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Show Comments of the State of Colorado STATE OF COLORADO Colorado Water Conservation Board denver, colorado December 17, 1946. The Secretary of the Interior. Sir: On behalf of the State of Colorado, and pursuant to section 1 of the act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), there is herewith transmitted the comments, views, and recommendations of the State of Colorado concerning Project Planning Report 34-8-2 of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, dated March 1946, and entitled "A Comprehensive Report on the Development of the Water Resources of the Colorado River for Irrigation, Power Production, and Other Beneficial Uses in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming." These comments, views, and recommendations are submitted under the authority of chapter 265, Session Laws of Colorado of 1937' creating the Colorado Water Conservation Board and defining its functions and in accordance with the designation of such board by the Governor, pursuant to section 1 of the act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), as the official State agency to act in such matters. Respectfully submitted. (Signed) John C. Vivian, Governor and Chairman of the Board. (Signed) Clifford H. Stone, Director of the Board. (Signed) C. L. Patterson, Chief Engineer. (Signed) R. J. Tipton, Consulting Engineer. (Signed) Jean S. Breitenstein, Attorney. December 1946. To the Secretary of the Department of the Interior : Pursuant to the act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), the State of Colorado herewith submits its comments, views, and recommendations concerning the plans and proposals of Project Planning Report No. 34-8-2, of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, dated March 1946, and entitled "A Comprehensive Report on the Development of the Water Resources of the Colorado River Basin for Irrigation, Power Production, and Other Beneficial Uses in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming." In submitting these views and recommendations, consideration has been given to the regional directors' report, conclusions, recommendations, and substantiating materials, data, statement, and appendixes, together with the letter of transmittal, dated June 6, 1946, from the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to the Secretary of the Interior. SUMMARY OF COMMENTS, VIEWS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS Colorado objects to the report in its present form and to the conclusions and recommendations therein contained and recommends that it not be transmitted to the Congress unless and until the requisite corrections, modifications, and additions are made in accordance with these views and recommendations. As a summary of the detailed views and recommendations hereinafter contained, Colorado submits: 1. The report improperly treats the upper basin differently from the lower basin in the following particulars: (a) It includes areas located outside the natural basin of the -river but within the States of the lower basin which are now or shall hereafter be beneficially served by water diverted from the Colorado River system and at the same time excludes similar areas in States of the upper basin; (b) It ignores the allocations of water made by the Colorado River compact, the provisions of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, and the California Self-Limitation Act' and contemplates increased uses of water by existing projects and additional uses of water by projects yet to be constructed, contrary to the provisions of the compact and the above-mentioned statutes; (c) In estimating available water supplies and depletions it utilizes methods in the lower basin which differ from those applied to the upper basin. 2. By failing to interpret and construe the contracts between the Secretary of the Interior and the States and water users of the lower basin for the delivery of water |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |