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<br />jtr-ll-I~~ti Uj:UD rn UHNltL H J~KHtL r~ <br /> <br />DUl qtHl ~~UO <br /> <br />~, UC: <br /> <br />'0 <br /> <br />Hearinp were held in the Houn Su mmittee on Water and Power in April of 1998, and <br />in the Senate Subcommittee on Water d Power in June of 1998. Congress proposed several <br />change8 to the trans~ which had b agreed upon by the District and the Aclministration. <br />ThOlo changes dealt with the ition prige - specifiCllilly the treatment of ongoing <br />payments to the United States T arising out of a hydroelectric license, and second, <br />an acquisition component reflecting propoeed conversion of a small amount of the stored <br />water &om irrigation uses to M&I us ,The Congrea felt that the M&:1 convtmrion was too <br />speculative and has deleted that 6:0 <br />The bill is subject to Senate <br /> <br /> <br />orgy Committee markup on Septembv 23, 1998. <br />us consent in the Senate and then the House will do <br /> <br />Hopefully, it will soon llCCUR: unani <br /> <br />the same. Interestingly, the treatment fthe Vallecito transfer and other bills by the House <br />Resource Committee on August 4th, 1 98, WIl8 important in cI'Cating II breakthrough for title <br />transfers. Specifically, the HOUSCI Re. reel Committee marked up a series of transfers and <br />in doing .0 relolved between R.epubl and Democ:nts in the Congre.s the treatment of <br />NEPA. SpecificaUy, transfers wi no chanp in operations would require a short <br />environmental UIeIIDllll1.t and w d be completed 8ix months after Congressional <br />authorization. Transfers with propos d chege! in operation. would take either a larger <br />environmental anellmcnt or an cnvi ental imprwt statement and would be completed <br />within two yean of enactment. A of bills are now poised for elWllment by Congress <br />in the last three weeb ofitll 19981es ion, <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />S/I7'd <br /> <br />Et:l7t 86, 12 Q3S <br />