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\ ~ The Technical Steering Team for PRSYM is inviting all interested Colorado River Basin users to participate in the development of the CRSS replacement model. Written comments are requested to be submitted by March 4, 1994, to Jayne Harkins, Bureau of Reclamation, P,O, Box 61470, Boulder City NV 89006-1470. The schedule is rushed because the team wants PRSYM operational in June 1995, A user involvement group will be formed to create and test scenarios for use during the iterative design and implementation of PRSYM. The involvement group will also suggest training approaches, The Technical Steering Team is seeking representatives from the agencies and interest groups involved in Colorado River operations to participate. Jayne Harkins is the contact person for this effort, Reclamation's funding for the project this year is $650,000; TVA's is $600,000, Reclamation joined 2 years into the effort, so Terry did not have information on funding in previous years, The cost of the software user's license has not been determined, however such fees will be designed to finance only maintenance and support and not to recover development costs. All agencies and interest groups other than Reclamation and WAPA will be required to purchase a software license to use the product. The license will include the appropriate data in ASCII form, so it will be portable to any system. Users will have the option to access the whole river database on a Reclamation platform, so that local maintenance of an extensive database will not be required. The current CRSS will no longer be available after the Cyber shuts down in October 1995. IV. Reclamation Proposed Surplus Guidelines (John Redlinger, Reclamation, LC Region) The studies supporting the current guidelines were undertaken after several previous studies proposed policies which were dependent on reservoir starting conditions and depletion schedules. If hydrology changed or depletion forecasts were revised, it would be necessary to repeat the studies, Reclamation's guidelines for surplus were provided to Work Group members early this year in the DRAFT 12/23/93 Reclamation Proposed Surplus Guidelines (Surplus Guidelines), The proposed surplus guidelines methodology does not depend on a non-variant hydrology or depletion schedules, but rather is based on legal and technical considerations, 2