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<br />. -. <br />J..\i <br /> <br />In late 1980, the Stale oi J\{'\lada <br />wrote a letter 10 W~tern claimmg a <br />right 10 contract for one-third of the <br />total marketable capacity and energy <br />from Hoover Powerplanl. basing its <br />c1~im on its interpretoilion of the 1928 <br />louldt>r Canyon Projto<t Act. NevadA <br />now receives 17.6259 percent of <br />Hoover power. A 1 J4-page legal <br />memorandum was prepared by the <br />Nevada Attorney General's office and <br />its Washington, D.C. counsel in <br />suppon of the claim. Arizona, which <br />also currently has a right to the same <br />percentage of Hoover power as <br />Nevada, stated in a 1t'lIer to We!olern <br /> <br />Colorado Ri~er South 0'- ParAe, <br /> <br />that it too was entitled 10 one-third oi <br />the Hoover power if Nevada is <br />entitled 10 that amount. California <br />contended that its right of renewal is <br />contained in the contracts and the <br />statute and th.t the California <br />agfficie<. are entitled to renew their <br />&4.7481 percent of Hoover c.l.pdcity <br />and energy. <br /> <br />Fish dnd Wildlife Coordindtion <br />Act-ProfX)~ed Regulations <br /> <br />The Board's 1979 Annual Repon <br />described propo..ed rules for <br />administerinK the 1958 Fish and <br />Wildlife Coordination Act which v.ere <br /> <br />...,.. <br /> <br />published m the Ft>deral Register by <br />the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. As <br />a re<.uh of the comments of the Board <br />and agencie<. in the olher we<.tern <br />Slate<., the Fish and Wildlife Service <br />.lIdvist'd the put*c that I~ proposed <br />nks wer!!' t.Jl:"ina r~raft~ in r~ <br />to commenh "00 th.u an <br />environmental impacl statement on <br />the proposed rules would be <br />prepared. including various alternative <br />methods of complying with the 1958 <br />Act. <br />On Oe<."ember 18, 1980, the Fish <br />and Wildliie Service released new <br />proposl>d rE'gulations in a Orait <br /> <br />