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Show 168 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS STATUS OF CALIFORNIA MISCELLANEOUS PRESENT PERFECTED RIGHT CLAIMS CRB ANALYSIS California U. S. Under Lost Claimant 1967 Claim Position Support1 Investigation Tributary Approp. Right (Quantities in Acre-Feet per Year) Needles 2,000 cons, use 700 cons, use 1,500 Div. AT&SF 273 cons, use 273 cons, use 1,260 Div.4 Desert View Mines 10 cons, use 0 cons, use 2 Pat Mines 80 cons, use 0 cons, use 2 Total 2,363 cons, use 973 cons, use QUANTITIES IN IRRIGATED ACRES Wavers 148 130 130 to 148 Stephenson 100 0 40 to 60 Bleiman 40 0 40s Mendivil 20 0 20 Grannis 30 0 30 Morgan 25 0 25 Milpitas (Sec. 14) 18 0 18 Simons 10 3 10 Fewell 18 0 18 Colo. R. Sport. 16 0 16 Milpitas (Sec. 1) 11 0 11 Andrade 11 0 11 Reynolds 6 5 6 Bosworth 7 0 7s Cooper 10 0 10 Total 470 138 258 to 296 87 47 'Tentative support subject to effect of additional evidence and further study. 'Apparent loss of appropriate right. Attorney General's Office is making a reevaluation of evidence. 'Apparently not a mainstream source, but declaration would be a Department of interior responsibility. 'Claim also will include 273 acre-feet per year of consumptive use. Meetings were held by Reclamation with the three Lower Basin States in October 1971. The differences of opinions on each of the miscellaneous claims were set out in a memorandum of November 1, 1971, to the Assistant Regional Solicitor, Los Angeles, from Reclamation's Chief, Division of Water and Land Operations. This was formalized in a memorandum of November 4, 1971, to the Commissioner of Reclamation. The memorandum noted the need for condensing and updating the "1-19-70" draft of rationale for the major claims as well as the need for a justification requested by Justice for using a single diversion figure rather than the dual limitation in stating the claims. On January 7, 1971, Reclamation's Regional Director's Office summarized the status of each of the miscellaneous PPR claims in Arizona and California and noted that the lack of adequate records of quantities of water actually used had led to the adoption of a diversion rate of 6 acre-feet per acre of land irrigated. A narrative explanatory statement was included. Reclamation's study showed that Arizona now claimed 8,858 acre-feet for the irrigation of 1,343 acres, which included 800 acre-feet for the city of Yuma. This was a reduction from initial claims for 66,000 acre-feet of water. The United States appeared favorably disposed to 5,933 acre-feet for 600 acres, which included 2,333 acre-feet for the city of Yuma. The United States was receptive to 90 acre-feet for 15 acres in Cibola Valley. |
