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<br /> <br />Dt"velopmt"nIH 1972 <br /> <br />I'n"'ldl.!lt :--:1Xon aplXllnted, in ~t'ptt'mh,,'r 1~7:!, Herht'rt Brownell. <br />.Jr., a formt'r attorney-general. to ('omt' Ull with It n"{'lIin!TIl;'ud...d "olution <br />by I)('{'f'rnbl'r :11, 1~72. <br /> <br />HI:' wa" hrjn'n a ta"k fnrn. of pefSHnrwl from ""'\'t:'fal d"'partnwnts <br />and Wib also 3(ki"l;'{] by tht' COrIlmittt.... of Fouttel:n, two water exp,'rt." <br />appollltl;'d b\" Ihl' GO\'efllor of each of tl\l' Sl;'\"l'n stat....... of th.. Basin. <br />Hl' \"jsited Ih... lower Colorado including Wl;'llton-~lohawk and visited <br />~lexil'o indurlinlt ~exi('ali Valley. He tUrrh~ in his r...port to thl;' Pr..s- <br />irlent hdoft. Iht' dmdlilH' rlatl'. It Wih 1I0t madl' puhll..., ~Ir. Brown...lI <br />Wll." madt' a ,"pt'cial amba;osador to lwgotiah' an agn'l:'Il11'nt. He spt'llt <br />the wl'!.'k of .JUlll:' 10 at Ih.., bargainin!'; table in ~h'xi..,o City, the wt't'k <br />of ,July !:t in \\'ashingto!l and th... wl-t'k of August 20 1I1 Mexico City, <br />eiwh tinw wilh sdt'ct Illt'llllwrs of the la."k fore{'. Bet.....l'{.n each st'Ssion <br />he sou!':'ht tht' lld\"ict' of th... Committt.... of Fourt......Il. <br /> <br />M.inute2n <br /> <br />!\.Ir. Bruwlwll dId l'xl't'ptionally wt'lI; he hruught forth an agn't'lllf'nt <br />(~1inutl:' 2421 which was apprtlwd hy the two s..-..:tions of the Interna- <br />tional Boundar~' and Watt'r Commission on August ;)0, l!-fi3. This pro- <br />\'id...d for: (I) lining a portiun of the Coachella Branch of the All. <br />Anwrican Canal 10 slIl\"1tJ;::" !:In,noC) acrl;' fl-t:t pt'r y...ar; (~I construction <br />of 11 dei'ialination plant on tht. lower Colorado or Oil the \\'elllon- <br />~Iohawk drain: (:J) an l'xt...nsion of th... ('xIl:'llsion of the drainage canal <br />from Morelos Dam to ~anta Clara Slough Iwar the Gulf to pa..."... the <br />brine (rom till.' plant plus any unus..1:t \\....llton.Mohawk drainag... .....atN: <br />141 huyinJ.!: SO!lW hi~h.wat...r-u>'t' land in Welhon-Mohawk; (51 811 a;;sur. <br />ane... to Ml'xico of a quality o( WlltN at the Northt'fIl Boundary not <br />greater than 14!"J ppm highl.r than Imp{'rial Dam quality; Hit limitin!( <br />pumping of groundwatt'r hy r-ith,,'r nation, within livt' mil~ of tlH' <br />hordl:'r, to }flOjk)() ll(Tt' fpI:t Pl'r year; and oth...r minor agn'ellH'nts_ <br /> <br />Public Law 93-320 <br /> <br />Wt'llton.;..tlJhawk rt'presenllltivt'S tf'stifiPd hdort' the t'ongrt'...""ional <br />comrnittt't's which led to the pa........agt. of this I...gi"lation whieh Wit... sigl1l:'d <br />by I'n'sidt'llt :>:ixol\ on ,June 24. 1974. Titlt' I of tht' act confirmed the <br />fl....ommt'ndations of ~1illut... 242. <br /> <br />Den-Iopmentto 1973-77 <br /> <br />Th...6-mile portion of MODE. hetw...t'n th... Gila Gra\ity ~lain Canal <br />siphon and A\t'llue 51'2, Wit... eOIl{'rett--lint'd. tht' job ht-in!( completed <br />.June 6,1974 <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />