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" lfil~~~17~~~ n lllJUN 16 1977_ tu MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD DEPARTiv'lbl I lJr NATURAL RESOllRCES 13 May 1977 meeting with High Plains Council Structure And Contractor Selection Committee L I~ [", /Do.ns SUBJECT: 1. The subject meeting was held at the Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport Marina Hotel on 13 May 1977 at 1:00 pm, to review and discuss preliminary study cost estimates for Corps of Engineers participation in the High Plains - Ogallala Aquifer Study. Barry Rought and I represented SWD at the meeting and Gus Karabatsos and Paul Barber represented MRD. Attachment 1 lists all the state and Federal agency representatives in attendance. 2. James Rose, Executive Director of the Texas Water Development B9ard, presided over the meeting and in his opening remarks complimented the attendees on the way they were working together and cooperating in getting the study underway. Mr. Rose summarized the results of the previous coordination meeting held in Dallas on 15 April 1977 and stressed the importance of the group coming to an early decision on a level of funding for the Corps to perform water transmission studies. 3. Barry Rought announced that General McGinnis would be leaving shortly to become the Director of Civil Works in Washington, D. C."and would be replaced by General James G. Donovan. Mr. Rought reviewed the contents of the Conceptual Study Program and Cost Estimate package (Attachment 2) mailed earlier to the committee members for their review. He stressed the preliminary nature of the estimates and the fact that the routes shown were conceptual only based on previous water transmission considerations. In this regard, one of' the state representatives indicated he would like the Corps to consider an additional route which takes water from the Missouri River in Montana and diverting it south by gravity feed across the High Plains to reduce energy cost and pumping requirements. 4. Considerable discussion ensued amongst the state members over the interprepation of Corps responsibilities for determining water availabilities for transmission consideration., Mr. Rought stated that the estimate prepared by the Corps did not included detailed water availability studies and that it was our understanding from the 15 April meeting that the states would determine the origin and quantities of water to be considered for transmision as well as the destination points to be served. Mr. Karabatsos estimated that the study costs shown would have to be increased 30-40 percent if detailed water availablity studies were required. It was agreed that this would not be a Corps responsibility and that the Corps involvement would be limited to the engineering feasibility of water transmission only. Both Mr. Rought and Mr. Karabatsos assured the committee that the Corps would work closely with the states and make available any hydrologic information we might have on a given area which would be helpful to them in their considerations.