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<br />F. II - t. 1 VDI. . No. 10 1 Monday. May .. 19113 I Notices
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<br />Boulder CaDyoDJIIDjel:t.lMy mJabt
<br />_lato CCIIIIpetIIIaD wfIIr 1M 1dIIItIa.
<br />aad haft aD wrfaIr adv...... ..". ....
<br />ill --ma'" .l1li" mubt III .....
<br />"~III""" Dua to 1hia "far. - ....
<br />_......... _II pIar:ed III"" .....lIrma
<br />Uld omrIncta. tI.at ... WetnIpoIIlUl
<br />Wa" DIatIlr:I CIIIIW am, _lba tIDeII)'
<br />.-......11 far PIlIIIIiDI CoIarado
<br />1tIftr..... AI .. ..... tile
<br />........ _ ~1_ Wa.. DDtrict contracted
<br />for BoIrJdIr CaD,y0ll PIolect power, the
<br />...., _ aoun:e ..vialonec! wal the
<br />Colorado Jllvar, ODd the Secretary
<br />believed It to be ill the public intere.t to
<br />allocate I !up mill! of the energy from
<br />the project for conveying th.t water to
<br />the Lot Arl8e1.. Baein.
<br />Since the ori8ional allocatiOD of
<br />Bould.. Canyon PIoject power, .outhem
<br />California Ira. grown tremeDdoully. The
<br />Deed for additional w.ter .upplie. for
<br />the Lot Ang.le. Ba.in h.v. required
<br />conltructioD of the Stete Wlt.r Project
<br />th.t brinp water from Dorthem
<br />California to the Lot Angele. Balin. Tbe
<br />Metropolitan Water Dialrict U1el a
<br />.ignificaDt IIDOUDt of eDergy to brlns
<br />Dorthem Californi. water into the bI.in.
<br />bl'Dd It with Colorado River w.ter, and
<br />di.tnoute .the wlter to the Ole"'.
<br />We.t.m believlI thlt moving wat.r
<br />into the LoI Anplec Balin to oervice
<br />indUltri... municlpal1t1e., and realdeDII
<br />il in the public lntere.l n. beDefiU of
<br />lbe reaource now to lbe 'Dtire .outhem
<br />California coutal plain. To rectrict lbe
<br />Metropolitan Water District to ulna
<br />their IllocatiOD of Boulder CanyOll
<br />PIoject power for pumplna Color.do
<br />River water, wbeD it I. known that
<br />w.ter .uppliu from aort!lem Californi.
<br />.re Dece.....,. to meet the total water
<br />needl of Illutbem CalIfornia, would be .
<br />restriction OD lire beneficial u.e of lb.
<br />re.ource. Tbi. reatricti... would re.u11 in
<br />recognitioD of only a pqrtion of the
<br />w.ter .upply problem of the Lo.
<br />Angelec Baein. W..em believ.. lb.t lb.
<br />polici.. requir1n8 th. re.trictiv.
<br />I.nguqe in the Reaul.tlona Ill! DO
<br />lonser v.1id. Therefore. the rectriction of
<br />only pumpioa Color.do River water with
<br />Boulder Canyon PIoj.ct power II not
<br />proper and wID Dol be continued in lbe
<br />next contract period.
<br />13, EnvUwvnBIIIlll Assessment
<br />Sevaral """'-II were received
<br />COIIClIlIlID8 the Pre1lmlnary
<br />Envlroameotal AueumeDt of th.
<br />PropoIed Genenl Conaolidated Power
<br />MarbtIIIa C111eri. or ReguI.tlODI for
<br />Boulder CIty Area I'r\llecll. ne..
<br />commeDII indicated th.t the
<br />Environmental Aaaeument II
<br />conclUlory in nature with DO bani
<br />.n.lyaia of the envlronmeDtal
<br />consequeDC'. of the Crlterl..
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<br />AD .~ta1 "....-....t II
<br />doae to *'-IDe If there Ill! Ii8nlflcant
<br />..1'ir..........ta1 ~ of the
<br />FadenJ actioa. ODd to .n...ine the
<br />~bIa aI......tiv.. to the action. 11le
<br />Environ.........t "'-ent lb.... II an
<br />..-.1_, to delenrlloe If the
<br />..viroDmental crmaaqUlDlCelIll!
<br />Ii8nlflcant e80tIIlh to ......t
<br />preparatiaII of an Environmental Impact
<br />Statemal n. prllJIllI8d actioD hu DOt
<br />.ignificant envlnmnreDtal CODIequeoce.
<br />lIDeI. theref....., .. Environmeotallmpact
<br />Statement with the Infemd "bard
<br />anaIylll" I. DOt neceuary.
<br />a. Ctmunsnt. from the San Dieso,
<br />Colifomia Area. We.18m hu received
<br />numerou. COIIIIDenll from individuala.
<br />orpnlzatiOlllllDd government entitie.
<br />located in the San Diego GBI . Electric
<br />Company aervice area reque.ting th.t
<br />Western: (1) Allocate power to a joint
<br />Power Acency in the San Diego 1lI!.
<br />that would CODtract for the power for the
<br />benefit of the citizena in the llI!a; or (2)
<br />Allocate power to San Diego Ga. .
<br />Electric in proportion to lbe population
<br />and en.rgy Deedo of the VariOUl
<br />.pplicanll; or (3) AuctioD lbe power to
<br />the highelt bidder.
