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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />OU222D <br /> <br />monitoring various gaging stations within the Colorado River Basin. As a result, a letter expressing <br />the Board's concern was sent to Reclamation explaining the importance of those stations for <br />Reclamation to execute its responsibility pursuant to Article V Decree Accounting. Included in the <br />Board folder is a copy of Reclamation's response to my letter dated July 28, 1997. In its response, <br />Reclamation indicated that it is making arrangements to fund the stations scheduled to be <br />discontinued by the USGS through fiscal year 1998. <br /> <br />On October 3rd, Mr. Kuen Tsay attended an Oversight Hearing of the U.S. House of <br />Representatives Committee on Resources held in Palm Desert, California, concerning Stabilization <br />of the Salton Sea and Water Quality Improvement. The Committee took testimony from nine <br />witnesses concerning issues affecting the Sea and its water quality. The general consensus among <br />those testifying was that some fonn of dike impoundment should be constructed to help rehabilitate <br />the Sea. <br /> <br />Also, included in the Board folder is a copy of the fall edition of the Water Conservation <br />Newsletter published by the Yuma Area Office (Y AO) of Reclamation. Effective October I st, the <br />new Field Services Plan goes into effect to promote and encourage water conservation. The Y AO <br />will assist those water districts whose water conservation plans must be completed in the near future. <br /> <br />Basin Stateslfribes Discu..qsion . <br /> <br />On September 29th, I met with Herb Dishlip of Arizona to further explore and clarify his <br />thoughts associated with a surplus strategy for providing limited surpluses to keep the Colorado <br />River aqueduct full and for meeting M&I surplus needs within the Lower Basin. This is a surplus <br />strategy that Arizona and the other Basin states may support. The concept of limited surpluses has <br />been discussed by the agency managers and has been incorporated into the revised draft of <br />California's 4.4 Plan. <br /> <br />Activities related to the Board's efforts in developing California's 4.4 Plan are continuing. <br />The Agency Managers have continued to meet to develop California's 4.4 Plan. A revised draft of <br />the Plan has been prepared and it was provided to the Colorado River Basin states representatives <br />during a meeting held on October 8th in Phoenix, Arizona. A copy of the revised Plan is included <br />in the Board folder. The revised draft of the Plan incorporates the concepts of: I) implementation <br />ofthe Plan in two phases, and 2) a surplus strategy that would keep the Colorado River Aqueduct <br />essentially full, consistent with the implementation schedule to be included in the Plan. The <br />proposed surplus strategy of keeping the Colorado River Aqueduct full, as currently being discussed, <br />would be in lieu of banking conserved water in Lake Mead. As a result, banking water on the <br />Colorado River mainstream has been dropped from the draft Plan. <br /> <br />During the October 8th meeting with representatives from the other Colorado River Basin <br />states, Dave Kennedy and I discussed the ongoing activities within California related to development <br />of California's draft 4.4 Plan. We also discussed the revised draft of the Plan, focusing on the <br />changes that have been incorporated into the latest draft of the Plan. Based upon that discussion, the <br /> <br />3 <br />