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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Initially, the staff will be engaged in three concurrent efforts: <br /> <br />1. The development of draft statements of criteria and <br /> <br />assumptions to be applied by the Council in arriving <br /> <br />at its recommendations to the Governors. These will <br /> <br />~ relate to matters of engineering feasibility, economic <br /> <br />C) <br />~ feasibility, political responsibility, legel considera- <br /> <br />tions, ethical desirability, "the protection and further- <br /> <br />ance of state and local interests" and such other factors <br /> <br />as may be relevant. <br /> <br />2. An intensive review and evaluation of the plans and <br /> <br />activities of the states and the federal government in <br /> <br />developing current and long-range estimates of water <br /> <br />needs and water resourceS in the 11 contiguous western <br /> <br />states and related areas. The review will include: <br /> <br />a. Description of content and time schedule <br /> <br />for completion of current studies. <br /> <br />b. Identification of gaps in the information. <br /> <br />c. Suggestion of appropriate means of correcting <br /> <br />the inadequacies of the information. <br /> <br />3. Preparation of synopses of: <br /> <br />a. The suggestions for water resource developments <br /> <br />requiring or affecting inter-basin diversions <br /> <br />of western water, summarizing the basic goals, <br /> <br />effects, and interrelationships of the suggested <br /> <br />diversions, and <br /> <br />b. Proposed state and federal legislation relating <br /> <br />to (inter-basin diversion of) western water <br /> <br />resources. <br />