d September 30, 19(8). <br />Criter i.a for CoorcIina ted LO>ng-.J(ange Opera tio" of <br />Colorllclo River ReservoIrs - .lune 10, 1970. <br />:;tnce ~ater Laws. <br />IJ.S. v. DJsntct Court, Ea[;le County. Colorado - 1971. <br />Co~tract~-o~ Bal{~ o{-water from Coior.:ll.lo River Storage <br />Project J(eservoirs. <br /> <br />F...a-t3 of these cumpacts, laws, and rules tlu\t 5p~,-=if1cally govern <br />the day..by-'1ay decisionR In th" operation of tl,e reservoirs of tloe <br />Color"Qo River System are slllnmarized in tloe folloIJing paragraphs. <br /> <br />1 <br />