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<br />. <br /> <br />and recreati on potenti a 1 in stream reaches located indifferent <br /> <br />areas of the United States with a minimum of empirical data. Such a <br /> <br />~ methodological approach conforms to the requirements of section <br />~ <br />~. 13(a) and responds to Modification No. 2 of the ERDA/WRC MDU, titled <br />(.it <br /> <br />Methodology Development for Determining Instream Flow ~. <br /> <br />,/(,(:.8 <br />C. Initiation of Section 13(a) Assessment, umR8 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />On January 19, 1977, the DOE (Energy Research and Development Adminis- <br /> <br /> <br />tration) r~quested WRC to assess water availability for coal technologies <br /> <br /> <br />in the Upper Missouri River Basin and in the Ohio River Basin and coal <br /> <br /> <br />and oil shale techno 1 ogi es in the Upper Colorado Ri ver Bas in. The WRC <br /> <br /> <br />proceeded to develop organization and funding provisions for these <br /> <br />repor I- <br />studies. Concern in this <I1l1'~i)( is only with the Upper Colorado River <br /> <br /> <br />Basin (UCRB). The Colorado Department of Natural Resources (DNR), at the <br /> <br /> <br />request of the WRC, submitted a proposal to conduct such an assessment, <br /> <br /> <br />as a result of which the DNR entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with <br /> <br /> <br />the WRC, effective December 2, 1977, to do 50. <br /> <br />D. Participation by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) <br /> <br />Under a Memorandum of Agreement (MDA) dated February 14, 1978. the WRC <br />arranged for FWS participation in the UCRB assessment. The objectives of <br />the tasks addressed in this MDA were to enable (1) consideration of the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />instream flow conditions necessary to meet present and future management <br />objectives for fi sheri es and recreation as part of determi nati ons of <br /> <br />3 <br />