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<br />Sunday World.Herald. Omah.. MArch 16, 197~ . ,
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<br />COYPS Official: Army Still Controls ~JIi5souli ~vv ater , t
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<br />B D . 01 f- Grn. \\' C. Gribble, Jr., the ing of such water shall he ("xe- U5C~ he pOlnlrd Ollt, f\1orton is waler availability on the J\.1i.g. L l
<br />Y arwm 0 ~,on Army's rllief of l.'fl,,"InCcr.,;, cslj- cuu'rj t'lul on sllch Il'rms ;lnd the PrcsidCnI's energy coor- souri RIver is under way, but I
<br />W~rl~ 1-l_."ld "'Jo."ln~'nn "."..."u. I hi . b I ted
<br />Suol.l1l/, t,oll(':L':)l rr~n Dull!llng. OlrHrd recently conu1t\OIlS as arc mutually din.:llnr pro 1J. y won 1 e comp c
<br />ThC' Army h:1,) nl,t gr',,'en away Pnor (0 the slgmng. of (he agreeable to the parties hereto lIe s::lid it is likely to be "a for i'lnolhcr year or SQ. I .
<br />Its water nl:l.n:lr,cmcl1[ "pre- memorandum. lhere were re- (lhe secretaries of .lhe Army long process" before any water The memorandum of under-
<br />rogati\'cs" on the :'1issouri Riv- porls the En~im.'{ofs and the In. and Interior)." markel1n~ contracts are en- standing will permit dis-
<br />N. according to atop Corps of terlor Department's Bureau or In sclrclillg someone to nego- tered into. cus~ions and negotiations on
<br />Engin~rs officer. Rcclamalloll '....ere at odds over tiate with "kmd developers and, The amount of water avail~ the marketing of water to start,
<br />MJj. Gen. John Morris said a which would m;,rket the wafer, energy rcoplc, Morris said, the able and the best uses for it still while various warer problems
<br />.. l1:.eillor::md u m of under- The mcmor.lnuurn has been secretary of interior was a hr have to be determined, he said, are being sorted out, Morris
<br />Ili'lndi:1g" between the Army viewed by some .3S an In- gicaJ choice:. "These are real tough qucs.. said,
<br />nnd Ir:tcrior DC'p:utment sim- dicJtion not only that the bu. 'Lon'" Process' tions we don't have answers
<br />ply ,cts forlh prowlur., for ,reou won the li,!.t, but thot the In addiliono to heading a de- to:~ he added. He said new legislation may
<br />d\:;'\Ii;"lg with demands ror \Vater aUlhority or the Engineers on partment concerned with 'land A study by the engineers of be required,
<br />for C:1crgy dc\'clopment in the the river h:15 been diluted. j
<br />Missouri Basin. flout Cited
<br />"II re.:llly Goc:m't change any- Morton's executive branch
<br />Ihjn~," he Insislrd, clou[ as Prc!\idcnt Ford's top
<br />The memorandum sl~ned by energy ('oordmawr, and as a
<br />Sr.crelary ot Interior Rogers fric:nd of the President, has
<br />Mnrtnn :lnd SCCI'CI:1ry of the been cited.
<br />Army HO'},"J:-d CallJway, appli. Morri.'i, director of civil
<br />es to the six mainSlC'm dams on works for the Engineers ilnd a
<br />the ~.1jssnuTl Ri....er. former diviSion eDgincer at
<br />Ii allllwri,cs Monon, on his Omah., said there lias bccn
<br />behal! and", ahenl for the cDnsi~erahle misunder.
<br />Army. to CO:ltr;J.ct for the mar. slJllding 01 the memorandum.
<br />k('rll1~ of \','-ltcr for industrial lie emphasized these two pro-
<br />use~ from the six <.I:31ns. visio';ls in it:
<br />Excess Marketed "The Secretary of the Army
<br />It says the walcr to be mar. shall retain all operational and
<br />ketcd will be excess [0 the mana~erial conlrol over said
<br />amount ncc~c~ for irrif,"lion (the six) reservoirs.
<br />2"d will not intcrfere wjlh thc "No contract, tDr the market-
<br />operation 01 the dJms IDr lIOD~
<br />conrrol purpose's.
<br />The memorandum cxplres
<br />Feb. 24, 19'i7, nl which lime it
<br />on be replaced by more formal
<br />marketinl~ procedures, nccord-
<br />in}: to Morris. .
<br />Development DI Missouri Ba.
<br />.In COlli resources involvcsa pI>-
<br />(entia! demand ror more than.
<br />750,000 acre,!eet Df w.ler a year
<br />from the mainslem dams. Lt,
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