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<br />GO-:1269 <br /> <br />Aa1ci:rlrsAs"'I'lIVEit' .GOMPACT <br /> <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />The JOhn'Marttn Reservoir, dj~stru'cted'-"by the -Unite'd states, :prov.ides reg- <br />ulatory capacity for use'dowDstream':tn,irrJgation district No. 67 in Colorado.,. <br />and on Kansas Jands. The .compacLprovides .for tile division of this water <br />just at;! though it were direct flow. Thi~ disposition, which will eliminate debits, <br />credits', and other storage, boo}U(eeping, "is fair' and logical in the cIrcumstances. <br />It will not be dls~:dvantageoils t'<r~un:i'(Jr'appropriators in favor of senior appro- <br />prlatol's, as unregulated floodwaters, regulated by the reservoir, are too in- <br />frequent to support further" :d.irect :fiow. rigbts. . Administration of. water ap- <br />portioned: to each Rtl;lte w!ll lJ~ bY,.t9.~t St;~t~'s regu~a!, ofti<;ialS, supervision by <br />the compact's administrative' body being restricted to compact' matters. We <br />have no obje~tion to the division agreeq upon or to the method of administration <br />provided. ' . , ~. . " , . <br />Representatives of this Department' discp-ssed ~t cansider..a.ble length witl1, the <br />United States representatIve the_ ,p~,.ovi,~ion~.,.of article V, paragraph H, which <br />wauld seem to prahibit, transfers o.f pdority rIghts now decreed far ditches in. <br />Calarada, Water District '67 to: other: water: districts in Colo.rado or paints '()f <br />diversion upstream from 'John' Mar'tin Dam, without a finding ,of fact by- the <br />administrative body that the', usable quantity and availability for use of the <br />waters of the Arkansas Rlver to ~ate.:r ,l1serS "in COlorado. -District 67 and Kansas <br />will not be thereby materIally depleted _or adversely affected. In view of the <br />ultimate' possibility of, a transfet" 'Or . exchange, wherebY water imparted from <br />the Colorado River might 'b~ 'exchanged for Arkansas River water in Colarado. <br />Water District 67, -in ,ordei' 'that: the Al'kansas River- water released might be <br />used cn land situated upstreaUl :Ol.",.,in ,tributa,ry, basins, not readily reached <br />atherwise, - thIs Department wauld have preferred samewhat more liberal p'ro- <br />visians based upon depletion ar adverse_~ffact, withcut-reference to saurce af <br />supply. , ' . . <br />Certain typographical incoIisistenctes~' in ,the bill, H. n. 41[;1, have, 1- ulll.lel'- <br />stand, been called _ to.. ycur c.Qmmitt~e~kl attention 1;Iy General Kramer. Accord- <br />ingly, I shall not burden_ this' 'report' 'with ftttther 'reference to. them. <br />In view of your urgent" request for an immediate report, there bas not been <br />time for the usual clearance with the Bureau of th,e Budget. Accardingly, I <br />cannat advi-se regarding the relatian.shlp of~ ~his ,pr9pa.sed legislatian or of the <br />views herein expressed to. the PresJd~)J..t's program. . <br />Sincerely yaurs, , .",' " " <br /> <br />OSOAR L. CHAPMAN, . <br />Acting Secreta-ry of 'the Interior.. <br />Mr. MURDOCK. The committee will stand adjourned and will re- <br />convene next Wednesday at 10 o'clock. <br />We have on the docket anotherbilJ: <br />I will say that considerl1ti?p- o.f.this proposal will be given at the <br />earliest possible moment, and,. perhaps. it can be arranged at some <br />of the meetings of the Public Lands Committee the first part of next <br />week. They have dates set for. Moilday.and Tuesday. The members <br />of the subcommittee will hold. 'tljerilselves ready, then, to take action <br />possibly when we meet with the full committee on Monday or Tuesday. ' <br />The subcommittee stands Rdjo'1rned. . . <br />(Whereupon, at 12: 30 p.m., the'hearmg ,was adjourned.) <br /> <br />x <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br /> <br />, y.~~-;, <br /> <br />- '< <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />lu. <br />