Memorandum Concerning Proposed Amendments to H.R. 4671

Memorandum: From Ival V. Goslin, to Upper Colorado River Commission, "Proposed amendments to H.R. 4671", August 14, 1965, page 5SEC. 402, Pages 26 and 27. This amendment was proposed by the Secretary of the Interior. We see no objection to it. SEC. 406, Pages 30 and 31. This amendment was proposed by the Secretary of the Interior. The Engineering and Legal Committees recommended that it be deleted from our draft. Commission does not object to amendment. SEC. 503, Pages 32 and 33. This was another amendment proposed by the Secretary of the Interior. The Engineering and Legal Committees recommended that it be deleted from our draft. SEC. 504, Pages 33 and 34. This is an entirely new section which we have proposed. This is another way of clinching some of our previous amendments except that we have made it mandatory on the Secretary to operate units and facilities in the Lower Colorado River Basin to the end that they will not interfere with the allocated water available to the Upper Basin and will not interfere with the production of power at the Upper Basin powerplants. SEC. 601, Pages 35 and 36. In the bill as now proposed, the Colorado-Pacific Regional Water Commission is created, but Colorado and Wyoming are omitted as members. It does not appear to us that any such commission should be appointed without specific membership from Colorado and Wyoming. We have also provided that one member shall be appointed by the Upper Colorado River Commission. Informal conferences with representatives of the Lower Basin indicate that they also would like to have one member to be appointed by concurrence of the three governors of the Lower Division States in order to provide balance on the commission and more unity in the Lower Basin. Since the commission is advisory only the suggestion seems to be a good one. We have made a few other changes which have the effect of broadening the functions of the commission. The foregoing explanation of the proposed deletions and additions to H.R. 4671 is in summary form only. The matter will be discussed in considerable detail at the meeting of the Commission on August 16th and at the conference with the Lower Basin technicians on August 18th. -5-Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 1,763,553 byte