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<br /> <br />(';) <br />-:) <br />..... <br />(Jj <br />w <br /><::) <br /> <br />Mr. Mark Hughes of the Water Resources Council staff gave a brief <br />presentation on the progress and development of the report thus far. <br />After indicating that some thirty agencies and bureaus had presented <br />information on over one hundred Federal energy related programs, <br />Mr. Hughes explained what data was still ,needed for the report, who <br />would be responsible for obtaining the data, and the general format of <br />the report. The need for State input was emphasized. At both the <br />Denver and Atlanta meetings reference was made to the fact that the <br />May 15 report to Chairman Morton which was sent to all the States <br />contained the information the Federal' agencies had provided to date as <br />well as an outline of the proposed report. <br /> <br />In Denver, Assistant Secretary Jack O. Horton made a brief introductory <br />statement emphasizing two points: The Administration in Washington <br />and certainly the Departments of Army and Interior have no intention of <br />considering interbasin transfers from the Columbia or the Snake River <br />systems; and on the question of Federal jurisdiction over its own water <br />rights, the Justice Department has sent out for review and comment by <br />the agencies through the Water Resources Council, draft legislation <br />which would provide the authority to require the Federal Government <br />to inventory and quantify the waters under its jurisdiction. Again, State <br />input is important to determine how best to protect and utilize water. <br />The Federal Government has no intention of illegally or unjustly claiming <br />water properly under State jurisdiction., Since communication and <br />c()ordination between State and Federal agencies is essential, the <br />Department of the Interior felt the States might be interested in hearing <br />the tentative results of two recent stuq,ies by the Bureau of Reclamation. <br />The studies involve the Northern Great Plains and Upper Colorado River <br />System. Copies of each are included in Attachment III a. <br /> <br />Mr. Gilbert Stamm, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, stated <br />that the intention of the Bureau is to utilize all possible water supply <br />areas for all functions and purposes for the benefit of the people. To do <br />this, adequate inventory would be essential, and inventories would have <br />to be constantly updated and expanded. He introduced Mr. Phil Gibbs, <br />who gave a report on the Northern Great Plains Study. Following <br />Mr. Gibbs', presentation, Mr. Hortonintroduced Mr. Glen Collins of the <br />Bureau of Land Management and Mr. Carl Noble from the Bureau of <br />Reclamation who gave the presentation on the Upper Colorado Study. <br />Mr. Horton contrasted the two studies as follows: Northern Great Plains <br />is more complete and faces mostly legal and institutional constaints on <br />distribution; the Upper Colorado study is les s complete, is still very <br />much a draft report, and is concerned primarily with the issue of water <br />supply. <br /> <br />_4 <br />