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<br />Z/Ll/I <br /> <br />.~~ <br />~(.\:7 <br /> <br />N <br />-..J <br />o <br />l\;; <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />BACKGROUND AND MANAGEMENT. <br />OF THE 13(a) ASSESSMENT <br /> <br />Section 13(a) of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Develop- <br />ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5912, 9(e), as amended) states that the U.S. <br />Water Resources Council (WRC) shall, at the request of the U.S. Department <br />of Energy (DOE), <br /> <br />undertake assessments of water resources requirements <br />and water supply availability for any nonnuclear energy <br />technology and any probable combination of technologies <br />which are the subject of Federal research and development <br />efforts authorized by this Act, and the commercial develop- <br />ment of which could have significant impacts on water <br />resources. <br /> <br />In 1977, the DOE made such a request of the WRC, whereupon three <br />section 13(a) assessments were initiated, one in the Upper Colorado River <br />Region, another in the Upper Missouri River Region, and a third in the <br />Ohio River Region. This document reports on the findings and conclusions <br />tAi? of the Upper Colorado River Region. assessment. <br /> <br />Funds for the 13(a) assessments were allocated to the DOE by the U.S. <br />Congress. The DOE, in turn, entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (!ICA) with <br />the WRC whereby monies were transferred to the WRC, and the responsibility <br />for conducting the assessments was lodged with the WRC. <br /> <br />SCOPE.AND OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSESSMENT <br /> <br />The geographic scope of section 13(a) assessments is regional in <br />nature. This particular assessment is addressed to WRC Region 14, the <br />Upper Colorado River Region. Because of the regional nature of the <br />assessment, findings are presented at a river subbasin (water accounting <br />unit) level. Details as to the disaggregation of the Region into various <br />subdivisions are presented in chapter 2. <br /> <br />The nonnuclear energy technologies to which this assessment is <br />addressed include oil shale and coal gasification development in the Upper <br />Colorado River Region. The study is not specifically concerned with other <br />energy conversion processes and their development, although the assessment <br />of water availability for the two specified emerging energy technologies <br />(EETs) is presented against a background of projected conventional energy <br />development (see chapter 4). <br /> <br />'.",: <br /> <br />1-1 <br />