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<br />..'......-. ..- <br />t.UL:.: <br /> <br />4. A mn-r study on Hater for energy in the Uest. <br /> <br />5. A resolution OppOSillg President Carter's recoi,111endatiolls <br />to cut funding for several Hater resources projects ill the \Jest and <br />urged Congress to cOlltinue appropriatillg funds for the construction of <br />the projects authorized by Congress. <br /> <br />. 6. A resolutiOiI opposing a bill, l'lhich had been introduced <br />~n both the House and Senate, entitled "The Central ArizOila Indiall <br />Tribal \'later RiGhts Settlc;nent Act of 1977." <br /> <br />7. A letter to Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus <br />opposing the proposed regulatiOiis pro;,lUlgated by the Bureau of <br />Indian Affairs to establish Uater Codes on Indian Reservations, and <br />requesting that public input alld CO,il,aen"G concerning IlIdiall water rights <br />be provided for in the oll-Going federal \'Tater resource policy studies. <br /> <br />G. A resolution urgill(!; ,the Secretary of IutGrior, the Director <br />of ellB, aild the Chair,ilan of CEQ., \.'ho tOGether have oClell dele;:;oted lead <br />responsibility for undertaldllg the Admillistratioll's \Tater Resource <br />Policy Study, to authorize a ,neeting with representatives of the <br />\'Testerll States \'Tater Council so that the states are C;i ven adequate <br />opportullity to participate in the for:Julo.tiOil of such policy. <br /> <br />Pacific Southvlest Inter-Agellcy <br />COi1Jjaittee l PSIAC) <br /> <br />The PSIAC is cOi,lprised of represeiltatives fro;,l 'the seven Colorado <br />River Basin states, plus <Eegoil alld Idaho, alld the federal departiilents <br />uith land and/or l':ater responsibilities. <br /> <br />During 1977, plalluillg for the \'Tater Resources Counc il' s future <br />\!ater asseSSiilent and appraisal prograiil continued, \Jith input fro;11 <br />PSIAC. PSIAC :"net with the Planning Director of the \later Resources <br />Council (lffiC) 1!hereill the state representatives expressed their concerns <br />that this progra-J alld a related "national priorities analysis" would <br />usurp the states' prerogatives in establishing their OWl priorities. <br />The IJRC Planning Director stated that the pre:Josed programs would be <br />for the purpose of guiding the 'i:JRC in broad policy areas and not for <br />settinc; specific priorities. <br /> <br />The future role of PSIAC \Ias deliberated because of a study by <br />the l'Jestern Governors' Conferellce which allalyzed the \resterll interstate <br />organizations. It ,ms oCllcluded that PSIAC \Jas of unique value to the <br />states and federal organizatiolls by providin[~ coordillation, input <br />to uuiversity-sponsored research, aild ':211 erltity ill the Pacific Southuest <br />l'!hich can v/or);: Hith lffiC Of! interstate and interregional problems. <br /> <br />PSIAC received a draft copy of tho report Of1 vegetative ,uanage- <br />,ilent to increase Hater yiold in tho Colorado Riv3r Basill that it had <br />initiated froiil the U. S. Furest Service. a11d requested tha't the report <br />be circulated 'to :,lel.lOerS and il.terested parties before beillg finalized. <br /> <br />- 16 - <br />