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<br />002159 <br /> <br />the Executive Office of the President--the Domestic council, <br />OMB, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and the <br />Office of Science and Technology (OST). (A list of Task <br />Force members follows the text of this report.) <br /> <br />~ <br />) <br /> <br />The Task Force, in turn, created a staff-level Working <br />Group, chaired by Samuel D. Eaton, Brownell's Executive <br />Assistant. The Working Group included representatives from <br />the Task Force agencies and departments, and the Department <br />of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and <br />Soil Conservation Service (SCS). (A list of Working Group <br />members also follows the text of this report.) <br /> <br />The Task Force and the Working Group began work immediately <br />after Brownell was sworn in. Two sets of questions faced <br />them. One concerned the international legal aspects of <br />water quality differences, and included such questions as-- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Is Mexico legally obligated to accept <br />Well ton-Mohawk drainage as part of its treaty <br />allotment? <br /> <br />\ <br />.. <br /> <br />. Is the U.S. legally justified in limiting the <br />improvement in water quality to salt balance <br />equivalence? <br /> <br />e Do Mexican water users have a right to receive <br />water of the same quality as American water users <br />who are served by Imperial Dam?7 <br /> <br />The other set dealt with the means of guaranteeing the <br />quality of water delivered to Mexico, whatever the eventual <br />salinity level--the "technical" solutions. The short- and <br />long-term measures to be considered were much the same as <br />those presented to President Nixon earlier in the year. <br /> <br />8 <br />