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<br />0032Ti <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />UNLIKE OTHER OF'F'ICES AND RUREAUS IN THE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE NOT <br />STEWARDS OF' ANYTHING TANGIBLE. BUT RATHER WE ARE STEWARDS OF' <br />AN IDEA--AND THE IDEA IS A SPECIAL RRAND OF' F'EDERALISM. WE ARE <br />STEWARDS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PREMISE THAT STATES HAVE PRIMARY <br />RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGEMENT AND ALLOCATION OF THE WATER RESOURCES <br />WITHIN THEIR BORDERS. AND IF THERE IS ANY SINGLE IDEA THAT CAP- <br />TURF.S THE ESSENCE OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S WATF.R POLICY, THIS IS IT. <br /> <br />THE OBJECTIVE OF THE OFFICE OF W~rER POLICY IS TO ASSIST IN <br /> <br /> <br />COORDINATING WATER POLICY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, <br /> <br /> <br />AND IN RELATING AND TRANSLATING THE NEEDS OF THE STATES INTO <br /> <br /> <br />DEPARTMENTAL POLICY. WE WORK CLOSELY NOT ONLY WITH THE BUREAU OF <br /> <br /> <br />RECLAMATION AND THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BUT WITH ALL OTHER INTERIOR <br /> <br /> <br />BUREAUS AS THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES APFECT THE NATION'S WATER <br /> <br /> <br />RESOURCES. IT IS OUR JOB TO COORDINATE POLICY DEVELOPMENT WITH <br /> <br /> <br />THE GOAL OF SEEKING A UNIPIED POLICY FOR THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE, <br /> <br /> <br />AND TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE VARIOUS POLICIES 01" THE RUREAUS ARE <br /> <br /> <br />CONSISTENT WITH THE ORJECTIVE OF STATE PRIMACY IN WATER ALLOCATION <br /> <br /> <br />AND MANAGEMENT. <br /> <br />STRUcrURALLY, OUR OFFICE REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY THROUGH THE <br /> <br /> <br />ASSISTANT SECRETARY POR LAND AND WATER RESOURCES, GARREY CARRUTHERS. <br /> <br /> <br />OUR RESl'ONSIBILITY IS STRICTLY LIMITED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF' THE <br /> <br /> <br />INTERIOR, ALTHOUGH ALL OF US SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE FEW <br /> <br /> <br />II" ANY WATER ISSUES THAT FALL TOTALLY WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF A SINGLE <br /> <br />C-8 <br /> <br />"s-. <br />