AZ vs. CA:25 California Exhibits, Vol. XXV; Nos. 7501-7859

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CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT 95 the Colorado Water Conservation Board and defining its functions, and in accordance with the designation of such Board by the Governor pursuant to section I of the act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), as the official State agency to act in such matters. The comments, views, and recommendations of the State of Colorado are as follows: 1'. Each State of the Colorado River Basin should decide upon the manner in which it shall use its share of Colorado River water; and that it is assumed that the Colorado River water available for the central Arizona project falls within Arizona's share of such water when considered in connection with the present and prospective uses of Colorado River water by other projects in Arizona. 2. Colorado believes Arizona's share of Colorado River water is defined by the Colorado River compact, the provisions of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, the Self-Limitation Act of California, and the physical limitations for the use of Colorado River water in the lower Basin by Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. All of these factors are recognized in the water-delivery contract between the Secretary of the Interior and the State of Arizona, dated February 9, 1944. All Colorado River projects for the utilization of Colorado River water must be operated in accordance with such compact, statutes, and the United States-Mexican "Water Treaty. 3. Colorado concludes that the authorization, construction, and operation of the proposed central Arizona project will not adversely affect the interest of Colorado in its present or future utilization of Colorado's share of Colorado River water nor that of any Colorado River Basin State; that Colorado's interests and rights under the Colorado River compact and all pertinent statutes in relation thereto will not be impaired by the operation of such project on the river; and that accordingly Colorado submits no adverse comments on the above-described report and makes no objection to the proposed central Arizona project. Respectfully submitted. Lee Knous, Governor and Chairman oj the Colorado Conservation Board, Clifford H. Stone, Director oj the Board. R. J. Tipton, Consulting Engineer oj the Board. Jean S. Bkeitenstein, Attorney.