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<br />c::> <br /> <br />Mr. David Brenn and Mr. James Rogers <br />December I, 1999 <br /> <br />Page 7 <br /> <br />N <br />~ <br />Cl') <br />N <br /> <br />was not accomplished, this failure was due more to the press of other priorities <br />rather than impasse. In fact, both parties now have a much clearer understanding <br />of the issues and will be able to further narrow those issues with direction from <br />the Operations Committee and/or the Administration. <br /> <br />A brief summary of the status of issues follows: <br /> <br />· The Operations Secretary has agreed and begun to provide the Assistant Operations <br />Secretary lldditionH 1 iOIDrmation, on at least a monthly basis, that will facilitate <br />monitoring and reconciling of differences between reservoir accounting and <br />operations. It is believed that this accommodation has resolved this concern. <br /> <br />\.. ,- <br />'~v.>..I' <br />\\.>, I '^'. If' <br />0-6-"~"" ~?-" <br />;--~ <br /> <br />. The Assistant Operations Secretary has asserted that the 1980 Operating plan does not <br />provide for the interruption of releases from conservation storage (as was done on <br />November I, 1997 and on July 25 and 31, 1998 per the Operation Secretary's 1998 <br />report) and therefore, should not occur. The Operations Secretary's position is that <br />the relevant portions of the 1980 Operating Plan (Section II. D, including references <br />to Sections II A and B) are silent concerning such interruptions, but that the practice <br />is consistent with Article V F of the Arkansas River Compact (conservation storage <br />would not have been exhausted during the non-irrigation season) and is suggested by <br />Section II B (3) in relation to the two instances which occurred in July. <br /> <br />The Operations Secretary will submit to the direction of the Administration on this <br />issue and urges the Operations Committee to make a recommendation to resolve this <br />ambiguity. This is an issue of immediate relevance to Compact Year 2000 <br />accounting. <br /> <br />. The Assistant Operations Secretary has criticized the use of certain accounts on the <br />basis that they are not specifically identified by the 1980 Operating Plan. The <br />underlying rationale for the objections to the use of these accounts are of greater <br />significance than is immediately apparent. In order for the Operations Committee to <br />properly consider the separate issues associated with each set of criticized accounts <br />and to formulate recommendations for consideration by ARCA, it is my <br />recommendation that a special meeting of the Operations Committee be convened in <br />the near future. <br /> <br />. The Operations Secretary does not agree that Section II G of the 1980 Operating Plan <br />requires accounting of spills to be conducted at the rate of physical outflow as <br />suggested by the Assistant Operations Secretary. This does not mean that such a <br />procedure is incorrect, in fact the Operations Secretary has attempted to demonstrate <br />that it makes no difference to account balances at the end of a period of spill whether <br />one accounts for spills from accounts at the rate of outflow or inflow. That being the <br />case, there should be no issue except as to preference. The Operations Secretary <br />