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Show APPENDIX VIII VIII-15 (C) Releases of mainstream water pursuant to orders therefor but not diverted by the party ordering the same, and the quantity of such water delivered to Mexico in satisfaction of the Mexican Treaty or diverted by others in satisfaction of rights decreed herein. These quantities shall be stated separately as to each diverter from the mainstream, each point of diversion, and each of the States of Arizona, California and Nevada; (D) Deliveries to Mexico of water in satisfaction of the obligations of Part III of the Treaty of February 3, 1944, and, separately stated, water passing to Mexico in excess of treaty requirements; (E) Diversions of water from the mainstream of the Gila and San Francisco Rivers and the consumptive use of such water, for the benefit of the Gila National Forest. VI. Within two years from the date of this decree, the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada shall furnish to this Court and to the Secretary of the Interior a list of the present perfected rights, with their priority dates, in waters of the mainstream within each state, respectively, in terms of consumptive use, except those relating to federal establishments. The Secretary of the Interior shall supply similar information, within a similar period of time, with respect to federal establishments within each state. If the three states and the Secretary of the Interior are unable at that time to agree on the present perfected rights to the use of mainstream water in each state, any state or the United States may apply to the Court for the determination of such rights by the Court. VII. The State of New Mexico shall, within four years from the date of this decree, prepare and maintain, or provide for the preparation and maintenance of, and shall annually thereafter make available for inspection at all reasonable times and at a reasonable place or places, complete, detailed and accurate records of: (A) The acreages of all lands in New Mexico irrigated each year from the Gila River, the San Francisco River, San Simon Creek and their tributaries and all of their underground water sources, stated by legal description and component acreages and separately as to each of the areas designated in Article IV of this decree and as to each of the three streams; (B) Annual diversions and consumptive uses of water, in New Mexico, from the Gila River, the San Francisco River and San Simon Creek and their tributaries, and all their underground water sources, stated separately as to each of the three streams. VIII. This decree shall not affect: (A) The relative rights inter sese of water users within any one of the states, except as otherwise specifically provided herein; (B) The rights or priorities to water in any of the Lower Basin tributaries of the Colorado River in the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah except the Gila River System; (C) The rights or priorities, whether under state law or federal law, except as specific provision is made herein, of any Indian Reservation; National Forest, Park, Recreation Area, Monument or Memorial; or lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management. IX. Any of the parties may apply at the foot of this decree for its amendment or for further relief. The Court retains jurisdiction of this suit for the purpose of any order, direction, or modification of the decree, or any supplementary decree, that may at any time be deemed proper in relation to the subject matter in controversy. |