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<br />6 <br /> <br />FERRETS OUT ANY INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE DEPARTMENTAL POLICY OF <br /> <br />RECOGNIZING STATE SUPREMACY OVER WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, AND <br /> <br />IT AIMS AT ELIMINATING EXCESSIVE FEDERAL CONTROLS OVER STATES IN <br /> <br />WATER MATTERS. THIS TASK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DECEMBER, BUT WE <br />HAVE ALREADY !lAD SOME VERY POSITIVE RESULTS. IN MORE THAN ONE <br /> <br />BUREAU MANUAL, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE UPDATED EARLIER LANGUAGE THAT <br />WOULD HAVE PROVIDED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF FEDERAL NONRESERVED <br />WATER RIGHTS. BILL COLDIRON, OUR INTERIOR SOLICITOR, HAS CORRECTLY <br />REMOVED THAT LEGAL FICTION FROM THE FEDERAL "BAG OF TRICKS." <br /> <br />THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FEDERAL NONRESERVED WATER RIGHT. <br /> <br />OUR OPERATING MANUALS NOW REFLECT TillS CHANGE IN LEGAL PHILOSOPHY. <br /> <br />IN OTHER CASES, WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST BUREAUS IN THE WRITING OF <br />WATER RI~HTS MANUALS. BECAUSE OF OUR EXTENSIVE REVIEWS, WE WERE <br />IN A POSITION TO HELP THE BUREAUS AVOID MISTAKES, AND MAKE CERTAIN <br /> <br />AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE EARLIEST DRAFTS CONTAINED PROPER LANGUAGE <br /> <br />RECOGNIZING THE PRIMARY ROLE OF STATES IN WATER ALLOCATION AND <br /> <br />MANAGEMENT. <br /> <br />WATER FOR AMERICA, 1983 <br />NATIONAL WATER SUMMARY <br /> <br />WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF AN ACTIVITY WITH THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL <br /> <br />SURVEY THAT WE THINK WILL BE VERY USEFUL TO A BROAD SPECTRUM OF THE <br /> <br />WATER COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE FIRST EDITION OF WHAT WILL BE AN <br /> <br />ANNUAL SUMMARY OF WATER CONDITIONS AND POLICIES. IT WILL BE <br /> <br />AVAILABLE BY THE END OF NOVEMBER. <br /> <br />C-ll <br />