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<br />. <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />HEHOlV\:;Dt!~1 OF U::\lI::;'STA.,DI:;C <br />1I!:T1~EI:::, TilE <br />SECr.I:T.~Y OF TI;r. INTERIOR <br />ANl.l TilE <br />SECRETARY OF Tilt: '\~IY <br /> <br />\~ . <br /> <br />1071 <br /> <br />This tlcl:lorandu::l of UndeTstandinG is enterc,:J into this 24th day of Febr....Jry, <br />1975, bet,-"een the Secretary of the Interior and t.he Secretary of the Amy <br />in order to expedite the use of water for ('nerr.y deveIo;>:-:ent in the <br />lUssouri "River g.1sin. The tcn:':S. h(~rcC"r .:l?ply only to the six o,']in ster.l <br />reservoirs of th~ Ccrps oC Engineers on ttlC Missouri River. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />1. The Secretary of the. Interior sh,,11 detenlinc the 'anounts of water <br />. nv~il~b]e fro~ tl1C c~pacity rrovidc~ in ttlC ~~il1 stern reservoirs for irri- <br />&ntioll :md for the pI'o~.J.Llc c~:tcnt of future irriG.Jtio~ nnd 5!1:lIl .:1150 <br />deternine the extent an.d for ..hat duration such ""'.ounts of. \;:1tcr' ,.;ill not <br />he l1e('d('d for irriGation and for the probrible extent of future irric,,~inn. <br /> <br />2. 11\.0 Secret;\ry of the Arny shall c:!eterl:line how much of the ",,,ter deter- <br />IJIined hy the Sccret;3ry of the Interior to be e>:cess to present irriGatiul< <br />needs C;3n he clade "vai1.:1,,1e for industri;31 uses. <br /> <br />i. 'l1le p;3rties hereby aforee that the Secret;3ry of the Interior l:Iay, pursu- <br />ant to "pplic;3".Je auUwrities. hath all his men behalf and as ;3Gent for the <br />Secretary of the Ar::y. contract for the raarkecing of \~'ater for industrial <br />uses c-.nd inr:idcnti11 rlll':-,nr.".~ !'("l~tcd tb.0:!"~';o !:-~:: the ci:< =.=...!.::. :;~~::: <br />Tc~crvoirs ~~ ..,ill not ~c needed for irrir.ati.on for .J. r.ivcn period .:I.1lG .as <br />\/ill not intprfere wi~h the operatioo of the reservoirs for flood control; <br />provided, hm:ever, that <br /> <br />a. 11le Secretary of the' .\r::ty shall retain 011 oper"tional ;3nd <br />~ana~eriul contrul over s~id reservoirs; <br /> <br />b. . Contr"cts for the marketinG of such "ater ~h;3ll be e>:ecuted <br />under the terns of thi" :lr.re(,lT'C:Tlt vi th full cor.:pl i.,nce ....{th the <br />rcquirer.ents of the :':ltionol' Environ:::ent<ll Policy Act; <br /> <br />c. No contr.1ct for the 'rnarkctin~ ur such \~'Olcr. 5h~11 be: C:':CClltCl~ <br />IJut (111 !~llch t('r;::~; and conditions ~s arc (:nllu.11Jy nz.:-~cilble to lh,-"!. <br />Ilnrlic~; herclo; ,:HH1 <br /> <br />d. To the e:":tcnl ~:uch CC'llltr.1Ct!: \.'l'lllc.l l'cc..lllC":P the qU:\I\tity or <br />1)0\.:"1" r,c"Il('r.1tL'd, no Cl'lltr:l(:l ~1.:lY he c~,('CUll'd u:\h'~;~; i t h:l~: hcC"'n <br />dC:lC1"l1:1t\f.d j0!il:':ly ~)y li:~ r;lrti\"!~ to this ..1L,n':C'I::c'lll lbal l~Il': pru- <br />1In~;ed n~.lr::l"tin~: f(l~" ':'l:dll:.lri.:l! ~'~Irp(:'" .'~; i~. ...1 h"'IH..ric:i.l1 u:;,' (.( <br />lhe \-,:;llC'1" \:!dl"h ~,!I(lultl t.J~C prccL:l..knc,-! over hydrl''\l'lL:Clrlc 11\,"ll.:L:r <br />4~~IlCl."l ion. <br />