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Show CHAPTER X 169 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. Desert View Mines 10 cons, use 0 cons, use Pat Mines 80 cons, use 0 cons, use t 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 revaluation 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. California had claimed 5,031 acre-feet for 364 acres whereas Reclamation's Regional Director's Office appeared favorable to 4,350 acre-feet for 265 acres. At Arizona's request, Interior's representatives met on June 2, 1972, with those of Arizona and its miscellaneous PPR claimants to review their claims. By letter of June 16, 1972, the Colorado River Board of California advised Reclamation of the status of efforts to clarify six of the miscellaneous claims. A similar report was made October 20, 1972. In a meeting on August 8, 1972, between Reclamation and California, agreement was reached on twelve of the eighteen miscellaneous claims (see memorandum of August 15, 1972, to Regional Supervisor, Water and Land Operations). The six claims not then agreed to were the subject of the aforenoted California's letter of June 16, 1972. On January 2, 1973, California furnished Reclamation with an additional list of 36 parcels of land, each claiming a PPR for 1 acre-foot of diversions for M&I use. K. Draft Stipulation on PPRs On January 5, 1973, Reclamation provided Arizona and California with a draft of proposed letter from Interior to Justice which would transmit a proposed stipulation of decree to Justice, and a draft of letter to the |