<br />Plnrl. lID allocation to a jolllt Power
<br />ABeDcy thaI. in and of ItweIf. cannot take
<br />Federal power ud dialrtbute the
<br />......fill of the allocation. II DOt
<br />_tom with preference policy. While
<br />ill ge--t UI application for power by a
<br />municipal ............t or ...............11 ia
<br />e pref....... application. there ere other
<br />.....,.;ru.em lor qaaliflcatloa that exI.1.
<br />that me baaed OIIlesal interpretaticmo
<br />applicable to Ip8CiIic projecta. lbe
<br />policiea of Weotem, lIDd the diIcretion
<br />of W..tem'a AdminiItrator.
<br />One requiremerrt i. that . preCennce
<br />entity have lbe __ of ta1dna ODd
<br />dillributing power either to IUbonlinet.
<br />prefereDce entltlea or to u1tl111ate
<br />con.um.... '1111. I. an adminlllnltlv.
<br />policy of Weatem, which generally
<br />epplie. to pref.rence .ntitiel that h.ve
<br />authority to lIMIe CUltom... in lbeir
<br />aervice llI!a, 'Ibia policy dOl!tl not .pply
<br />to preference eotltiec which merely
<br />IIDlIertake to _1oado which Ire
<br />own.eI. controlled. operated .Dd
<br />meintained .mely by thooe entllieo, luch
<br />BllID lnlptioo diltrict p1DDPin8 loed
<br />end the Ioacla of Federal re""arch
<br />I.bor.torie.. state univerliti.., .tate .nd
<br />Fedenl prIlOD1, etc.
<br />The lepI bill. for thi. requirement
<br />wa. adelre.oed by lbe Attomey Generel
<br />of lb. United State. in an opinion
<br />entitled "DiIpoIitiOD of Surplu. Power
<br />Generated at CIadt Hill Re.ervoir
<br />PIoject" OD July 15, 1955. ni. opinion
<br />dealt with lID lIn'8DJlement which
<br />appea'" to be .imlIar to th.t
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<br />contempllted II a joint Power Agency
<br />for lbe San Diego Area, Tbe Agency
<br />would contract for Federal power but
<br />would DOt phy.lcally have the ability to
<br />dillribute that power for III own ben.lit.
<br />ne Secretary of the IIItarior inquired 01
<br />the Attorney ~ II to the I..ellty
<br />of a contract wIIIc:b the Secretary,
<br />tbroucb the 80utheutem Power
<br />Adminiatralion. propooed to execute
<br />with the Gacqia Power Company (.
<br />privately owned utility) for the
<br />marketing of electric eDergy g.ner.l.d
<br />at lbe Clark WiD Reoervoir PIoject.
<br />n. propo.ed contract. amona other
<br />thinp, provided for the ..Ie, .t It.ted
<br />ralel, of one-half of lbe CI.rk Hill power
<br />to the Power Company for. period 01
<br />fifteen yellll .ubject to cancelletion by
<br />either party upon three years' notice.
<br />The Power CompllDY in turn .8I'.ed 10
<br />..11 power, at .t.ted rate., to prel.rence
<br />CUltCllllerl to be deaiJnated by the
<br />Southelltem Power Administr.tion.
<br />Tbe additionalllllll to the prelerenc.
<br />CUlIoJDerl would b.v. been no more
<br />tban that due to carryina. tr.nslormi"80
<br />ODd deliverlns th. en...,. The
<br />preference CUltome", would h.v.
<br />obt8lned all beDeflll 01 the .v.i1.ble
<br />power.
<br />The Altomey General held thet "the
<br />pref.re""" requirement (i. not) ..tisfled
<br />b, diopo.ition of the power to e non.
<br />preference ~tomer UDder an
<br />arrenaement whereby It oblis.tes illelf
<br />to oeII an equivalent amount 01 power to
<br />preference CUIlo...... to b. d,sisnet.d
<br />by the Secretary 01 the Interior."
<br />An .1I0catioD to a 8I'oup of preference
<br />applicanll lb.t did not hive the m..n.
<br />to take and di.tribute lbe power, or an
<br />.rrllIl8ement whereby San Di.go Gas A
<br />Electric would ...... to pa.. on the
<br />beneflll of Federal power, would not
<br />..lisfy the requirement. of Feder.1
<br />prelerence lawe.
<br />Wectem il mand.ted by reclam.tion
<br />1... to recopize preference in the .ale
<br />of Federal pow.r. Pref.rence i. given 10
<br />public bodie., cooper.tlve.. Stat. .nd
<br />Federal government., end
<br />municipalitleL If .ny power is left .fter
<br />these preference entities .re .erved,
<br />inve.tor owned utilities .ucb e. S.n
<br />Diego ell A El.ctric Comp.ny. could b.
<br />given an allocation. However, the
<br />preference demand for Feder.1 pow.r i.
<br />much ....eter thllD the .upply .nd .n
<br />.noc.tlon to aD lnvector own.d utility is
<br />unlikely,
<br />Secondly, in ....ponse to the comment
<br />that Wmern ohouId allocate power in
<br />proportiOD to the population .nd ene..,
<br />neecla of the applicanll. popul.tion can
<br />b. . con.id.retion in muina .1I0tationl
<br />of power. However, oth.r f.cto", .ucb
<br />II lo.d. lo.d growth, type of load
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