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<br />activity since established. One intended benefit of going through the state bank was that <br />the bank administrator would act as a broker, connecting sellers and buyers. Since most <br />temporary water use arrangements are made locally, the statewide bank has not <br />functioned in this manner." <br />For Water District 1, three members of the Committee of Nine (appointed by the <br />Chairman), along with the superintendent of the Bureau of Reclamation's Minidoka <br />Project and the District 1 watermaster, form the Rental Committee that assists the <br />watermaster in making certain rental decisions. This committee has specific oversight <br />responsibilities but meetings of this committee generaIly occur only when disputes arise. <br />The watermaster acts as the manager of the rental pool." <br />The Advisory Committee of Water District 63 has specified administrative <br />responsibilities, including setting policies for the investment and disbursement of funds <br />generated by the rental pool. The watermaster acts as the general manager of the rental <br />pool." Similarly, in Water District 65, the watermaster is designated as the manager of <br />the rental pool, while the local Advisory Committee is delegated specific administrative <br />tasks." <br /> <br />2.1.3 Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Water Supply Bank <br />The 1990 Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, approved by <br />Congress, authorized the creation of a fifth bank in Idaho-the Shoshone-Bannock Water <br />Supply Bank." The settlement also confirmed tnbal water rights in the Upper Snake <br />River Basin, including storage in American Falls Reservoir (46,931 acre-feet) and in <br />Palisades Reservoir (83,900 acre-feet). Final rules governing operation of the bank were <br /> <br />"7elephone conversation with Ronald D. Carlson (Oct. I, 1993). and interview with Glenn Saxton, Idaho <br />Depanment of Water Resources (April 27, 1993). <br /> <br />"District 1 Procedures, at rule 4. <br /> <br />"District 63 Procedures, at rule 4. <br /> <br />"District 6S Procedures, at rule 4. <br /> <br />aosee Pub. L. No. 101-602, 104 SiaL 3061 (1990); 1991 Idaho Sess. Laws, ch. 228, at 547. <br /> <br />2-20 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />