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UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMPACT (cont.) <br />4. If not going to meet obligation to not deplete the flow at Lee Ferry belwo 75,000,000 <br />acre feet over a 10 year rolling average, the extent of curtailment by each state of the <br />Upper Basin shall be determined by the following: <br />a. The extent and times of curtailment shall assure full compliance with <br />Article III of the Colorado River Compact. (Art. III) <br />b. If any state shall have in the ten-year period preceding the call exceeded its <br />allocation, it shall make up that overdraft before demand is placed on <br />any other state. (Art. IV) <br />c. Curtailment shall be proportioned among the states in the same ratio as <br />beneficial use of waters occurred during the preceding year, provided <br />that use by rights which predate November 24, 1922, shall be excluded. <br />(Art. IV) <br />5. The Compact recognizes the provisions of the La Plata River Compact, and <br />consumptive use of water under it shall be charged to the respective states under <br />Article III of this Compact. (Art. X) <br />6. Apportions the waters of the Little Snake River between Colorado and Wyoming <br />differentially between rights perfected before the Compact and those perfected after <br />its signing. (Art. XI) <br />7. Apportions the waters of Henry's Fork, a tributary of the Green River between Utah <br />and Wyoming. (Art. XII) <br />8. Apportions the waters of the Yampa River between Colorado and Utah such that <br />Colorado must ensure that the flow of the Yampa at Maybell must not fall below <br />5,000,000 acre-feet for any consecutive 10 -year period. (Art. XIII) <br />9. Apportions the waters of the San Juan River system between Colorado and New <br />Mexico in such a way that Colorado agrees to deliver in the San Juan and its <br />tributaries enough water to meet New Mexico's entitlement under Article III <br />considering the water which originates within New Mexico proper. (Art. XIV) <br />