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<br />u03241 <br /> <br />Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources <br />Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife <br />Page 6 <br />August 31, 2001 <br /> <br />. QSA and related environmental reviews and negotiations <br /> <br />. Proposed Land Management, Crop Rotation, Water Supply Program between PVID <br />and MWD <br /> <br />. Draft Coachella Valley Water Management Plan <br /> <br />. All American Canal and Coachella Canal lining projects environmental reviews, state <br />funding and construction agreements <br /> <br />. Drafts of the QSA and all related documents <br /> <br />. MWD, in cooperation with others, has initiated development of potential Colorado <br />River water storage and conjunctive use programs in: <br />Hayfield Valley <br />Chuckwalla Valley <br />Cadiz Valley <br />Lower Coachella Valley <br />Arizona <br /> <br />. Proposed Quantification Settlement Facilitation Act (H.R. 2764) <br />provide habitat enhancements for species using the Salton Sea <br />improve water conservation and river management <br /> <br />These programs and projects are being complemented by the individual Agencies efforts in <br />developing additional water conservation, water reuse, and other local projects. <br /> <br />Current Problems and Potential Obstacles Affecting Implementation of the California Plan <br /> <br />The Agencies are committed to executing the QSA, maintaining the Colorado River Interim <br />Surplus Guidelines, and the timely implementation of the California Plan to allow California to <br />meet its Colorado River water needs within its basic apportionment of river water. We have <br />demonstrated our commitment by the remarkable progress that has been made to date, by our <br />willingness to be flexible in the means to achieve the desired result, and by our willing to accept <br />more than a fair share of responsibility, cost, and additional risks for benefits to the state that will <br />be derived from the implementation of the California Plan. The potential problems for which we <br />have direct control have been dealt with. The single most significant problem affecting the <br />implementation of the California Plan is how to address the temporal impacts of the QSA <br />transfers on the Salton Sea. The single most significant problem affecting the effectiveness <br />of the California Plan is the fully protected species matter. <br /> <br />These are matters that are beyond our direct control to resolve. Accordingly, we have engaged <br />diverse interests to help develop administrative and legislative means to resolve them. This has <br /> <br />6 <br />