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<br />To facilit~te its review of the report, the Committee appointed an
<br />~.€ineering Advisory Subcommittee to study and consider the various engineering
<br />iispeces of the Bureau report. The Committee has reviewed and accepted t'IO re-
<br />ports from sU8h Subcommittee.. The Sc.bcommitt8e consists of '(oyce J. Tipton,
<br />Consulting Engineer, Colorado ~ater Conservation Board, Chairm5n; Frank C.
<br />Merriell, Secretary-Bngineer, Colorado River \i~ter Conserv~tion District Board,
<br />Grand Junction, Colorado; H. M. Gildersleeve, ChiEf ~gineor, Colorado Water
<br />Conservation Board; C. H. Jex, Area Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation, Grand
<br />Junction, Colorado; Ben F. Pow"ll, Area Engine"r, Bure"u of Reclamation,
<br />~~eblo, Colorado; (md J. R. Riter, Head of Division of Hydrolo~J, Br~nch of
<br />Project Planrung of the Bureau of Recla~ation, Denver, Colorado.
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<br />The Policy and R,view Committee was orgt:rlized and hdd its first
<br />meeting on Hovemb8r 24, 1948. It has met on the c.veragt of onC8 every sixty
<br />days since i t.s. work we,s ctarted. .i.t such Cll:etings, reports of tne Engineering
<br />Advisory Subcom~itt8c were cor.sidered, ~s "~ll as a draft of ~ spcciRl report
<br />of Region 7, Burc.':m of R,-",,:::;lt.un~[,ion, on the; project, dE-.t€d SE..pt'::.T.~sr 1949,
<br />which ir.corponkd changes m"d" in th" June 1948 draft of report ciue to studies
<br />conducted. subs2qucntly hy thG 8ur8~u. lrl th0 periods bt::tween ~eetings, engineers
<br />on th~ stp.ff of the :3to.tc .:l::.t.cr 3:Jard, Bur.-;au Engineurs, and Frank Mt::rriell,
<br />Engineer for the Colorado River ConservQtion District Bo~rd, made extensive
<br />reviews of the Bur~~:?,u r.::por:' on .toe project nnd of vnriou5 engineering qw.::stions
<br />which arose. The Comnittee con~idered extensively v~rious questions of policy.
<br />Minutes of the meetings of t.he Committee Rnd the ]'cports of the Engineering
<br />Advisory Subcommittee ,"eI'O :lvaiJ.r.ble in the office of t'1e Water Board.
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<br />en Jmuary 24, 1950, as " result of "ction ta]~en by the Committe..,-
<br />Clifford H. Stone, ChainnA.n of the Com~ittee, tI':cnsmi.tkd to Avery A. Bntson,
<br />Director of Regj..on3,_Ii.U1,.,au .9.fJte.clama,ti.on,3_letteLm.'lI'ksd....!'Exhibit .A,-'l_ u___ _
<br />- - - --whiCh -is made a part of thls report. A review of this letter will indicate
<br />that the CO'ill'1i ttee had ren8hed cert'l.in t"ntc.ti ve conclusions when the letter
<br />V1'l.S written. The letter was trnnsnutted to the Hegional Office of the Bureau
<br />of Reclrun,]tion. ir. 0rder' to enable that off ice to revis8 its report in 1(8epir.g
<br />with the vieHs "nd recommend,'ticns cont'.lined in the letter. It wns pointed out
<br />that ~ertnin questions ~ffecting project op~r"tion ,,~d the principles Hhich
<br />carried out the" policies of the State respC..~ti'lg ths exportation of vlater from
<br />the n.'lturp,l basin of the, Colorado River in Color:tdo, remcitlod to be formulated
<br />and considered by the Policy ..nd '(ev'~ew Co"r,Ji ttec; and it ",as explained that
<br />such policies iu]d prinCiples would b" subn,itt"d to the Bureau in due course.
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<br />At the January meeting of tho 'COlIl.>r.itte8, 11 Dr"rting Su\Jcommittee was
<br />appointed, consisting of Jean S. Breitenstein, Attorney for tn,. Colorado i'lat8r
<br />Conservation Bo~rd, Chairman; Harold H. Christy, representir.g tne Arkansas
<br />,'"lley; Frank C. Delanoy, rcprcse;1ti;1g 'Afell+.ern Colorndo; CIGl:J.nd Fe'l.st, repre-
<br />senting the Colorado G~e and Fish CQ~~ssion; ?ud' Ben F. Po~ell, representing
<br />the Bure'lu of Recl'Ull.'\tion. This Dr,'li'ting Subcommittee held sever~l meetings
<br />.'~- n__and_on_the_14 th-dny-of-Apri-l-,-1950,submi-t ted-to- the -PoE cy-nnd-Review-Committ'ee
<br />its report.
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