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<br />To facilitate its review of the report, thc Comrnittee appointed an
<br />Engineering Advisory Subcommittee to study and consider the various engineering
<br />aspects of the Bureau report. The Committee has reviewed and accepted t~o re-
<br />ports from such Subcommittee. The Subcommittee consists of Royce J. Tipton,
<br />Consulting Engineer, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Chairman; Frank C.
<br />Merriell, Secretary-Engineer, Colorado River \{ater Conservation District Board,
<br />Grand Junction, Colorado; R. M. Gildersleeve, Chief Engine0r, Colorado Water
<br />Conservation Board; C. H. Jex, Area Engineer, Bureau of ReclamQtion, Grand
<br />Junction, Colorado; Ben F. Powell, Area Engineer, Bureau of ReClamation,
<br />~~eblo, Colorado; and J. R. Riter, Head of Division of Hydrology, Branch of
<br />Project Planning of the Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado.
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<br />The Policy and Review Committee was organized and held its first
<br />meEting on Nov~mb~r 24, 19u8. It has met on the ~verage of once every sixty
<br />days since its work was started. At such meetings, reports of the Engineering
<br />_. _ _ _ AdvisorY.-SubcomrrU t teE:_-,!!:8J::,8. cor..side~edFas=-.vc1'l=as=a",dr.a$t",ofi=a=spEicial"=repor:t~- -
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<br />r~views of the Bur~au report on the project and of various engineering questions
<br />which arose. The Committee considered extensively various questions of policy.
<br />Minutes of the meetings of the Committee and the reports of the Engineering
<br />Advisory Subcommittee are available in the office of the \Iater Board.
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<br />On January 24, 1950, as P. result of action taken by the Committ8e,'
<br />Clifford H. Stone, Chainnan of Lh<l COffi.'11ittee, transmitted to Avery A. BRtson,
<br />Director of Region 7, BureRu of Reclamation, a. letter marked "Exhibit A,"
<br />which is made a part of this report. A revi0v of this letter will indicate
<br />thnt the Cou;mi ttee had re1lched cert1lin tentative conclusions when the letter
<br />was written. The letter was transmitted to the Regional Office of the Bureau
<br />of Recllllllation in order to enable that office to revise its report in keeping
<br />with the views and recomnend1ltions contained in the letter. It was pointed out
<br />that certnin questions ",ffocting project operA.tion "nd the principles which.
<br />carried out the: policies of the State respecting thE- exportation of water from
<br />the naturA.l basin of th~ Colorado River in Colorado, remained to be fonnulated
<br />and considered by the Policy .-md l1evie...- Committee; and it "R5 explained that
<br />such policies ,md principles would be submitt<ld to the Bureau in due course.
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<br />At the January m",,,t"ing of tho Committ8e, a Drafting Subcommittee W'lS
<br />appointed, consisting of Jean S. Brdt8nstein, Attorney for the Colorado -,later
<br />Conservation Board, ChA.irmR'n; Hf\rold H. Christy, representing the Arkansi!s
<br />Valley; Frank C. Delill1oy, representing 'oie,",ern Colorado; Cleland Feast, repre-
<br />senting the Colorado G.~e and Fish Commission; and Ben F. Powell, representing
<br />the Bureau of ReclamA.tion. This DrA.fting Subcommitte2 held several meetings
<br />and on tho 14th day of April, 1950, submitted to the Policy and Review CommitteE'
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