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<br />i ';:~ ., <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />ation among the elevei1 1oTf}s"'c,ern 3to.tes :1.2:1 t>s int.3r:;ratt?d de-i.relopment <br />of their ,'/ater reSOl\rCF),':. C',.:1i~:ol'n:La' s CO',lllGiJ. delegates in 1973 <br />were l:Jilliam R. G~-"melli, Director of I'Jater r;.'Jsourccs, until July, <br />1973, when lee was replrwed by John Fo Teerirlk, who was appointed <br />Director of \later Resourr:es ;,;,oon Hr. Giar.elli' s resignation; Howard <br />Way, State Senator, l5t1: Distr'ict,; and Theollore J. George, r1arysville <br />Civil Engineer. ~~ron B. Holburt, Chief Engineer of the Colorado <br />River Board and Hayne }iacRostie of the Department of Hater Resources, <br />continued to serve as technical advisors to the California delegation. <br /> <br />'II'" <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />During 1973, the Council: <br /> <br />1. Passed a resolution requesting the President to include the <br />full $5 million authorized for Title III of the \later TIesources <br />Planning Act of 1965 in the Executive Budget for FY 1971, , and urging <br />Congress to appropriate the $5 million authorized; <br /> <br />2. Submitted a statement to the Senate Interior and Insular <br />Affairs Committee reaffirming; a POs2.t;.on ta1(en in 1972 opposing <br />S. 1012, S. 1339, and S. 2035, bills anthorizing the creation of an <br />Indian Trust Council Anthori ty, because such action vlO1.~-:'d be contrary <br />to the interests of both Indians and non-Indians. As an alternative, <br />the Council's stat.emen'j proposed that "Ihen conflicts of interest <br />arise, the Government should retain private counsel to represent <br />Indian int.erests, thus making it possible for all Indians to obtain <br />independent counsel, a common practice among many financially-able <br />Indian tribes; and <br /> <br />3. Adopted a resolution supporting in principle legisL1tion <br />contained in S. 1807, B.R. 7774 and H.R. 7775, "Colorado fU.vp.r Basin <br />S9.linity Control Act of 1973", providing for a salinity control <br />program that vlOuld have as its objective the maintenance of salinity <br />in 'the lower mair.stem of the Colorado River at or belovl exist.ing <br />lc:v81s. <br /> <br />fillfic .li.Q"\\tt:~"cst Inter-Age'1cy <br />COlID1it.t.ee <: 1<;J:A:-:) <br />-- . ._- <br /> <br />In 1973, PSIAC reorganized its subcommittee structure in order <br />to i':S:ou:.le a more dynClll\ic role. Several studies were commenced, and <br />-sh? Board's Assistant Chief El'gineer he aded up one study of "",tel' <br />rl'q!dr;;m':1nts in the Colorado River Basin on a state-by-state basis <br />over tbe next 15 years. Among the other studies W2.S an assessme!1t <br />OC Colorado HiveI' hydrologic data needs. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />The \'laters Resources Centers and Institutes that <:\re 8 part of <br />the state universit.ies in the Colorado River Basin have :t'ol'l"1f,d an <br />ol'ganization to sponsor "rater resource-related research 1'I).thin the <br />Colorado River Basin. T:1is organiz8.tion, called the Consortium of <br />\'later Institutes and Centers, begr.lll an iavestig'ltion of tlL1 imp9cts <br />of Colorado River salinity on users, and an Advisory Committee f)~om <br />PSIAC was appointed to assist ::'n rev:Le~1 of t!~o invzstigation. PSIAC <br />also began to cievelop an annual priority L,st of p--)ssible research <br />subjects to be undertaken by the Consortium. <br /> <br />'Q <br /> <br />'-' <br /> <br />- 26 - <br />