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<br />t-' <br /> <br />specified in phase (ii), particularly when both Lake Powell <br />and Lake Mead have substantial reserves of storage, any <br />problem caused by application of this criterion is not regarded <br />as serious. <br /> <br />Even this language could be read as indicating that the Committee under- <br /> <br />stood that the advantage/ous operating procedure would be foregone because <br /> <br />it would not be serious to follow the letter of the criterion. <br /> <br />The background for this statement in the report came from comments <br /> <br />of the Bureau of Reclamation dated February 9, 1966 I on Section 601 of <br /> <br />the proposed revision of H .R. 4671, draft of January 27, 1966. [See <br /> <br />Appendix 2 attached hereto.] A copy of this statement is found at page 1062 <br /> <br />of the Hearings before the Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation of the <br /> <br />Interior and Insular Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives I <br /> <br />89th Congress I 2d Session, Part 2. In this comment there is no indication <br /> <br />that the Bureau of Reclamation considered that it had a type of discretion <br /> <br />in the meeting of the obligations of the criteria such as displayed in the <br /> <br />proposed action of the Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />The next statement that could be interpreted that way is as follows: <br /> <br />That portion of Section 601 encompassed from the middle <br />of line IS of page 33 through line 3 of page 34 sets forth <br />specific criteria that will apply to a myriad of conditions in <br />the future. It is impossible to anticipate all of the combina- <br />tions of hydrOlogic sequences and economic and financial <br />factors that will occur in the future and to evaluate precisely <br />the effect of applYing rigid criteria under all such conditions. <br />Strict adherence to these specific criteria under some future <br />conditions might require, temporarily, a reservoir operation <br />which would not be the optimum operation, given those condi- <br />tions. We believe I hOwever I that such occasions would be <br />rare I of a few months duration at the most, and of minor con- <br />sequence. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />