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<br />r- <br />co <br />...... <br />'t""'\ <br />(> <br /> <br />., <br />\,,--<.. <br /> <br />(S igned) 14. C. HINDERLIDER <br /> <br />M. C. Hinderlider <br />Commissioner for Colorado <br /> <br />(Signed) THOMAS !.I. I4cCLURE <br /> <br />Thomas M. McClure <br />Commissioner for New Mexieo <br /> <br />(Signed JULIAN P. HARRISON <br /> <br />Julian P. Harrison <br />Commissioner for Texas <br /> <br />Adopted: December 19, 1939. <br /> <br />In accordanoe with Par. 14, Minutes of the Fourth Annual <br />(Thirteenth) Meeting of the Rio Grande Compact Commission. held <br />in Denver, Colorado, February 25 and 25, 1943, the following wes <br />made a part of the Rules and Regulations. <br /> <br />ACTUAL SPILL <br /> <br />(a) Water released from Elephant Butte in excess of Project <br />requirements, whioh is ourrently passed through Caballo Reservoir, <br />prior to the time of spill, ehall be deemed to have been Usable <br />Water released in anticipation of spill, or Credit Water if sue~ <br />release shall have been authorized. <br /> <br />(b) Excess releases from E1sphant Butte Reservoir, as defined <br />in (a) above, shall be added to the quantity of water actually in <br />storage in that reservoir, and Actual Spill shall be deemed to have <br />cOll!lllenoed when this sum equals the total physical capacity of that <br />reservoir, to the level of the uncontrolled spillway i...-2,219,OOO <br />acre feet in 1942. <br /> <br />(c) All water actually spilled at Elephant Butte Reservoir, or <br />released therefrom, in. excess of Projeot requirements, which is cur- <br />rently paSSed through Caba110 Reservoir, after the time of spill. <br />shall be considered as Aotual Spill. provided that the total quantity <br />of water then in storage in Elephant Butte Reservoir exceeds the phy- <br />sical capacity of that reservoir at the level of the sill of the <br />spillway gates i.e.-1,830.000 acre feet in 1942. <br /> <br />(d) Water released from Caballo Reservoir in excess of Project <br />requirements Bnd in excess of water currently released from Elephant <br />Butte Reservoir, shall be deemed Usable Water released. excepting only <br />flood vmter entering Caballo Reservoir from tributaries below Elephant <br />Butte Reservoir. <br />