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<br />, <br />. <br />, <br />. <br /> <br />> <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />Chapter V . The Colorado Riuer Storage Project Act <br /> <br />Chapter V refers to the Colorado River Storage Project Act. its major components and pov...-er contracts Its <br />text appears in ,';ppendix 1 H .1. <br /> <br />Chapter VI . General Principles to Gouern. and Operating Criteria <br />For. Glen Canyon Reseruoir (Lake Powell! and Lake <br />Mead During the Lake PowelJ Filling Period <br /> <br />Chapter VI recites the genesis of the "Filling Criteria" promulgatod to control the impact on downstream <br />water users and power customers of water storage in lake Powell and other Upper Basin storage projects. The <br />text appears in Appendix 602. <br /> <br />Chapter VII . Operating Criteria <br /> <br />Chapter VU describes the background of the long.range operatmg ent<na for reservoirs on the Colorado <br />River system, The text appears in Appendix 701. <br /> <br />Chapter VIII . Arizona u. California <br /> <br />A summary of the dispute which culminated in the litigation and a summary of the Special Masters Report is <br />provided In Chapter VII!, This includes a discussion of the prior litigation. the principal issues. the various <br />arguments. the Master"s principal conclusions, Winter's Rights Doctrine for indian and Federai reservations. <br />mainstream allocations. and present perfected rights. Because of :ts length 1361 pages plus 72 pages of appen. <br />dices), the text is not included in the Appendices. <br /> <br />Chapter IX . Supreme Court Opinian . Arizona v. California of <br />June 3. 1963. 373 V,S, 546; and Decree of March 9. <br />1964. 376 V,S. 340 <br /> <br />Chapter IX contains a summary of the Supreme Court Opinion in Arizona v, California. the reasoning of the <br />Court in considering the various contrary arguments. where it agreed with the Special Master. and where the <br />Court disagreed with and reversed the Special Master. The Dec,ee is discussed in Part J of Chapter I hereof. <br />The texts of the Opinion and of the Decree are included in Appendices 901 and 902. respectively, <br /> <br />Chapter X . Present Peifected Rights <br /> <br />Chapter X provides a narrative statement of the background of present perfected rights. the lengthy negotia. <br />tions leading to a proposed stipulated determination. the objections thereto of the Indian Tribes along the river <br />in the Lower Basin. the proposed compromise stipulation. and the Supreme Court Opinion of January 9. <br />1979. approving the proposed Decree. The texts of the Decree and the Supreme Court Opinion of January 9, <br />1979. are included in Appendix 1005. <br />