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<br />i':l <br />:> <br /> <br />",: <br /> <br />Chapter Xl - Enlargement oj Boundaries oj Indian Reservations <br />Along Lower Colorado River and Alleged "Omission'" <br />oj lrrigable Acreage <br /> <br />Chapter XI contains a summary narrative statement of the Departmental and other actions leading to resolu- <br />tion of the boundary disputes and the "enlargement" of the boundaries of the Reservations along the lower Col. <br />orado River. Texts of the Departmental Opinions are included in the Appendices. <br /> <br />Chapter XII - Colorado River Bosin Project Act, September 30. J 968 <br /> <br />Chapter XU provides the background of the Colorado River Basin Project Act. the various proposed <br />authorization bills, the controversies concerning Bridge Canyon and Marbie Canyon Dams. the Pacific <br />Southwest Water Plan, the Northwest States objections to export of water, Arizona's go-it.alone plan, and a <br />final compromise, The text of the Act is included m Appendix 1202, <br /> <br />Chapter XIII - The Mexican Salinity Problem <br /> <br />Chapter XlII sets out the problems with Mexico arising from the salinity of the waters delivered to it under the <br />Mexican Water Treaty: the efforts to solve the problems: and Minutes Nos, 218, 241 and 242, Texts of these <br />items appear in the Appendices as 1 F.1. 1301. 1302. and 1303. respectively. <br /> <br />Chapter XIV - Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act <br /> <br />Chapter XIV discusses the Administration bill to deal only with the Mexican salinity problem and the bill en. <br />dorsed by the Basin States to include salinity control projects upstream from Imperial Dam as well as the Mex. <br />ican salinity problem. The text of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act appears in Appendix 1403, <br /> <br />Acknowledgment <br /> <br />The texts of the documents printed in the Appendices were made available by the Water and Power <br />Resources Service, On November 6, 1979, the name of the Bureau of Reclamation was changed to the Water <br />and Power Resources Service. [n this document the previous title has been retained. The author expresses his <br />appreciation to the Bureau of Reclamation. former Commissioner Gilbert Stamm. Commissioner R. Keith Hig. <br />ginson. Regional Director Manuel Lopez. Assistant Regional Director Roy D Gear. and the members of their <br />staffs for these and other courtesies. <br /> <br />Milton N. Nathanson <br />