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<br />amendment to the Upper Basin Compact or an interstate agreement <br /> <br />to accomplish this same result. There have been"no amendments <br /> <br />to the Compact since its signing in 1948. <br /> <br />Also, each Upper Basin state would have to agree not to <br /> <br />use an amount equivalent to the water released t.o the Autho1::ity <br /> <br />since one of the basic thrusts of the document iscthat each" <br /> <br />state can use the unused water of other states. An amendment to <br /> <br />the Compact would require approval of the legislatures of the <br /> <br />five states, as probably would any separate agreement. either <br /> <br />guaranteeing that this water would not be diverted by other <br /> <br />Upper Basin states or otherwise consumptively userlin the Upper <br /> <br />Basin. Sinc~ a Compact amendment or any agreements between the <br /> <br />states would involve interstate water, Congressional approval <br /> <br />would also be required. <br /> <br />D. Criteria For CDordinated Lona-Ranqe <br />Operation of Colorado River Reservoirs <br /> <br />Pursuant to the requirement of the 1968 Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin Project Act, and after extensive consultation and meetings <br /> <br />with the Basin states, the Secretary of Interior has adopted <br />regulations known as the Operating Criteria which is designed to <br /> <br />coordinate long-range operation of the storage reservoirs in the <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin by the United States. These detailed <br /> <br />criteria are keyed to the fundamental documents of the Law of <br /> <br />the River, so the delivery of any water under the Agreement from <br /> <br />Colorado to Lake Havasu would require amendments to thDse <br /> <br />regulations. <br /> <br />10. <br /> <br />..... <br />'.','- <br />