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<br />A 1." <br /> <br />options can be considered. However, none of the broad policy directions <br /> <br />listed below address the multitude of details which will have to be addressed <br /> <br />in implementing anyone of them. In addition, attention is drawn to the <br /> <br />fact. that it is not necessary to adopt any of the suggested approaches <br /> <br />as.a national policy. It may, in fact, be c~nsidered more desirable to <br /> <br />address the problem regiOnally, by State, by. watershed, or by large river <br /> <br />basin, with a range of alternatives available to the interested parties. <br /> <br />.rhe possible approaches to be considered for quantifying Federal reserved <br /> <br />wa!:.!!r rights include:. <br /> <br />1. The status quo. <br /> <br />This option would continue the present procedure of quantifying <br /> <br />Federal reserved water rights in the courts. This option would <br /> <br /> <br />enable the courts to continue to clarify the law governing the <br /> <br />doc:ttine of rest!rved water rights. As this law develops, the <br /> <br />water users in the various stream systems can approach either the <br /> <br />courts or the Congress for resolution of their particular problems. <br />2. Legislative 'resolution <br /> <br />.. This approach would involve adoption by the Congress of procedures <br /> <br />and criteria by which Federal reserved water rights are to be <br /> <br />quantified and a mechanism for management and enforcement. The <br /> <br />Cove=ent would then apply these criteria to all Federal reser- <br /> <br />vations and enclaves for which reserved vater rights are to be <br /> <br />calimed . <br /> <br />3. Judicial resolution <br /> <br />This would recognize that certain disputes may be resolved only in <br /> <br />4 <br />