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<br />2146 <br /> <br />9. THE omsK E'ClK:E BELIEVES '!HAT aJRRENl' LAW AND pROCE!XJRES ~ <br />AOOUDICATING FEDERAL WATER RlGlll'S AHE ADElQUATE, AND THE <br />MCCARRAN AMENIME:Nl' NEED NOr BE ~DIFIED BY CCNiRESS IN <br />ORWR TO SERVE PR?PmLY THE IN'l'ERE:)'IS OF BOD:I THE UNITED <br />STATES AND THE VARIOUS STATES IN AnJUDICATING FEIERAL WATER <br />RlGi'IS . <br /> <br />10. THE UNITED STATES S1WLD FILE WATER RlGtI'S APPLICATl(lllS Wi'll! <br />THE APPOOPRIATE STATE AGENCY 'ro ACQUIRE 'lHCSE WATER RlGiTS <br />WHICH ARE NEEDED BY THE FEDERAL QJIJERNMENl' AND WHIOi HAVE WI' <br />~ VESTED IN THE UNITED STATES; I.E., THCSE 0lllER'lHAN <br />FEDERAL RESERVED WA'l'ER RlGlll'S <R FEDERAL WATER RlQf1'S BASED <br />ON ~ USE OF WATER. 'DIE UNITED S'lJ\.TES SHOOID PAY !'U'l- <br />DISCRlMINA'lORY FILING FEES IN MAKING SOCH APPLICATIONS AND <br />NEED NOl' INCWDE A DISCIAIMER Wi'll! THE APPLlCATICN IN OODER <br />'ro mctrEX:T I'l'S RlGfl'S. <br /> <br />11. IN GWERAL, ALL FEJ:f:RAL WATER RlGlll'S CN:E WAM'IFlED AND AOOUDlCATED <br />SlUJLD BE SUBJEX:T TO AIMINlSTRATIUII BY 'lllE STATES, UNLFSS (A) <br />(;(NJRE)S PROVIIES ~SEl (B) AN AREA IS UNU::R A FEIERAL COORl' <br />DEX:REE PROVIDING AIMINIS'mATICN; OR (C) MANIFEST UNFAIRNESS 'ro <br />THE UNITED S'lM'ES WILL :t'lESULT F10I STATE AIl'IINISTRATIllIi. <br /> <br />12. FEDERAL AGENCIES, INCLlJDING THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENl' AND BUOOET, <br />SIUJLD Cu:6ELY SCF11rlNIZE RB;lUESTS ~ ALJmOR1U\TlCN OR APPRO- <br />PRIATIONS FOR FEDERAL PROJEC'lS <R C1I'HER ACTIVl'l'IES WHICH ARE <br />tEPEt-llENl' UFCN WATER IN AN APEA ~ THE WATER RlQID:; HAVE NJl' <br />SEW QlR\Nl'IFlED OR AOOUDlCATED, TO IETERMlNE WHE'DiER (A) lMPLDIEN- <br />TATIOO OF 'DiE HlQJECT OR ACTIVITY UNIER REVIEW WIlL BE lMPAIHED <br />BY U\,i'INrIFICATION OR AOOUDICATICN OF FEDERAL WATER RIGfi'S; OR, <br />OONVERSELY, (B) THE WATER NEEL'S OF THE ~ OR ACrNIT'i <br />UNIER RF.VIEW WILL 1MB\.IR WATER RlQfl'S NR=!ID 'ro CARRY WI' EXISTING <br />FEDERAL PROOEC'lS CR ACTlVITIES. IF El'ltili:R PCSSIBILlT'i EXISl'S, <br />'lHERE SHOULD BE A CASE-BY-<:ASE J:ETERMINATlON, CGlSIDERlNG ALL <br />REIEVANl' FAC'1.'(.(IS, WHE'lllER THE EXPENDITURES SIOJLD AWAIT \J,lANl'I- <br />FICATION OR, IF tID:ES&.RY, AL\JtlDICATION. RELE:VANl' FAC'lI:RS INCLlJDE <br />THE MAGNITUDE OF AC'roI\L lJR FOl'ENl'IAL FEDERAL WATER RlGiTS CIAIMS, <br />'ll!E 00'ENl' TO WHICH THE FEDERAL EXPENDITURE DEl'ENL'S UPW SEX:URE <br />WATER RlGEfrS, AND THE TIME IIDJUIRED F<R ~If'ICATIllIi AND <br />ALlJUDICATION. <br /> <br />13. A S'IMDING INl'ER-AGEtCY CClolMIT'lEE SHOOLD BE ESTABLISHED WI'll!lN <br />THE WATER RESOUR::ES COlJI'CIL, WI'll! REPRESENrATIVES FRUoI ALL <br />FEWW.. l'GENCIES WIUCli HA.VE ClAIMS 'ro WATER, 'ro ca:ilDINATE FElERAL <br />AGENCY EFFORTS IN CARRYING WI' 'lHESE Na:Xl'M~TIONS. 'll!IS CCMMITlEE <br />StOJLD ESTABLISH THE FPJ\MEK)Rl( AND CRITERlA FOR A CCNl'INUING INVE:Im::m: <br />OF FEDERAL WATER USES AND RlQf1'S, ADVISE FEDERAL AGENCIES AS THEY <br /> <br />-5- <br />