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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />of this section is available in active storage space in <br /> <br />upstream reservoirs. The maximum storage space in upstream <br /> <br />reservoirs that can be credited to the November 1, December 1, <br /> <br />or January 1 space requirement in Lake Mead is given in the <br /> <br />following table: <br /> <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />Creditable storage space <br />Acre-feet <br /> <br />Lake Powe 11- - <br />Navajo - - - - <br />Blue Mesa- - - <br />Flaming Gorge- <br /> <br />-3,850,000 <br />- - - - - -1,036,100 <br />- - - - - 748,500 <br />- - - - - -1,507,200 <br /> <br />"(b) Releases from Lake Mead shall be restricted to quantities <br /> <br />that will not cause a flow in excess of 40,000 cubic feet per <br /> <br />second at the gaging station, Colorado River below Davis Dam, <br /> <br />insofar as possible." <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Project Act (Public Law 90-537, 90th Congress <br />approved September 30, 1968) <br /> <br />This law authorized the construction of the Central Arizona Project and <br /> <br />a number of additional participating projects in the Upper Colorado <br /> <br />River Basin. Section 602 of Public Law 90-537 gives direction to the <br /> <br />Secretary of the Interior, particularly with regard to the distribution <br /> <br />of storage between the reservoirs in the Upper Basin and those in the <br /> <br />Lower Basin. This section reads, in part, as follows: <br /> <br />" * * * the criteria shall make provision for the storage of <br /> <br />water in storage units of the Colorado River Storage Project <br /> <br />15 <br />