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<br />- 002744 <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />consequential damages to the property of the tribe, prillate <br />persons, and the United states, which may result from the <br />proposed lease". <br /> <br />The Act also prollides, in Section 13(c), that no lease <br />of lands own~~,.~~~~pote or part by the United States between <br />Hooller Dam~w~eiellation 655.0 feet abolle sea lellel on Lake <br />Mohalle shall be granted unless the Secretary determines that <br />such lease would be consistent with the operation of Lake <br />Mohalle. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br />It is recommended that the Secretary's responsibilities <br />for determinations as to whether leases and uses of federal <br />lands riparian to the riller, including riller bank treatments <br />and improllements, are consistent with the operation and <br />maintenance of the Floodway, be centralized and that those <br />responsibilities be appropriately delegated to the Bureau of ()/V <br />Land Management for non-Indian lands and to the Bureau of <br />Indian Affairs for Indian lands, with technical assistance to <br />be provided by the Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />VII. ISSUE <br /> <br />Riller operations, consistent with "The Law of the <br />River", that prollide for more effective riller management for <br />both flood control and protection of reservoir storage <br />capacity. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Pursuant to the Criteria for Coordinated Long-Range <br />Operation of Colorado River Reservoirs (Operating Criteria), <br />the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Basin <br />states, develops an annual plan of operation for the Colorado <br />River reservoir system which is transmitted, along with any <br />subsequent revisions to the plan, to the Congress and to the <br />Governors of the Basin states. The Operating Criteria were <br />promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the <br />1968 Colorado Riller Basin project Act and are administered <br />consistent with the collection of documents refe~ to as <br />"The Law of the River" which establishes the ~~~g iU'ld <br />~ QI'l tJ;.e u:,e c",d- stor~re-fan~~ ~a~ ~IJO\r:. <br /> <br />With the filling of Lake powell in 1980, and the ~-cr~ <br />reGion\> high Colorado River flows, the Governor,s-......... <br />representatives of the Basin states an representa.t-i:veS of <br />the federal agencies inllolved in ri r ope,r.ati0n5 undertook <br />....--- <br />~~ lq}?~ ~ <br /> <br />III-15 <br />