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<br />-~----- - <br />O:::Z5L? <br /> <br />the salinity differential over some period of years. It was sound-I remember that <br />we checked it independently. The Minute itself never mentioned the desalting <br />plant. I always thought that Mexico insisted on this so that they would still have <br />the guarantee even if the desalting plant was never built. <br /> <br />The issue of replacing the brine stream from the desalting plant has never been <br />settled. The authorizing legislation contains a statement of Federal responsibility, <br />but there's never been a plan to carry it out. <br /> <br />Committee members believed that the Minute was really a new treaty or an <br />amendment to the existing treaty. It went beyond the scope of a minute [an <br />interpretation of treaty language]. It never came to the floor of the Senate for <br />,ratification because the states were united in their support for its basic provisions. <br /> <br />[NOTE: Myron Holburt also provided a number of valuable corrections and <br />clarifications of points in the draft report, which have been incorporated in the <br />final version.] <br /> <br />.,.I <br /> <br />brownell,rpl <br /> <br />B-4 <br /> <br />September 1991 <br />