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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The following comments on the Mexican Treaty are taken from page 26 <br /> <br /> <br />of House of Representatives Report No. 1312 dated April 24. 1968: <br /> <br /> <br />"There is a difference of opinion bet...een the Upper Basin and <br /> <br /> <br />the Lower Basin as to the requirements under the compact for <br /> <br /> <br />delivering this ...ater to Mexico. The question is whether or <br /> <br /> <br />not the Lower Basin tributaries should be taken into account <br /> <br /> <br />in computing the amount of the surplus which, under the compact, <br /> <br /> <br />is to be used so far as possible for meeting the treaty require- <br /> <br /> <br />ments. * * * If * * * the investigations required by Title II <br /> <br /> <br />lead to the authorization and construction of ...orks which <br /> <br /> <br />augment the Colorado River ...ater supply by an amount ...hich is <br /> <br /> <br />sufficient to meet the deficiencies created by the Mexican <br /> <br /> <br />Treaty burden. Judicial interpretation of the compact on this <br /> <br /> <br />point will probably never have to be made." <br /> <br />With this situation in mind, the operating rules have been formulated <br /> <br /> <br />with a vie... of securing maximum use of the waters of the Colorado River <br /> <br /> <br />Basin, consistent ...ith Section 602 of Public La... 90-537. dllring the <br /> <br /> <br />interim period prior to the availability of the water augmentation <br /> <br /> <br />facilities described in Section 20~ 0f said Public Law. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />To attain a minimum power pool at Glen Canyon Dam, the flow at Lee <br /> <br /> <br />Ferry was restricted to 2,520,000 acre-feet in ...ater year 1963 and <br /> <br /> <br />2,427,000 acre-feet in water year 1964. A short-term schedule of <br /> <br /> <br />releases has been established for Lake Powell, such that the total <br /> <br />18 <br />