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Show -22- to State law, and (2) those involving the acquisition of existing interests under section 7. Initiation of Appropriations Under Section 8 Appropriations have been initiated pursuant to State law on the following streams which either have been or, in the judgment of the Bureau of Reclamation, are likely to be determined to be navigable: Boise, Columbia (including Clark Fork), Flathead, Green, Missouri (in Montana), Payette, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Snake (main stem and Henry's Fork), Spokane, Yakima, and Yellowstone Rivers and Utah Lake. On the other hand, appropriations have not been initiated pursuant to State law, with one very early exception, for any project on the lower Colorado River. It would be appropriate to examine in more detail the situation on the lower Colorado. The Bureau of Reclamation has erected in the lower Colorado River the following principal structures: Hoover Dam (authorized by section 1 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, 45 Stat. 1057); Davis Dam (authorized pursuant to section 9 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, 53 Stat. 1187); Parker Dam (authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 30, 1935, 49 Stat. 1028, 1039); Imperial Dam (authorized by section 1 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, supra); and Laguna Dam (authorized pursuant to section 2 of the Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388). In doing so, it has not, so far as our search of the records indicates, attempted to comply with the laws of any of the States concerned with respect to the appropriation of water, except perhaps in the case of Laguna Dam. It should be noted, however, with respect to the Hoover Dam (1) that the Act authorizing its construction specifically required that it be used first "for river regula- |
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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] : California exhibits. |