Subject: CVPIA Implementation Forum Status, 7/96 (CA)

From: [email-masked] (Susan Scheufele)
Date: 1 Jul 1996 23:21:50 GMT

The so-called Central Valley Project Reform Act (CVPRA, HR 2738)
legislation was put on hold a few months ago by it's major sponsor,
Congressman Doolittle, in order that administration-sponsored CVPIA
implementation forum talks might lead to agreement among the
different parties as to how the CVPIA ought to be implemented.
(Also to pursue his Auburn Dam proposal.) This negotiation process
has been overseen by John Garamendi, the new Deputy Secretary of
the Interior and former New Melones Dam proponent.

Draft versions of some of the new CVPIA Administrative Proposals can
be found online on the US Bureau of Reclamation's web page, at
http://www.mp.usbr.gov/.  Of particular interest to boaters and
fishermen are the proposals for the Trinity River, the Stanislaus
and the San Joaquin River. The basic conflict appears to be that
the water contractors do not want to see their deliveries reduced
in order to restore the anadromous fisheries.  There are also alot
of complicated proposals for dealing with the CVPIA-mandated habitat
restoration fund and water conservation criteria.

Please note that the four most important proposals, AFRP (Anadromous
Fish Restoration Policy), the 2406(b)(2)Water - (800 Thousand Acre Feet -
the water to be used for fish restoration), Stakeholder Process and
Contracting Policies are due out this week. For further information,
please contact Ted Nordhaus of Share the Water at (510) 452-9261.