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<br />. North Fork of the Gunnison River-Paonia <br />Reservoir Study <br /> <br />Platte River Basin (Page 14) <br /> <br />. Water Management Study Update <br />. Dry Creek Flood Control Project <br />. Cherry Creek Site Specific PMP Study <br />. Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Study <br /> <br />Rio Grande Basin (Page 15) <br /> <br />. RGDSS Status Report <br />. Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project <br />. Floodplain Management Workshop <br />. Alamosa River Restoration Project <br /> <br />San Juanl Dolores River Basin (Page 16) <br /> <br />. ALP Meeting <br /> <br />Yampa and White River Basin (Page 16) <br /> <br /> <br />. : Yampa Water Management Planning <br /> <br />Agency (page 17) <br /> <br />. : Personnel Update <br />, <br />. JBC Figure Setting <br /> <br />Attachments (page 18) <br /> <br />. ' Summary of Resolved Cases <br />. De minimis Cases <br />. Loan Repayment Delinquency and Financial <br />Activity Report <br />. Design & Construction Status Report <br />. Contract Processing Report <br />.' Marketing Update <br />.. Grant and Non-reimbursable Project Status <br />Report <br />.: Norton's remarks to EU <br />.; Interior Budget Highlights <br />i <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br />Federal & Int~rstate Issues <br /> <br />Griles Nominated to be Deputy Interior Secretary:'Interior Secretary Gale Norton has <br />announced the nomination of J. Steven Griles to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Interior. Griles <br />served at Interior under President Reagan. Griles was the Assistant Secretary for Lands and <br />Minerals Management from 1984 to 1989, Deputy As~istant Secretary for Land and Water from <br />i983 to 1984 and Deputy Director of the Office ofSutface Mining from 1981 to 1983. <br /> <br />Norton Address to National Environmental POlicy ~nstitute: On Mar. 8 Interior Secretary <br />Gaie Norton addressed the National Environmental PGlicy Institute's annual Environmental <br />Summit in Washington, D.C. The conference was entitled "Democratizing Environmental <br />Policy: Moving State and Local Priorities into Washil).gton." A copy of Norton's written remarks <br />are attached. . <br /> <br />FY2002 Budget: President George W. Bush released: a sununary of his budget request on <br />February 27, to be followed by the traditional, more <\etailed budget documents in April. The <br />summary, "A Blueprint for New Beginnings," can be ~eviewed at <br />www.whitehouse.l!ov/news/usbudaetlblueorint. The document includes highlights for each <br />department. The highlights for the Department of the 'Interior are attached. <br /> <br />Clean Water ActITMDLs: On Feb. 28 the HOUlle Infrastructure and Transportation <br />Committee's Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held a hearing on several <br />Clean Water Act (CW A) regulations adopted by the q;linton administration. Representing the <br />National Governors Association (NGA), North Dakota Governor John Hoeven spoke about <br />CW A reauthorization, watershed management, nonp~int source management, state revolving <br />funds, total maximum daily ioads (TMDLs), concenltated animal feeding operations (CAPOs), <br />and other issues. . <br /> <br />On the subject ofTMDLs, Hoeven urged Congress t6 adopt a CW A amendment providing states <br />with fifteen years to comply with the recent TMDL regulations. He suggested that states should <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />';' :.:"'$1...'..,','.:. :..' :.,,!<::,;)::~:~~d~~~~;.. <br />.. '..N;:"-"":~/l!'i," <br />