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<br />MEIAC !1EEI'mOS AND ACTIVITIES mlRmO FISCAL YEAR 1962
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<br />Conunittee meetings were convened this Fiscal Year at Fort Collins,
<br />Colorado; }linot, North Dalmta; Topeka, Kansas; Omaha, Nebraska;
<br />Jefferson City, !1i.ssouri; and Billings, Hontana.
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<br />The following paragraphs are brief indications of the presentationB at
<br />the six meetings:
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<br />The role of state, local, and federal agencies in the development
<br />of the water resources of the South Platte River Basin. Included were
<br />numerous legal problems and the approach to their solution.
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<br />Problems regarding land acquisition for installation of works of
<br />improvement for the various purposes of water resources development.
<br />were discussed, including state and federal poliCies.
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<br />Problems relating to obtaining lands, easements, and rights-of-lvay
<br />and their effect on construction schedules in Watershed Protection
<br />Projects; also local and state financin~ in watershed development.
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<br />Information, inCluding statistical data, relative to the National
<br />Soil and ,later Conservation Needs Inventory; its application and use
<br />in the Basin.
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<br />The coordination of federal hydroelectric power with other electric
<br />power sources in and near the Basin lias discussed at several MEIAC
<br />meetings. A representative of a group of non-Federal electric utilities
<br />described that groupls proposal for complementing the federal hydro-
<br />generation. He indicated that this plan would substantially increase
<br />firm saleable federal capacity. An alternate proposal, developed by
<br />the REA Cooperatives in the Basin, lias described by their representative.
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<br />The Conunittee lias briefed on operation of the main stem reservoir
<br />system in 1961 and a plan of operation for 1962. During the past year,
<br />operation has involved some challenging problems concerning the intra-
<br />basin conflicts Hhich arose the previous year over the use of stored
<br />water and the very low inflow into reservoirs as a result of a contin-
<br />uation of subnormal precipitation and drought of the past years. Not-
<br />withstanding these problems, the proposed operating plans through
<br />mid-summer of 1962 have been agreed upon unanimously by official
<br />representatives of the Basin states and federal agencies on the
<br />Coordinating Conunittee on Main Stem Reservoirs. The proposed operating
<br />plans consider in detail the natural water supply of prospects and
<br />operational water requirements of all functions in all areas and then
<br />outline specific operational objectives: flood control, irrigation,
<br />water supply and stream sanitation; navigation and power generation
<br />are the primary service functions while recreation, fish and wildlife
<br />and other fields are also considered.
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