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<br />04-03-98 03:07PM <br /> <br />FROM MSAJ WA <br /> <br />r;~ POO2/006 ;'. <br />I . ~, , ,-.::. - . <br />L-'--'-'.'i~" APR o 3199B <br />tt~tl~S:::~f~-:--. .. .:: <br />MORlssn, SCH~~~c::~~~sAYER . oI0~~~ilt~~<:_.,.11'N3= <br />A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION I ! . <br />r--"'---~"------",~, .~.'". -.--...... <br />~~_......, '~""-'-'-"'-' <br />~ 1115 NoRTON BUilDING <br />r--;;'--. JQUECONg.AVENUE_ -- <br />I SEATT~. WASHINOTDN IItO.-1508 <br />!.....:~:~.-'AC.ItM'LIiHa").'..-.,.s:;u. '_ <br />I ". .!:<~.c f,.~~:~,....., <br />~,~.:::~~~ltu"'~""1.~.q!U.!.~2_~O.... . ..... <br />i...;...~;;j~.~;..______......._~_...... _ .~.. . <br />I r;r-!"'::~{ 1~.tlINaTgN. D.C. OI'FI';E . <br />11-:1::~;:r;,ii~EAAI:1IAR IIUILDINO- . <br />_: ~"';"(IfS!.f'1. STREET N,W.. BUITE no <br />l ;-:. :;:..:~A'~INQy'ON:'D';C;" aoo'ai;tla~ <br />.' _...uC.sI"JLE.:..CI.DIJ_3:11..~7_'II._ <br />(202) 331-.8110 <br /> <br />0110630 <br /> <br />TO 17022938042 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />r <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />N. FRANCE. AVER lac, aAI <br />RICHARa ... OUE8T IAZ. VIA) <br />JENN1FER P. HUOHElINA, NVl <br />FftANK ft. oIOZWuPttl (W") <br />IC. ALUSON MIlQAW (Wit.) <br />.UJION D. W.ORI8I1ET (WA) <br />THOMAI,.. aCHLo..E.. I"A) <br /> <br />.rOOIU"!L <br />NATHAN E. CLUltti1' ('I"') <br />8HARON I. HAENIL."t' (WA) <br />RC8EIU L. PIRTLE (WA) <br /> <br />Ltlll'UI.'rfll"''',IIS <br />ANNE Y. DAyes <br /> <br />VIA FACSIMII..E AND FIRST-CLASS MAIL <br /> <br />LUI&LIJlIfIMrlnu.lOI <br />ANITA K. HUGH <br /> <br />April 3, 1998 <br /> <br />PLEASE REPLY TO THE <br />8EATTLE oFFICE <br /> <br />Bun:iW uf Rcdlllll8lion <br />Administrative Record <br />Lower Colorado Reeional Office <br />P,O. Box 61470 <br />Boulder City, NV 89006-1470 <br /> <br />On behalf of The Qut'.chan Tndian Tribe we submit the following comments on the <br />propOlled rule entitled "Offstream Storage of Colorado River Water and Interstate Redemption <br />of Storage Credits in the Lower Division States." 62 Fcd,R. 68492 (Dec. 31, 1997). To the cm:nt <br />applicable, these commc:nts are also submitted and apply to the "Draft Programmatic <br />Environmental Assessment for the PropoGcd Rule Making for OffslTeam Storage of Colomlo <br />River Water and Intentste Redemption of Storagc Credits in the T .ower nivi.ion Statcli, <br />December, 1997," <br /> <br />The Quechan Tribe objects to the ClCdusion of Indian Tribes in the Lower Division from <br />directly benefiting under the propoGcd rule's provisions for olfstream storage and intel'State <br />trlUlllfcr.. <br /> <br />From the time of their first contact with Buroamericans, the Quechan'&, like other tnbes <br />along the lower Colorado and Gila Rivers, practiced agricuJture and raised crops of com, bean&, <br />pumpkin, and melons. Anthropologists have estimated that the Quechan Indians obtained at <br />\caBt half of their food from agriculture.' <br /> <br />Today the Quechan Tnlle continues to use water for agricultural purposes on the <br />Reservation, producing crops that are commercially marketed. In addition, wster is used for <br />governmental and proprietary purposes, including domestic use and business activities. <br /> <br />8 Ind, a. Comm. at 119. <br />