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Show UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION WASHINGTON The Secretary of the Interior. Sir: There is submitted for your approval and execution, in triplicat»'," ina' prooosed contract between the United States and the State of Arizona .'or the storage and delivery of water from Lake Mead for use in Arizona. The:'e also is enclosed a copy of the letter of transmittal dated December 31^ 1943 frenr Juctje Clifford H. .^one, Chairman, Committee of fourteen, advising that the prooosed contract has beer approved by each of the Colorado River states represented by the Committee of Fourteen, except California. California objects to the execution of the proposed contract and a hearing on its objections •was held before you on February 2. The contract is proposed under the authority of Section 5 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1057), which authorizes the Secretary to contract for the storage and delivery of water impounded by Boulder Dam. The proposed contract, in pertinent substance, provides: (1) Under Article 7(a) the United States agrees to deliver annually from storage in Lake "ead a maximum of 2,800,000 acre feet, subject to its availability for use in Arizona under the provisions of the Colorado River Compact and the Boulder Canyon Project Act, and under Article 7(b) the United States agrees to deliver one-half of any excers or surplus •waters unapportioned by the Colorado River Compact to the extent ruch -water is available for rise in Arizona under the compact and act. (2) Article 7(d) and (1) provide that the obligation to deliver water at or below Boulder Dan shall be diminished to the extent that consumptive uses now or hereafter existing in Arizona above Lake Mead diminish the flow into Lake Mead, and all consumptive uses of waters for uses in Arizona of water diverted from Lake Mead or from the main stream of the Colorado River below Boulder Dam, whether made under the contract or not, shall be deemed, rmen made, a discharge pro tanto of the obligation of the contract. (3) Article 9 provides that a charje of fifty cents per acre foot shall be made for all water diverted directly from T^ake l.lead, and charges for the storage or delivery of -water diverted below Boulder Dam shall be as agreed upon between the Secretary and such user's at the time of execution of contracts therefor, provided such charges shall, in no event, exceed twenty-five cants per acre foot. |
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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] : |