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TELEGRAM SENT
TO Amembassy MEXICO
POuCHED IMFO: DEPARMENT/ARA/CMR
Amconsul MEXICALI
DATE July 2, 1962
NO:
CHARGED TO:
ACTION MEXICO PRITY 1 POOCHED INFO DEPT 2 FOR ARA/CMA AND MEXICALI UnnN LOC?? PGH TWO SALIENT ASPECTS OF LOCAL...
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
July 27, 1962
From the Commissioner
To Secretary Udall:
Copies of the attached memorandum
have been furnished to Under Secretary
Carr and Assistant Secretary Holum.
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
WASHINGTON 25. D. C.
IN REPLY
REPER TO 400 JUL 2 7 1962
Blue Envelope Memorandum
To: Secretary of the Interior
From: Commissioner of Reclamation
Subject: Request by Mexico for...
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studies, under mean inflow conditions and water releases to meet only downstream requirements but with a 3.8 million acre-feet retention by upstream reservoirs, show a Lake Mead content at the end of May 1963 of about 19.8 million acre-feet, which...
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I urge (1) that we continue to operate the Colorado River within the present 1962 Treaty schedule of water officially requested by Mexico, and (2) that we informally advise Commissioner Friedkin that, based on past experience, over-deliveries in...
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RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON PROPOSED RELEASE, FOR SLUICING PURPOSES,...
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COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS CLINTON P. ANDERSON. New Mexico, Chairman HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington HENRY DWORSHAK, Idaho ALAN BIBLE, Nevada THOMAS H. KUCHEL, California JOHN A. CARROLL. Colorado GORDON ALLOTT. Colorado FRANK CHURCH,...
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RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1962 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATIO OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a.m., in room 3112,...
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2 RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER upon to make good a proportionate share of these 280,000 acre-feet. That is, we will want to make certain that the upper basin is not being let in for a future assessment, so to speak. But first of all, we will...
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RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER 3 STATEMENT OF HON. STEWART L. UDALL, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR; ACCOMPANIED BY FLOYD E. DOMINY, COMMISSIONER OF RECLAMATION, AND EDWARD WEINBERG, ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Secretary UDALL. Mr....
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4 RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER The only specific limitation on his discretion is that he must follow the priorities set forth in section 6 of the project act. The current sediment problem below Imperial Dam is one that must be corrected soon....
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RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER 5 A custodian of a bank fund has no right to use it for his own benefit or the benefit of a friend of his. He must use it in accordance with whatever the trust agreement is. Secretary UDALL. It would be my view,...
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6 RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER Senator ANDERSON. The Supreme Court thought the Congress had some power in this matter? Mr. WEINBERG. Yes, sir. Senator ANDERSON. That is a revolutionary doctrine, is it not? The Congress thought it had some...
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RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER— Senator ANDERSON. What is the treaty obligation? Mr. DOMINY. The treaty obligation is 1.5 million. Senator ANDERSON. So we have given more than the treaty? Mr. DOMINY. We have historically had more water in the...
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8 RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER CRITICAL SEDIMENT SITUATION IN FALL OF 1960 During 1960, the Colorado River flows at the northern international boundary were reduced to approximately 2.5 million acre-feet and a critical sediment situation...
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RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER™ On April 1,1962, application of the flood control regulations would have required the release of an average of 20,000 cubic feet per second during April. This is equivalent to a monthly total of 1,190,000 acre-feet...
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10 RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER Mr. DOMINY. The corps' authority is limited to the flood control function. They tell us how to operate the flood control space. They give us the criteria on which we shall base our operations of flood control...
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RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER 11 Obviously, Senator, this is so that you will not be slugging water into the river and causing damage if you had to release suddenly larger quantities. Senator ANDERSON. That would be good for sluicing; would it...
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12 RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER Date: Available flood-control storage space (acre-feet) August 1 2,500,000 September 1 2,500,000 October 1 2,500,000 November 1 2,675,000 December 1“,963,000 January 1 5,350,000 (b) Releases from the reservoir...
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TABLE 1, MINIMUM AVERAGE JANUARY RELEASE FROM HOOVER DAM Flood-control space in Lake Meed below elevation 1229 on January I¦aximum January-July Forecast in million ocre-feet Million ocre-feet 1c4 1c2 1c0 198 196 194 192 190 188 Release in...
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RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER 183 Engineer may request, and also of those basic operating criteria that affect the schedule of operation. (i) The flood-control regulations of this section are subject to temporary modification by the District...
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14 RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER The May 1 forecast of the April through July runoff at Lake Mead carried a mean of 10.1 million acre-feet. That is a slight reduction in the mean. Four million acre-feet of that has already arrived in Lake Mead....
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RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER‘5 Mr. DOMINY. We are in full agreement that under the treaty there would have been no requirement whatsoever. We very carefully in granting this urgent appeal, to make the record that it was over and above the...
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