Vernal Express | 1976-01-29 | Page 16 | Colorado River Operating Criteria to Continue

Colorado River operating criteria to continue The Department of ot the Interior Interior Interior In In- announced last week that the criteria established in 1970 for operation of ot the Colorado River reservoirs will be continued continued continued con con- without change A FURTHER review will be scheduled during calendar year 1980 or at such time as conditions conditions conditions con con- warrant The criteria for tor coordinated range long-range operation of the Colorado River Basin have been reviewed in cooperation with the governors of ot the Colorado River Basin asin states and other Interested entities entitles and after a review of ot submitted comments a determination has been made that the criteria continue in effect unchanged TIlE THE CRITERIA established range long-range guidelines for tor operation by the Bureau of ot Reclamation of the reservoirs consistent with federal and state stale laws court decrees interstate Interstate interstate in In- compacts and international in In- treaties in order to facilitate water resources development in the upper and lower Colorado River Basins A formal review is required once every five years Questions regarding the Lake Powell filling tilling criteria will be decided independently The Bureau of or Reclamation has been directed to undertake with the Corps of ot Engineers and the affected states a review of ot the regulations which cover flood flood- control operations at Hoover Dam