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<br />. . <br /> <br />~~) <br /> <br />{j~1 <br /> <br />. <br />~ ('" <br />., <br /><II ,! <br /> <br />. or..,')r;1 <br />U t-~ i..t....J . <br />Corps of Engineers and the barge line operators and shippers "ere so notified <br /> <br /> <br />immediately. <br /> <br /> <br />It is anticipated that even 1v.L th a substantially shortened navigation <br /> <br /> <br />season there may be a drawdo1in of possibly some 2 million acre-feet of water <br /> <br /> <br />from the main stem storage in 1961, due to the very sub-normaJ. seasonal water <br /> <br /> <br />supply. One of the basic purposes of storage in any reservoir is to provide <br /> <br /> <br />water for use in periods of rmusually low flow and drought, and it is just <br /> <br /> <br />such use that is being planned for the service of the Basin. No needed _ter <br /> <br /> <br />will be denied to irrigation or any other preferential beneficial consumptive <br /> <br /> <br />use in any area, and all outstanding Federal pOvTer commitments will be met. <br /> <br /> <br />It has been the consistent policy of the Corps of Engineers, in co- <br /> <br /> <br />operation with other Federal and State interests, to operate the main stem <br /> <br /> <br />reservoirs in f'LliJ. accord v~th the authorizing Flood Control Act of 1944 and <br /> <br /> <br />the O'Mahoney-Millikin Amendment. In light of differences of opinion as to the <br /> <br /> <br />meaning of the O'Maboney-Millikin Amendment with reference to hydro power pro- <br /> <br /> <br />duction, the Chief of Engineers has requested of the U. S. Attorney General an <br /> <br /> <br />interpretation of the meaning of this Amendment in regard to the question of <br /> <br /> <br />legal priority of hydroelectric power generation at the Missouri River main <br /> <br /> <br />stem dams over navigation to the use of _ter in the authorized project in the <br /> <br />Missouri River. <br /> <br />Studies conducted by a subcormnittee of the Missouri Basin Inter-Agency <br /> <br /> <br />Committee have shovm conclusively that sufficient _ter 101ill be available rm- <br /> <br /> <br />der an equitably balanced multiple- purpose river program to provide navigation <br /> <br /> <br />on the Missouri rmder the present "open channel" project authorization for a <br /> <br /> <br />number of decades. <br /> <br />If and when irrigation and other consumptive uses approach the point that <br /> <br /> <br />adequate vrater no longer may be available for this type navigation channel, <br /> <br /> <br />the installation of a system of locks and dams would provide for continuation of <br /> <br />~~+ <br />~~;<,~~ <br />~~~~Jf! <br />I <br />f~jJ <br /> <br />/~;#"::.. ;. <br />;<st~:~. <br />l~~~~~ <br />-'-;~'.".;. '- <br /> <br />rl~ <br />~~l~ <br /> <br />Iii <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />0:/;,-;.00. <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />({/~f~;. <br /> <br />"-.>., <br />." -' -'~' <br /> <br /> <br />6 <br />