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<br /> <br />atl~i <br />Spedal Nctkes & M~: <br /> <br />OOJ2''l2 <br /> <br />Press Releases <br /> <br />For more information, contact the Public Information Department at <br />(760) 482-9600. <br /> <br />,~Jficiell.f:Y Study <br /> <br />All Headline~ I c.urrent Headlines I View Articles by Month <br /> <br />[ previousl ne~ ] <br /> <br />no Board president testifies on the QSA <br /> <br />2003-07-01 <br /> <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2003 <br />CONTACT: Susan M_ GHler (760) 482-9610 orRan Hull <br />(760) 482-9601 <br /> <br />Imperial Irrigation District Board President Lloyd Allen <br />today urged a.subcommittee of the Congressional <br />Committee on Resources to encourage the Department <br />of the Interior to postpone its 417 proceedings and allow <br />California's water agencies to complete work on the <br />Quantification Settlement Agreement. <br /> <br />nit we are to succeed with the implementation of the <br />QSA, Interior's attitude must change," Allen said. <br />"Interior must bring its outstanding issues to the <br />negotiating table so that the interested parties may <br />address those issues and bring the QSA to completion." <br /> <br />Allen urged the subcommittee to facilitate the filing of a <br />joint motion by 110 and the federal government to stay <br />proceedings with the federal court in San Diego <br />surrounding the 417 proceedings_ <br /> <br />hi both written and verbal testimony, Allen made three <br />recommendations that he called "crucial" to the success <br />of the QSA: <br /> <br />1_ There must be face-to-face negotiations among <br />, the water agencies, Interior and the Basin States. <br /> <br />http:// www.i id_ comlpressboxlpress.read.php3 ?which==3 73 <br /> <br />. "t:'>~ . ,. - <br /> <br />7/312003 <br />