Minutes: Red River Compact Commission Thirty-Third Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, January 25, 1965

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.DRAFT
MI1WTES OF 10;10 33rd !·lEETING
RED RIVER CO!iPACT CO!l,:rSSION
OKLAHO;';A CI7Y, Oi(LAHOMA
25 JANUilf:Y 1965
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The 33rd meeting of the R',Q Ri v~r Com?act Commission waS held
in the Sheraton Hotel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 25 January 1965,
beginning at 1:00 p.m. Attached is a list of those present.
The Chairman opened the meeting, in.roduced visitors, ~.d
introduced Mr. H. Glen Francis, Hho has assumed the duties formerly
held by Mr. Leonard White as Commissioner from Arkansas.
The minutes of the 32nd meeting were approved without change.
The Chairman then gave a brief summary of the current status of
work and the future work of the Commis~ion. He pointed out that the
Red River Basin had been divided into nine separate areas or reaches'
in an attempt to get an agreement between states on individual ?arts,
so that a summation of these parts would constitute agreemen. ce. the
entire basin. He further pointed out the necessary coordination by
the Bureau of the Budget af-ter develo?ment of a "firm" draft 00: 'the
Compact and the remaining step'" includin;:; r;;-tification by sta1:e
legislatures and by the Congress.
Each of the designated reaches was '~hen discussed starting with
the latest proposal for each reach. Thece proposals. r..ade prior to
the 33rd rreeting, with comments to indicate present positions of the
states, are given in subsequent paragraphs.
Reach 1 Boundary Reach Above Lake Texoma
a. Proposal discussed 25 January 1965.
"Oklahoma and Texas a.::ch shall have the right 1:0 divert,
impound and use waters from the boundary reach of the Red River upstream
from Lake Texoma in equal amoun.s, provided that the development in
both states does not have to proceed simultaneously.
"Oklahoma and Texas through their respective appropriate
agencies or subdivisions may construct jointly, or cooperate wit:1 any
agency or instrumentality of the United States in the construction of
works on the boundary reach for the development, conservation, and
utilization for all beneficial purposes of the waters of the Red River.
R170,)Tid,!ld Jh~t any di versio~ ,iml',:\undm;nt or use ~f, these. waters shal~. }
pot ;be detrl.mental'· to the.·authorl.zed"purposesof tpe Denl.son Reservol.r.",
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