Statement-Continued Imperial Irrigation District, presented by Northcutt Ely, special Exhibit A.-Amendments proposed by Imperial Irrigation Page 293 297 Imperial Irrigation District: Lining and tile costs (table). 298 299 Water for consumptive use and leaching requirement and theoreti- 300 Water for consumptive use and leaching requirements and 301 Typical underground tile drainage system, Imperial Irrigation 302 74 284 Johnson, Hon. Harold T. (Bizz), a Representative in Congress from Jones, Virgil, member of the board, Palo Verde Irrigation District.. O'Callaghan, Hon. Mike, Governor of the State of Nevada, as pre- Steiner, Wesley E., executive director of the Arizona Water Com 310 276 171 248 278 175 Rampton, Hon. Calvin L., Governor, State of Utah.. mission Tunney, Hon. John V., a U.S. Senator from the State of California (plus conclusions and recommendations of the Federal-State conference held April 27, 1972)_. 77 270 Waits, Elliott_. Warne, William E., National Water Supply Improvement Association_ Williams, Hon. Jack, Governor of the State of Arizona__. Letters: Anderson, Hon. Stanton D., Acting Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations, Department of State, and Hon. John C. Whitaker, Under Secretary, Department of the Interior, to Hon. Carl Albert, dated February 7, 1974 (executive communication)_ Copy of draft bill.... Section-by-section analysis of draft bill. Campbell, Hon. J. Phil, Under Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Dahlem, Maurice J., president, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Horton, Hon. Jack, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to Hon. James Montoya, Hon. Joseph M., and 11 other Senators, to Hon. Harold T. Morton, Rogers C.B., Secretary of the Interior, to Mr. Wesley E. Steiner, Wesley E., chairman, Committee of Fourteen, Arizona Water Letters-Continued Steiner, Wesley E., Arizona Water Commission, to Hon. Harold T. O'Callaghan, Hon. Mike, Governor of Nevada, to Hon. Richard Page 191 191 Williams, Hon. Jack, Governor, State of Arizona, to the Presi- 193 Rampton, Hon. Calvin L., Governor, State of Utah, to Hon. Rich- 194 Hathaway, Hon. Stan, Governor, State of Wyoming, to Hon. 196 Reagan, Hon. Ronald, Governor, State of California, to Hon. 198 Love, Hon. John A., Governor, State of Colorado, to the Presi- 198 King, Hon. Bruce, Governor, State of New Mexico, to the 199 Ward, C.D., assistant to the Vice President, to Hon. John R. 201 201 203 204 Utah Representatives, Committee of Fourteen, to Hon. Herbert Morrill, Laren D., and Raphael J. Moses, members, Committee Bishop, Floyd A., and Thomas L. Barker, State of Wyoming, State Reynolds, S.E., State Engineer, Paul L. Bloom, General Counsel, 205 206 206 Choules, Tom, and Wesley E. Steiner, Arizona members, Com- 207 Westergard, Roland D., and Donald L. Paff, members, Com- 209 209 Rhodes, Hon. John J., Member of Congress from the State of 210 Train, Hon. Russell E., Administrator, Environmental Protection Additional information: 57 314 California Water Resources Association-resolution, adopted February 8, 1974__ 318 Clark County, Nev., Board of County Commissioners, resolution endorsing Federal legislation, adopted and approved February 28, 1974. 320 Colorado River Board of California (resolution) _ 313 Colorado River Commission of Nevada-Resolution No. 74-1.... 242 Colorado River international salinity control project (proposed) (map). Additional information-Continued Nevada State Environmental Commission resolution adopted and approved February 25, 1974.. Page 243 Projects pinpointed by the Bureau, amount of time and money spent through January 31, 1974 (table). 133 Proposed construction schedule (table supplied by Mr. Morton). 147 147 Summary of status report, Colorado River water quality improvement program-January 1974.... 90 Table 1.-Approximation of contributions to salinity at Imperial 227 Table 2.-Current and projected future salinity of the Colorado Township 9 South, Range 25 West of the Gila and Salt River meridian, 228 317 275 COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL ACT MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1974 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER RESOURCES OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:50 a.m., in room 1324, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Harold T. Johnson presiding. Mr. JOHNSON. The hour of 9:45 having arrived, the Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources will come to order. The purpose of our meeting this morning is to receive testimony on legislation pending before the committee and having to do with the Colorado River and salinity matters. At this time I want to recognize the former chairman of the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee for many years, a very able friend and supporter of all things good for the Colorado River. He has spent a lifetime in public life, a good portion of it here in Washington, and most of that time dealing with the Colorado River. So we are going to give you the title this morning of Mr. Chairman Emeritus. We are glad to have you here, Wayne, and glad to see you looking so well. Mr. ASPINALL. Mr. Chairman, may I just take a minute to reply? Members of the committee, when I heard that you were having an important hearing on Colorado River basin matters, I wished to be present. I had no idea that I would be sitting up here, Mr. Chairman. I thank you very much for permitting me to be next to you. I see in the room many of those men with whom I have worked for many years, all of them trying to figure out some way to take care of the problems of this great river. It is nice to be back again. I feel at home, Mr. Chairman, but I can tell you there is a lot of solace and pleasure in being away from Washington most of the time these days. Thank you very much. Mr. JOHNSON. And I might say, you look that pert this morning. You look fresh, happy and relaxed, younger, too. Mr. ASPINALL. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. JOHNSON. The bills which we will be considering today are listed on the agenda sheet before each member. The Chair suggests a format for today's session that is slightly different from our usual practice. Unless there is objection, I will call Mr. Brownell, Secretary Horton, Ambassador Bowdler and Commissioner Friedkin to the witness table all at the same time. (1) I see you gentlemen are all here this morning, and if you do not have any objections and there is no objection from the committee, that will be the format. I think it will allow for a more orderly procedure here, do away with duplications and save time so that we can get all of the facts. We will let each of you gentlemen deliver your prepared statements and then after all of you have been heard we will go into questioning because you are the experts, in this very important matter that is pending before our country, the country of Mexico and the States that make up the Colorado River basin. At this time, unless there is objection, I would like to place in the record a copy of H.R. 12165, H.R. 12834, H.R. 7774 and H.R. 7775. H.R. 12165 and H.R. 7774 are measures which were initiated in the committee and for which departmental reports have been requested from the Departments of Agriculture, Interior, State, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Unless there is objection I will ask that these reports be placed in the record at this point. Is there objection? Now, accompanying the reports, we have four very important documents. I would ask unanimous consent that they be placed in the committee file at this time. Ahead of them I would like to ask unanimous consent to have placed in the record the comments on H.R. 12834 which are contained in the executive communication from the Departments of State and Interior under date of February 7, 1974. This is a very important communication and I would ask that it be placed in the record. Is there objection? Hearing none, so ordered. [The information referred to follows:] |