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Show Negotiations for an Interstate Compact Between Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, Covering the Waters of the Colorado River* - Soon after the approval of the Boulder Canyon Project Act by the Congress* a confer- ence of the representatives of the four upper States of the Colorado River Basin was convened to consider the desirability of a four-state compact to divide between these States the 7*500,000 acre-feet of water allocated to the upper basin States by the compact. This conference disclosed that the representatives of Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming were ready to proceed with negotiations looking to a four-state compact. Utah, however« declined to undertake negotiations pending the completion of the comprehensive sur- vey and study of the land resources of the four upper-basin States of the Colorado River Basin, which the Secretary of the Interior, under the pro- visions of the Boulder Canyon Project Act* was directed to make. These investigations have been in progress since 1929* but will not be completed until possibly 19ij.2» Further negotiations for a four-state compact are not contemplated at this time (1939). Respectfully submitted, H. K. Barrows G. B» P<> Smith C. J» Bartholet J. C» Stevens C. S* Clark R. J, Tipton * Edward Hyatt Abel Wolman George S* Khapp M. C. Hinderlider, Chairman. * Was unable to participate in preparation of the final report* ds -125- |
