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000713 . Missouri Basin Group Proposes Resolution on Water Diversion A resolution of the upstream-down- stre-8m spilt over using Missouri River water was proposed Thursday before a meeting of the MIssouri Basin States Association. A spokesman for the Missouri River Basin Association, a private water us- er,; group, proposed this solution: po~tream states drop their law- SUII against the proposed diver,;ion of river water in South Dakota for use in a coal,slurry pipeline if South Dakota alii. cials agree to let the secretary 01 Jhe Army decIde whether the proposed di, version IS consistent with federal pur- poses and priorities. Randy Moody 01 Lincoln, association vice p'resident, said a misconception has ansen that lower basin states are attempting to deprive upstream states of irngalion projects promised them under lhe Pick.Sloan Plan, the decades. old outline lor developing the Missouri River basin. Moody said his association would not- oppose the coal,slurry plan if South Da- kota submit led it to" that scrutiny, Meeting at the New Tower Inn, the basin stales association also: . -Heard a WyomIng represenra(i....~ say Presl' den! Reagan's prO]X)Se<l ;\!IX miSSIle-baSing system would use 1).00 acre-feet of Wyommg wal~r eact, year for SIX yeal"5, less lhan ~q;.ected, -H~ard an N'my Corps of E.ngmt:er5 olflclal say the proposed Grtgory COW1I)', S,O.. pump-Slor. ,age pov,~r proj~t hu moved another step laward approval wlthm th~ fedtral government. -Delayed a decislOll on how much access 10 allow organiZlUonJ and indtvtduals 10 water diver. son ~Iormallon and relaled dala being galh~red. for use 111 ItS "waler accounllng system." -Leam~ that !.he f hold a public hea 13"" ill rand Island. Neb., June in the' federal reclamatKln act ot conl?ibut~ 101M- scholarship fund set In mory of Ralston High po4e-vau nn hnstad. who died Mond.ay of InJunes suffered In a vaulting accident. Darin's father. Don. dlreclS Ih associallOll'S hydrolog>c sludles. roup Plans Reduced Raises The director,; or an Omaha.based regional agency reduced rhe size 01 pro- posed pay raises for their stall Thursday, after hearing about the sal, ary increases in the 10 Missouri River basin states. The Slalf 01 the Missouri Basin States Association will receive -4 percent cost- of.living increases and 3 percent merit raises, the association board decided. In discussing its proposed 1984 budget, association members originally proposed a 10 percent increase lor the staIr. The commission staff took cuts of 7 percenr to 14 percent a year ago. Snow, Rain May Delay Work at Kingsley Dam Rain and snow in the Rockies and Nebraska Panhandle may set back work on the S6J million hydroelectric power plant being added to /(ingsley Dam at Lake McConaughy, a state offi- cial said Thursdav. Workmen and. equipment may have to be evacuated from the cons(ructlon site below the dam while water is released from the reservoir, said J. Mi. chael' Jess, director 01 the Nebraska Depanment of Water ResoUrces. In recent months, water releases have .been restricted so workers and equIpment could rove over the do'wn- st<eam side of the dam north 01 Ogal. lala. But, as releases were restricted, the reservoir began Iilling. Snow and rains have made the reservoir "pretty MI," so considerable water may have to be released soon, Jess said. - Officials estimate about 500,(0) acre feet of water remains in the Nonh Platte River basin, in the form of snow and rain, and it must pass through Lake McConaughy, Jess added. Whether that can happen without evacuating the workmen and eqUIp- ment. is uncenain, he said. "It's going to be pretty tight," he added, The hydroelectric plant is scheduled lor completion in 1985, C-l Ol---'\'A\--\'A W-H 5/1"3/S~ 0a'i)---- rv 7 pulL . 1?