BOARD01199

• Board Meeting Date: 1/20/1993
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos. Partial.
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

16b. HR 429, Reclamation Projects Authorizations and Adjustment Act of 1993 (5:19 - e
5:30 p.m.)

This Agenda Item was deferred until the March, 1993 Board meeting, Jim Lochhead gave
a briefing on one aspect of HR 429 - this Bill establishes the Western Water Policy
Review Commission, to review present and anticipated water resource problems affecting
the 19 western states, including state and federal agency interaction, rural community
water supply problems, needs and opportunities for additional storage and other
arrangements to augment existing supplies, and review the historical use and effectiveness
of various institutional arrangements to address problems of water quality, allocation,
planning, flood control and other aspects of water development Lochhead also gave an
overview of his testimony to Senator Bradley's Committee on the institutional
relationships between the states and the federal government No action was taken,

24a. Endangered Fish Recovery Program - Sufficient Progress (5:30 - 6:00 p.m.)

Peter Evans gave a presentation on the Sufficient Progress Agreement developed by the
Recovery Implementation Program's Management Committee. It seeks a restructuring of
the way Section 7 Consultations are done, specifically that recovery activities are planned
on the basis of biological priorities rather than using where water projects are anticipated
to occur, and where impacts will need to offset The Sufficient Progress Agreement also
addresses the historic depletion issue. Additionally, a Recovery Action Plan was developed
that is biologically prioritized to assure that the Program is moving forward quickly
enough to serve as the reasonable and prudent alternative, The Management Committee
is still working closely with entities who are not completely satisfied to resolve their
concerns. This agreement will be presented to the Implementation Committee at its
January 27, 1993 meeting for its approval. A trip is scheduled for Washington D.C. to
seek funding for the Program in April. Ken Salazar suggested that the Board formally
review the Sufficient Progress Agreement in light of the State's compact entitlement, and
have a meeting by phone to discuss the Board members' input on this document prior to
the Implementation Committee meeting, Wendy Weiss (AGO) commented that it was
important for Colorado to have appropriate time to review this document Bob Green
(FWS) commented that this needed to be resolved before the Washington D,C. trip. No
formal action was taken.

25, Floodplain Management Program - (6:00 - 6:01 p,m,)

This Agenda Item was deferred until the March, 1993 Board meeting,

26,

Workshops (6:01 - 6:02 p,m,)

No problems were identified with the February 19, 1993 or April 5, 1993 workshops to
be held in Denver. No action was taken,

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