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Show "Arizona's understanding" of the water supply in the lower basin, the apportionment of that water, and the quantities available to Arizona are summarized in the table (FP, pp. 17-18), consistently with the foregoing analysis. California comments, transmitted by letter from Governor Warren to the Secretary of the Interior, February 28, 1947 (FP, pp. 19-54), are not reproduced. They are consistent with our present contentions. Calif. Ex. 7513-D: Extracts from comments of the State of Colorado, December 17j 1946 (pp. 55-6l), addressed to the Secretary of the Interior, contained in H.R. Doc. No. 4l9j 80th Cong., 1st Sess. (1947) Colorado criticizes the report as being inconsistent with the Colorado River Compact (FP, p. 57) and asserts that "water supplies and depletions should be presented in terms comparable to those of the Colorado River Compact" (FP, p. 58). Colorado relates the California Limitation Act to the Compact (FP, p. 61): "The report contemplates the future expansion of existing or authorized projects in California, including the Coachella [Valley County Water District]. These allowances will make the total 'present' use of Colorado River water in California 5,802,000 acre-feet annually. Under the California self-limitation statute California is limited to 4,400,000 acre-feet annually plus one-half of the surplus as defined by the Colorado River compact. Under that compact the surplus may not be allocated between the two basins until after 1963. These increased and expanded uses would exceed the California share by 1,402,000 acre-feet annually. The failure to recognize and apply the limitation self-imposed by California makes the report misleading." t III-38 |