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• Board Meeting Date: 7/25/2006
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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savings of these treatment options. The analysis also identifies potential energy savings that can
. result from carrying out the recommendations of a pump plant evaluation.

USDA intends for producers to use the "Energy Estimator for Irrigation" for guidance rather than
as a sole source for decision-making on irrigation water management. USDA recommends that
producers take their irrigation analysis to their local USDA Service Center, extension office,
irrigation or water district, or pump or utility companies for more field-specific assistance.

Additional information about USDA's "Energy Estimator for Irrigation" can be found at
htto://iDat.sc.el!ov.usda.l!ov/. Additional information about the USDA Energy Initiative, including
the other two estimators, can be found at htto://www.nrcs.usda.l!ov/enerl!V

Johanns Extends Incentives to Complete EQIP Practices Delayed by High Energy Costs:
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced June 2 that the deadline for completing
environmental projects to qualify for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
energy cost assistance will be extended to September I. Prior to this announcement the deadline
for completion of the EQIP projects was June 30.

The EQIP energy cost assistance applies to regular EQIP projects, Ground and Surface Water
Conservation EQIP projects and Klamath Basin EQIP projects. For more information on this
one-time adjustment, go to the NRCS Web site htto://www.nrcs.usda.l!OV or visit your nearest
USDA Service Center

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Brenda W. Burman Named Reclamation's Deputy Commissioner for External and
Intergovernmental Affairs: : Bureau of Reclamation Acting Commissioner William Rinne on
June 7 announced the appointment of Brenda W. Burman of Washington, DC, as Reclamation's
Deputy Commissioner for External and Intergovernmental Affairs. Burman will oversee
Reclamation's Congressional and Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs activities. She is also the
executive responsible for Reclamation's national relationships with federal, state and local
governments, as well as citizen and other nongovernmental groups.

Kempthorne Confirmed as Interior Secretary: The U.S. Senate on May 26 approved former
Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne as the new Secretary of the Interior. Kempthorne, who was
first elected governor in 1998, is also a former senator. Kempthorne told a Senate panel May 4
that he wants to work with Congress to revise the Endangered Species Act if confirmed as
Interior secretary.

NWRA Seminar and Annual Meeting Scheduled: The National Water Resources Association's
2006 Western Water Seminar, entitled "Water and the West, Stretching Existing Supplies, Water
Reuse, Recycling and Desalination" is being held on July 26-28 at the Park City Marriot in Park
City, Utah

The NWRA's Annual Meeting is scheduled for November 28-December I at the Hotel Del
Coronado, in San Diego, California. Information on this meeting will be posted on the NWRA's
website as it becomes available.

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Western States Water Council 15lst and 152nd Council Meeting: The 151st Western States
Water Council meetings were held July 9-21, at the Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center in
Breckenridge. CWCB Director Rod Kuharich attended. The meetings began with a federal
roundtable discussion featuring representatives from the Department of Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Resources

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