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<br />B-4 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />The issue of replacing the brine stream from the desalting plant has never been settled. The <br />authorizing legislation contains a statement of Federal responsibility, but there's never been a <br />plan to carry it out. <br /> <br />Committee members believed that the Minute was really a new treaty or an amendment to the <br />existing treaty. It went beyond the scope of a minute [an interpretation of treaty language]. It <br />never came to the floor of the Senate for ratification because the states were united in their <br />support for its basic provisions. <br /> <br />[NOTE: Myron Holburt also provided a number of valuable corrections and clarifications of <br />points in the draft report, which have been incorporated in the final version.] <br />