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<br />. <br /> <br />~.~ <br />UJ <br />~ <br />00 <br /> <br />Associates, which was sent to WRC and the Steering Committee earlier, <br />constitutes Colorado's tentative response to that questio~Vith respect <br />to the remaining questions, this progress report will offer no tentative <br />conclusions or findings since the applicable analyses are only in their <br />initial stages. <br /> <br />STUDY STATUS <br /> <br />Preliminary data collection (tasks 100-900 in Schedule A of the MOA) <br />for the study is complete. All such information is presented in this <br />report. A few pieces of additional information will undoubtedly come to <br />our attention over the next .several months. These will be incorporated <br />in the draft and final assessment reports. Tentative findinss pursuant <br />to tasks 1000 and 1100 are also. reported herein. Work is underway on all <br />other tasks. The study has fallen behind schedule due to unanticipated <br />delays in the hydrologic modelling efforts. Revised scheduling is presently <br />under consideration. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Work to the present time has involved close coordination between the <br />study manager and the state and Federal agency members of the steering <br />committee. Three steering committee meetings have been held. In addition, <br />state representatives to the steering committee have been consulted many <br />times regarding present and future consumptive water uses, study methodologies, <br />and disaggregation of the DOE projections of EET development. Federal <br />agency members also provided much guidance regarding study methodologies <br />and the scheduling and format of study results. The U.S. Departments of <br />the Interior, Energy, Agriculture, and Housing and Urban Development have <br />especially provided comments, made inquiries, and responded to questions in <br />their areas of expertise. Close contact has been maintained with Interior's <br />Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and Fish and Wildlife Service (Cooperative <br />Instream Flow Service Group) because of their separate MOAs with the WRC <br />as a part of this study. Specific technical reviews of study materials have <br />also been requested (and obtained) from the ij,S. Geological Survey Water <br />Resources District offices in each Upper Basin state, and the Department <br />of Energy's Laramie Energy Research Center in Wyoming. <br /> <br />x <br /> <br />4 <br />