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Show Mr. Carson explained the relationship of the Limitation Act to the Compact as follows: "I want to call your attention specifically to the fact that under this limitation with California enacted by an act of its legislature in 1929, in exact compliance with this requirement [section 4(a) of the Project Act], Ill(b) water is not mentioned. California cannot lawfully use any water of the Colorado River system except 4,400,000 acre-feet of III(a) water, plus not more than one-half of any excess or surplus waters unapportioned by said compact.!/ "Mr. WHITE. What is the amount covered by the California limitation? "Mr. CARSON. 4,400,000 acre-feet of III(a) water, plus a part of the surplus water unapportioned by the compact.2/ "The apportionment to the lower basin made by the compact is not 7,500,000 acre-feet; it is 8,500,000 acre-feet. Ill(a) water is 7,500,000 acre-feet, and Ill(b) water is 1,000,000 acre-feet, so we have a total apportionment of 8,500,000 acre-feet, "California has limited itself to 4,400,000 acre-feet of Ill(a) water and one-half the surplus, and has excluded herself from III(b) water."3/ Mr. Carson similarly explained that Arizona's rights were necessarily circumscribed by the residue of available i/ Gila Project Hearings at 380. (Footnote ours.) 3/ Id. at 420. (Footnote ours.) 3/ Id. at 421. III-112 |