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Show APPENDIX VII VII-3 701 United States Department of the Interior BUREAU OF RECLAMATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240 JUN 8 - 1970 Dear Governor Hathaway: Enclosed is a copy of the "Criteria for Coordinated Long-Range Operation of Colorado River Reservoirs" which I have adopted and which is being published in the Federal Register in accordance with Section 602 of the Colorado River Basin Project Act of September 30, 1968, Public Law 90-537 (82 Stat. 885). The adopted criteria represent largely the contributions of a task group of State and Federal representatives which held five meetings from July through November 1969. The valuable input of information furnished by your representatives and our various contractors for water and power is appreciated. Comments from the Upper and Lower Division States concerning the proposed operating criteria enclosed with my letter dated December 16, 1969, also have been helpful in preparing the adopted criteria. A detailed explanation of decisions on each of the suggestions and recommendations is being furnished to your representatives and others who participated in the various task force meetings. In that letter you were advised that we expected to make a decision prior to July 1, 1970, regarding the proposed termination of the "General Principles to Govern, and Operating Criteria for, Glen Canyon Reservoir (Lake Powell) and Lake Mead During the Lake Powell Filling Period." The avenue available to me for such a termination is provided in the option of Principle No. 2 of the Filling Criteria, which reads: "... If, in the judgment of the Secretary, the contents of Lake Powell and Lake Mead warrant such action, and after consultation with appropriate interests of the Upper Colorado River Basin and the Lower Colorado River Basin, the Secretary may declare that in not less than 1 year from and after the date of such declaration these principles and criteria are no longer applicable." |
