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Show 612 INTERSTATE ADJUDICATIONS Decree, unless and until such use is adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be an infringement or impair- ment of rights confirmed by the Gila Decree; (E) Provided, however, that nothing in this Article IV shall be construed to affect rights as between individual water users in the State of New Mexico nor shall anything in this Article be construed to affect possible superior rights of the United States asserted on behalf of National Forests, Parks, Memorials, Monu- ments and lands administered by the Bureau of Land Manage- ment; and provided further that in addition to the diversions authorized herein the United States has the right to divert water from the mainstream of the Gila and San Francisco Rivers in quantities reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes of the Gila National Forest with priority dates as of the date of with- drawal for forest purposes of each area of the forest within which the water is used; (F) Provided, further that no diversion from a stream au- thorized in Article IV (A) through (D) may be transferred to any of the other streams, nor may any use for irrigation purposes within any area on one of the streams be transferred for use for irrigation purposes to any other area on that stream. V. The United States shall prepare and maintain, or provide for the preparation and maintenance of, and shall make available, an- nually and at such shorter intervals as the Secretary of the Interior shall deem necessary or advisable, for inspection by interested per- sons at all reasonable times and at a reasonable place or places, com- plete, detailed and accurate records of: (A) Releases of water through regulatory structures con- trolled by the United States; (B) Diversions of water from the mainstream, return flow of such water to the stream as is available for consumptive use in the United States or in satisfaction of the Mexican Treaty obliga- tion, and consumptive use of such water. 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; (C) Releases of mainstream water pursuant to orders there- for 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 |
