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<br /> 001:S74 . . <br />\ . <br /> . additional stations <br /> pro tee tion. Also, data collection have <br />f ~ <br /> been added by the National Weather Service, the Soil Con- <br /> <br />servation Service, and the Bureau of Reclamation at locations <br /> <br />throughout the Colorado River's mountainous watershed to <br /> <br />provide real-time operating data. T-he- add i tional real-time <br /> <br />data should significantly contribute to improved and more <br /> <br />timely forecasting of streamflow and reservoir operations. <br /> <br />Basin States and Federal <br />Review of River Operations <br /> <br />In July 1983, the Commissioner of the Bureau of <br /> <br />Reclamation requested that the Governors of the Basin states <br /> <br />each appoint a representative to join with various federal <br /> <br />agencies in a review of 1983 river operations to determine <br /> <br />possible modifications to improve river operations. These <br /> <br />representatives have joined in making this statement. <br /> <br />We reviewed the 1983 runoff experience and the Bureau of <br /> <br />Reclamation's studies of the 1983 runoff; participated in <br /> <br />oversight hearings conducted by the House Committees on <br /> <br />Interior and Insular Affairs and on Science and Technology <br /> <br />regarding the Bureau of Reclamation's management of the 1983 <br /> <br />runoff; considered various proposals to increase the amount <br /> <br />of vacant flood control space in the reservoirs and to reduce <br /> <br />the Hoover Dam maximum release' objective to 35,000 cfs; and <br /> <br />reviewed the Bureau of Reclamation's plans for future years' <br /> <br />operations. After consideration of all factors, we, the <br /> <br />representatives of the seven Colorado River Basin states, <br /> <br />prepared two statements of position, dated December 7, 1983 <br /> <br />-10- <br />