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UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION <br />Work Meeting <br />Engineering Committee/Legal Committee Meeting <br />1:30 P.M. <br />June 28, 2005 <br />Civic Center — Board Room (Room 3) <br />200 West, Arrington Street <br />Farmington New Mexico <br />DRAFT AGENDA <br />1. Discussion of amendment to By -Laws to allow Commission meetings and actions <br />by telephone when determined necessary <br />2. Discussion of Secretary Norton's Letter <br />a. Report and comments on WY 2006 AOP Consultation <br />b. Upper Basin position on Lower Basin shortage criteria — negotiating <br />principles <br />c. Upper Basin position on conjunctive operation of Lakes Powell and Mead — <br />negotiating principles <br />d. Discussion of the formal process established by Interior <br />e. Plans to document policy and legal positions on Lake Powell release volume <br />f. Other <br />3. Navajo Settlement and hydrologic Determination <br />4. Discussion of Commission Budget for FY 2005 (if needed as follow -up to conf. <br />call) <br />5. Upper Basin Curtailment Procedures <br />a. Review of data requested in January <br />i. Estimate of last year's uses by each state <br />ii. Review state methods for determining last year's uses <br />iii. Pre -1922 water rights; number and volume of water <br />iv. Post -1922 water rights; number and volume of water <br />v. Estimate of post -1922 rights with wet water during a drought year <br />b. Discussion of method for determining consumptive uses <br />i. Inflow- outflow? <br />ii. Consumptive use approach such as Blaney- Criddle <br />c. Discussion of past over - releases to offset or forestall curtailment <br />6. Other <br />Note: <br />1. The budget Committee will discuss the proposed budget by conference call prior <br />to this meeting <br />2. If time does not permit proper discussion of item 5, it will be taken up in a future <br />Engineering Committee meeting and presented to Commissioners at a later date <br />