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',' ~ . ooonq 1/20/%2.-- MBSA NEWS. . . . At the May 20, 1982 Board of Directors meeting, you agreed that each state would examine the 1944 Flood Control Act prior to the August MBSA meeting and then discuss your perceptions and concerns about the Act on August 26, 1982. I was also asked to remind you prior to the meeting date of your commitment, so please regard this as your first reminder. Also recall that Bob Neufeld recommended that you review the bibliography in the paper ti tied "An Overview of the Flood Control Act of 1944" prepared by the M BSA staff and urged you to read some of the publications that were noted in that bibliography. .. .. .. Staff members Tom Lowe and Greg Clites have resigned from the Association staff effective July 31 and August 5, respectively. Tom is joining the staff of the Kansas Water Office in Topeka, Kansas and wiH be reporting for work there on August 2, 1982. Greg is moving to Ann Arbor, Michigan where his wife Anne will be employed with the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (USDOC). Anne is a former MRBC employee. Greg's employment with the Missouri River Basin Commission began in November 1976, and Tom joined the Commission staff in February 1978. Both have made significant contributions to the programs of the Commission and to the Association since its formation last October. We wish them well in their future endeavors. .. .. .. Joe Marcotte, USBR Regional Director in Billings, has offered to provide a tour of Yellowtail Dam on Friday morning, August 27, 1982 following the MBSA meeting. The tour would take the entire morning but could be arranged to return to Billings in time to catch afternoon planes. We need to know the interest of individuals in staying over and participating in the tour to determine it there will be enough people to warrant arranging it. I will provide additional information on the tour with the draft meeting agenda and ask that you contact me if you would like to participate. .. .. .. In discussions about proposed transfers of water out of the Missouri River basin, there have been questions about the number and size of current transfers of water out of and into the Missouri River basin. These have been documented and included as part of the hydrology study water accounting system data base. Information about the transfers has been summarized from the data base and is presented in tabular form on the next page. Water transferred into the basin averages about 480,000 acre-feet per year, whereas about 20,000 acre-feet is transferred out of the basin. ~~ CD