Board Meeting 11/03/1983

• Board Meeting Date: 11/3/1983
• Description: Agenda, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

Thereupon Chairman Vandemoer adjourned the meeting at 4:45

p.m.

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Chairman Vandemoer reconvened the meeting at 8:30 a.m. on
November 4, 1983.

Agenda Item 18- Little Snake River Management Project, Wyoming

This item was discussed at Executive Session on Friday morning
at breakfast.

Bill Paddock outlined the issues and the meeting held
between Colorado and Wyoming officials in November, 1983. Mr.
Danielson also discussed the Compact issues involved.

Some of the issues discussed were:

Can Wyoming divert water from the west to the east slope?

What are Wyoming's responsibility to Colorado under the
Compact?

What would be the division of water between the states?

The general consensus was that since Wyoming may not proceed
on this project Colorado should try to have Wyoming withdraw its
application from the water court.

Agenda Item 19 - Operation of the Colorado River Reservoirs

Mr. McDonald's memo of October 28 to the Board. (See Appendix
J attached.) Key points were Board's formal position in the
statement McDonald submitted to the House Interior and Insular
Affairs Committee on September 7, 1983.

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The BOR's 84-85 proposed operations plan present 4 key issues
outlined in the memorandum. The Recommended Board position in
addition to the memorandum points is:

(1) Have the BOR write a statement to the effect that the
targeted storage space on January 1 is necessary for
health and safety. Also, to document that this is a
unique one time situation and establishes absolutely no
precedent or in any way prejudices the Upper Basin
position with respect to Compact matters.

(2) There is no basis for more than 5.35 MAF of flood control
storage in the Colorado River system and Colorado will
accept no more than the this amount.

(3) The proposed operation results in Upper Basin Reservoirs
not being filled each year. This isn't acceptable.

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