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(') ',.) .... (,J;l N -J BACKGROUND OF MEETINGS Purpose In March 1974, the Chairman of the Water Resources Council, Rogers C. B. Morton, asked the Director of the Council, Warren D. Fairchild, to establish a Task Force to recommend by May 15, 1974, an Executive Branch course of action on the water requirements and water quality impacts related to meeting the energy needs of the Nation. A small Steering Group consisting of representatives of the Interstate Conference on Water Problems, a river basin commission, the Federal Departments of Agriculture, Army, Interior, the Federal Power Commission, and the Office of Management and Budget became the nucleus of the Task Force which also included representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency, Tennessee Valley Authority, Atomic Energy Commission, Council on Environmental Quality, and Federal Energy Administration. The Water Resources Council held a Task Force meeting and Water for Energy Self-Sufficiency Conference on' April 30-May 1, 1974. Federal agencies reported on their recently completed, current, and near future programs related to Water for Energy. The materials produced at that meeting were used in the May 15 interim report to Chairman Morton. In June, at the request of the Water Resources Council two meetings were sponsored by the Interstate Conference on Water Problems and were held in Denver and Atlanta to give the States an opportunity to express their views, concerns, and ideas on solving the issues involved in assuring water for energy self-sufficiency. It was hoped that the States would provide as much input as possible so that the Federal Government could benefit from State data and experience in making the difficult decisions necessary to effect a National policy of energy self-sufficiency. Preparation The discussion questions (see Attachment I a) were developed by the Water Resources Council, with direct input from the ICWP Executive Committee and assistance from the Western States Water Council and the Southern Environmental Resources Conference. These questions