Results/Status Report of Administrative Process on CVPIA Implementation

Legislative Hearing on:

H.R. 2392, to amend the Umatilla Basin Project Act to establish boundaries for irrigation districts within the Umatilla Basin, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2781, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide loan guarantees for water supply, conservation, quality, and transmission projects, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3041, to supplement the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 and to supplement the Federal Reclamation Laws by providing for Federal cooperation in non-Federal projects and for participation by non-Federal agencies in Federal projects.

H.R. 2819, to authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System, to authorize assistance to the Fort Peck Rural County Water District, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the planning, design, and construction of the water supply system, and for other purposes.

H.R. , a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey property in New Mexico to the Carlsbad Irrigation District.

PANEL I

John Garamendi, Deputy Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior

PANEL I

Eluid L. Martinez, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Dept. of the Interior

Rick Johnson, West Extension Irrigation District

Antone Minthorn, Chairman of General Council, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

PANEL II

Larry Libeu, Assistant General Manager, Eastern Municipal Water District

Dave McCollum, General Manager, Olivenhain Municipal Water District

Ron Miller, Chairman, Fort Peck Rural Water District

Tom W. Davis, Manager, Carlsbad Irrigation District

ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY

Jennifer A. Salisbury
Secretary of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
State of New Mexico