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<br />'< <br />\, <br />"""I:" <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" <br />'" <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br />www.cwcb.state.co.us <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />Susan Maul <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />July 14,2006 <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Agenda Item 6c - CWCB Director's Report <br /> <br />Federal and Interstate Issues (page 4) <br />. Ditch Bill Update <br />. Catskill Mountains Decision and <br />Miccosukee Update <br />. EPA Pursues Water Transfer Rule <br />. Clean Water Act Decision <br />. EP A Launches New Efficiency Program <br />. Senate Bill Cuts CWSRF <br />. San Joaquin River Settlement <br />. Think Tank Finds Desalinization Still A <br />Costly Option <br />. Water Bond Measure for $5.4 Billion to <br />go on California's November Ballot <br />. Western Governors' Association Meets, <br />Approves Report <br />. Alexander, Salazar Introduce Bipartisan <br />Legislation To Provide Permanent <br />Funding For Land and Water <br />Conservation Fund <br />. FY06 Supplemental Appropriations <br />Approved <br />. FY07 Appropriations Update <br />. Bureau Releases "Managing for <br />Excellence - An Action Plan for the 21" <br />Century" and Holds Public Meeting <br />. Reclamation Security Costs Addressed <br />at Oversight Hearing <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich <br />CWCB Director <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />. NRCS Announces Signup for Wetlands <br />Reserve Program Reverse Auction <br />. USDA Awards Nearly $20 Million in <br />Conservation Innovation Grants <br />. USDA Announces $11.8 Million in <br />Emergency Conservation Program <br />Funding for 18 States <br />. USDA Releases Web-Based Irrigation <br />Calculator Tool As Part of Overall <br />Energy Strategy <br />. Johanns Extends Incentives to Complete <br />EQIP practices Delayed by High Energy <br />Costs <br />. Brenda W. Burman Named <br />Reclamation's Deputy Commissioner for <br />External and Intergovernmental Affairs <br />. Kempthorne Confirmed as Interior <br />Secretary <br />. NWRA Seminar and Annual Meeting <br />Scheduled <br />. Western States Water Councill52st and <br />152nd Council Meeting <br />. WSWC Water Rights Adjudication <br />Conference Scheduled <br />. Water Information Management <br />Systems (WIMS) Workshop <br />