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<br />" <br /> <br />J"-e <br />',J.,_ . <br /> <br />HOOV::::;2: <br /> <br />.::le=e~ril;g to i\a'ther consumptive use? <br /> <br />Mr. 1lliLK~~: Yes, si~. <br />111'. McCLU.'lli: Based on jiOU1' conclusion that the lower <br /> <br />river sU:Jply fu~nished b- the Colo1'8.o.o streams will be <br /> <br />reduced to 8i million acre feet, do you know of any reason <br />why a portion of that can not be definitely allocated to <br /> <br />the lowe:c states? <br /> <br />Mr. Mi.LKER: I will say that my figures a~e based on <br /> <br />the assumption of no litigation and that I favor some form <br /> <br />of a com:J8ct. Just what else will complicate watters I am <br /> <br />unable to state. <br /> <br />I 'I) <br />. <br /> <br />Mr. NORVILL: Then you do not know why a comp~ct may not <br /> <br />be enter0d into? <br /> <br />Ml'. M:i.I.KLrt: I au confident sume kind of a compact can <br /> <br />be ~U'rive(~ >:t, if you tal~e into cO',1sideration the legal <br /> <br />~ue8tions in the future that may arise and delaysto develop- <br /> <br />ment; the leGal phase and conditions I would not attempt <br /> <br />to answer; the"e may be some here that have something to <br /> <br />say on that. <br /> <br />Mr. JJOl-lVEL: If that" \'Ie~e excluded you think there is <br /> <br />no reason why sowe agreement can not be :ceached? <br /> <br />Mr. ME~KSR: I think if the engineers could get action <br /> <br /> <br />the question could be settled ve~y quickly. My opinions <br /> <br />a~e based on the }hysical corditions of the Basin but I <br /> <br />.J <br /> <br />would not attem)t to argue 8b to the legal end. <br /> <br />D <br />