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C~~ (..\ P- C') 00 00 -7- sufficient authority under existing law in Oklahoma to provide and protect instream flows. St~.:t".... ()f .t-I.".~.. "e"i~() Mr. Steve E. Reynolds, State Engineer, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission presented a summary of instream flow rights with regard to the State of New Mexico. Mr. Reynolds advised AWRBIAC that the streamflow required at various points in the state is governed by interstate compacts, international treaties, federal court decrees, water rights conferred by the state under the doctrine of prior appropriation, and legislation authorizing federal water development projects. I>_ep!!r::tlll"nt of the ...I.llt."rior: Dr. Berton L. Lamb, Policy Analyst, National Ecology Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, outlined basic developments in the law and technology of instream flows. Dr. Lamb briefed AWRBIAC on where the instream flow "movement" stands today and the range of technology available for quantifying instream uses, and under what circumstances each of these technologies is appropriate. S.ta t."... ofmPf_iElEl()\Jr:J Dr. Frederick A. Brunner, Director, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, presented the State of Missouri's perspective on instream flows. Dr. Brunner advised the membership that the State of Missouri has no statutory laws providing for instream flows and is a riparian water law state. The responsibility for assuring that instream needs are met is that of the Missouri State Courts. Dr. Brunner discussed difficulties in setting water quality standards in Missouri streams. Also highlighted by Dr. Brunner were legal issues under investigation regarding maintenance of minimum flows for water quality purposes. Discussed briefly were methodologies used to examine minimum flow aspects within the state. En".,i r:()IlIIl"Il:t~k~r()t,,~.t i().Il_~g ell~~ Mr. Robert "Bruce" Elliott, Chief, Water Quality Management Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, Dallas, Texas, highlighted provisions of the Clean Water Act of 1972 which were indirectly related to instream flow by requiring states to adopt water quality standards and designate appropriate uses for streams.