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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />btr-~l-l~~~ U~iUO rn <br /> <br />UNNJLL n Iv~H~L rv <br /> <br />oue:: "fOD ~OUO <br /> <br />r,'u~' <br /> <br />U'P~<l <br />""". ._'l'J',~". <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />Hearinp wue held in the House Su <br /> <br />'ttee on Water and Power in April of 1998, and <br /> <br />in the SenatE Subcommittee on Watm POWer in June of 1998. Congras proposed several <br /> <br />changes to the transftlr which bad agreed upon by the District and the Adminiatration. <br /> <br />Those changes dealt with the 'tiOll prioc - apeoifioally the tnlatment of ongoing <br /> <br />payments to the United States T arising out of a hydroelectric license, and second, <br /> <br />an acquisition oomponeIlt ret1eet:ing ~.~ COIlWrBion of a small amount of the stored <br /> <br /> <br />watm: &om irrigation UBC8 to M&I , The Consren felt that the M&I ccmnmriOll Willi too <br /> <br />speculative and has deleted that fro <br /> <br />The bill is subject to Senate ergy Committee markup on September 23. 1998. <br /> <br />Hopefully, it will soon secure: unani us consent in the Senate and then the HOUIlC win do <br /> <br /> <br />the same. IntereStinIlY, the f the Vallecito trimsfer' and other bills by the House <br /> <br />Resource Committee on Aupst 4th, 98, WIllI important in creating a brea1cthrough for title <br /> <br />transfers. Specifically, the House ~ Committee marked up a Beries oftrllnllfers and <br /> <br />in doing 10 resolved between R.epub and Democmtl in the Congress the treatment of <br /> <br />NEPA. Specifically, transfen wi no clumge in operations would require a short <br /> <br />environmental ."eNmlmt and w d be completed six months after Congronional <br /> <br />IIUthorization, Transfers with changes in OperaUonI would take either a larger <br /> <br />environmentalu_smant or an envi ental impact statement and would be completed <br /> <br />within two yare of enactment. A ofbiUs are now poiecd for cnactmcnt by Congre8I <br /> <br />in the 1astthree weeb ofm 1998 lies ion. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />S/I1'd <br /> <br />Et:I1t 86. t2 d3S <br />