Board Meeting 05/03/1985

• Board Meeting Date: 5/3/1985
• Description: Minutes, Agenda, Memorandums May 3, 1985
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

APPENDIX DSTATE OF COLORADO
COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
. Department of Natural Resources
721 State Centennial Building , •i
1313 Sherman Street
Denver,Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
Richard D.Lamm
Governor
J.William McDonald
Director
M E M O R A N D U M David W.Walker
Deputy Director
TO Members, CWCB
FROM: Bill McDonald
DATE: April 24, 1985
SUBJECT: Agenda Item 9c, May 3 , 1985, Board Meeting--
Reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act
Introduction
Bills authorizing the Endangered Species Act for periods of
four or five years have been introduced in the House (H.R. 1027)
and the Senate (S. 725) , respectively. Neither bill provides for
. substantive amendments to the Act. Hearings were held in the
House in mid-March and in the Senate on April 16 and 18.
Indications are that both the House and Senate subcommittees of
jurisdiction will seek to mark-up their respective bills during
May.
Discussion
At its March meeting, the Board outlined its position on the
reauthorization of the Act and directed me to submit testimony on
its behalf at any Congressional hearings . There were five
elements to the Board 's position:
(1) concern for potential conflicts between the
administration of the Act and the exercise of water
rights under state law and the allocations of water
made by interstate compact or judicial decree;
( 2) support for the on-going efforts to find administrative
solutions to these conflicts in the Upper Colorado
River and Platte River Basins,
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