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<br />JUL-03-03 18:08 FROM:BALCOMB & GREEN PC <br />: ... '-"' -. .._~._.......... - .-......J ..... ,,- <br /> <br />ID:S70S458S02 <br /> <br /> <br />....... <br /> <br />':~}'\Il" , ,,. I.' , .. ':.. <br />,I, ~.;)....:", . :..,';'~ {;(lE~:f<:. <br /> <br />.: ~..:~l <br /> <br />..~~ <br />{... . _f 11.0: 9 J.i:'~~~:'." <br />.>y<Oill 'lllN.~.tei ;g:" yl'tl1:l:".e.-:': <br /> <br />Press Releases <br /> <br />For more information, contact the Public Information Department at <br />(750) 482-9500. <br /> <br />Efficiency StudY <br /> <br />All Headlines I Current He.adlines I View Articles bv Month <br /> <br />[previou~1 next] <br /> <br />110 Board president testifies on the QSA <br /> <br />2003-07-01 <br /> <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2003 <br />CONTACT: Susan M_ Giller (760) 482-9610 or Ron Hull <br />(760) 482-9601" <br /> <br />Imperial Irrigation District Board President Lloyd Allen <br />today urged a subcommittee of the Congressiona! <br />Committee on Resources to encourage the Department <br />of the Interior to postpone its 417 proceedings and allow <br />California's water agencies to complete work on the <br />Quantification Settlement Agreement. <br /> <br />"If we are to succeed with the implementation of the <br />QSA, Interior's attitude must change," Allen said. <br />"Interior must bring its outstanding issues to the <br />negotiating table so that the interested parties may <br />address those issues and bring the QSA to completion." <br /> <br />Allen urged the subcommittee to'facilitate the filing of a <br />joint motion by liD and the federal government to stay <br />proceedings with the federal court)n San Diego <br />surrounding the 417 proceedings_ <br /> <br />In both written and verbal testimony, Allen made three <br />recommendations that he called "crucial" to the success <br />of the QSA: <br /> <br />1. There must be face-to-face negotiations among <br />. the water agencies, Interior and the Basin States. <br /> <br />http://www.iid.comlpressbox/press_read.php3 ?which=3 73 <br /> <br />PAGE 28/34 <br />. "t;.>- . ... - <br /> <br />7/3/2003 <br />