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<br />II <br /> <br />and good hlllOOr, and who maintained the mailing list of interested persons, <br />reproduced and distributed copies of many doc\lllents, and performed innumer- <br />able other tasks which contributed greatly to the final Report. <br />The Task Force was organized in late August 1978 and developed a list <br />of goals and timetables. OOjectives included developnent of (1) general <br />legal memoranda concerning federal reserved rights, with particular attention <br />being given to the specific or unique probleJIS associated with the federal <br />reservations administered by each agency, ( 2) an inventory of all the reserve<i <br />lands and water sources thereon, (3) a lrethodology by which each type of <br />reserved right clainecl could be physically quantified, (4) cost estimates <br />for quantification for each agency, (5) a priority list of areas for quantifi- <br />cation, considering areas where ongoing adjudications are taking place and <br />areas where water supply is exceeded by current demand, and (6) a conprehensive <br />program for the quantification of all federal water rights within a certain <br />time period. <br />The Task Force sought to involve states and the affected pubhc in <br />its work. Because the problell5 and questions associated with reserved <br />rights most directly affect the western United States,. the Secretary of the <br />Interior sent letters to all the Governors of the western States on October <br />19, l!:17l!, seeking their cooperation in the work of the Task Force and asking <br />for a response to ten specific questions covering areas of major concern. <br />All of the states responded to the Secretary I s request and their concerns <br />were carefully consiciered by the Task Force. The Task Force also published <br />in the Federal. Register on November 15, 197b, a notice seeking general public <br />-8- <br />