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00327/t Memo to Executive Subcommittee September 20, 19B3 Page 3 than the Abdnor bill, and is not supported by the Administration. The Abdnor bill is similar to the one introduced last year, but provision for a WRC-type board has been removed. The Office of Water policy has spent considerable time reviewing past national assessments, and the way these assessments were received by the public and the water community. The Office of Water Policy is ' presently working with the USGS to produce an annual survey of water conditions. The first of these surveys is scheduled to be completed November 22, and will contain a discussion of key policy issues,. Other Business Barry Saunders again raised the issue of effectiveness of standing subcommittees, pointing to apparent lack of interest in preparing annual work plans. He suggested that the Executive Subcommittee encourage the formation of ad hoc subcommittees to address specific issues, and pointed to the Task Committee on Water Augmentation as a good example. Vern Va1antine proposed formulation of such a subcommittee to look into runoff forecasting on the Colorado River, and hopefully to assist in improving techniques, procedures, and reliability. This proposal engendered much debate; all of the members appeared to favor the idea, but did not want any PSIAC action to cause political repurcussions or imply less-than-adequate performance by the Colorado River Forecasting Service. The final result was a motion: To instruct the Water and Vegetation Management Technical Subcommittee to advise the Executive Subcommittee at the December meeting on the desirability of establishing an ad hoc committee on Colorado River forecasting. This motion passed unanimously, and Bob Erwin accepted the charge on behalf of the Water and Vegetation Management Technical Subcommittee. Also discussed under Other Business was the PSIAC meeting schedule. Frank Dunn said that he has observed that organizations meeting only once a year are rarely effective. He said that if the Corps of Engineers is elected to chair PSIAC and the Executive Subcommittee, he would like to schedule a meeting of the Executive Subcommittee in December at Las Vegas. This, meeting would immediately preceed the Colorado River Water Users meeting. None of the members expressed opposition to this proposal. Election of Chairman The Corps of Engineers was elected unanimously as Chair agency for the Executive Subcommittee. C-3 j ",.;