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Show COLORADO RIVER COMPACT 55 shall have reached its total beneficial consumptive use as set out in paragraphs (a) and (b). (g) In the event of a desire for a further apportionment as provided in paragraph (f) any two signatory States, acting through their Gov- ernors, may give joint notice of such desire to the Governors of the other signatory States and to The President of the United States of America, and it shall be the duty of the Governors of the signatory States and of The President of the United States of America forth- with to appoint representatives, whose duty it shall be to divide and ap- portion equitably between the Upper Basin and Lower Basin the bene- ficial use of the unapportioned water of the Colorado River System as mentioned in paragraph (i), subject to the legislative ratification of the signatory States and the Congress of the United States of America. ARTICLE IV (a) Inasmuch as the Colorado River has ceased to be navigable for commerce and the reservation of its waters for navigation would seri- ously limit the development of its Basin, the use of its waters for pur- poses of navigation shall be subservient to the uses of such waters for domestic, agricultural, and power purposes. If the Congress shall not consent to this paragraph, the other provisions of this compact shall nevertheless remain binding. (b) Subject to the provisions of this compact, water of the Colorado River System may be impounded and used for the generation of elec- trical power, but such impounding and use shall be subservient to the use and consumption of such water for agricultural and domestic purposes and shall not interfere with or prevent use for such dominant purposes. (c) The provisions of this article shall not apply to or interfere with the regulation and control by any State within its boundaries of the appropriation, use, 'and distribution of water. article v The chief official of each signatory State charged with the adminis- tration of water rights, together with the Director of the United States Reclamation Service and the Director of the United States Geological Survey shall cooperate, ex-officio: (a) To promote the systematic determination and coordination of the facts as to flow, appropriation, consumption, and use of water in the Colorado River Basin, and tshe interchange of available informa- tion in such matters. (b) To secure the ascertainment and publication of the annual flow of the Colorado River at Lee Ferry. (c) To perform such other duties as may be assigned by mutual consent of the signatories from time to time. ARTICLE VI Should any claim or controversy arise between any two or more of the signatory States: (a,) with respect to the waters of the Colorado River System not covered by the terms of this compact; (b) over the meaning or performance of any of the terms of this compact; (c) as |