WATER RIGHTS OVERSIGHT HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON EXAMINING THE PROBLEMS THAT STATES ARE For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-052227-7 COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES DON YOUNG, Alaska, Chairman W.J. (BILLY) TAUZIN, Louisiana PETER G. TORKILDSEN, Massachusetts HELEN CHENOWETH, Idaho GEORGE P. RADANOVICH, California GEORGE MILLER, California TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New Y ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Gua SAM FARR, California PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode CONTENTS WATER RIGHTS IN OREGON Doolittle, Hon. John T., a U.S. Representative from California, and Chair- Additional material supplied: Proclamation before the State Governors of Oregon and Washington Proclamation to the National Marine Fisheries Service, The Northwest Power Planning Council, Governor John Kitzhaber, Oregon State Eppenbach, Donald V.: Letter of April 28, 1994, to Governors Roberts 157 STANFORD LIBRARIES Page Communications submitted-Continued Loftin, William B. (West Extension Irrigation Dis.): Letter with attach- 145 162 Merlich, Max (Helicopter Loggers Assn.): Letter of October 2, 1995, to 164 Neal, Gary (Port of Morrow): Letter of October 17, 1995, to Congressman 143 Sanders, Stephen E.A.: Letter of November 8, 1995, with attachment to Committee on Re sources 169 Memorandum of October 4, 1995, to Subcommittee on Water and 171 Youngman, Glenn (Umatilla County): Letter of October 11, 1995, to Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources 160 WATER RIGHTS IN IDAHO Hearing held October 5, 1995, Boise, ID Statement of Members: Chenoweth, Hon. Helen, a U.S. Representative from Idaho 175 176 234 Craig, Hon. Larry E., a U.S. Senator from Idaho 178 Crapo, Hon. Michael D., a U.S. Representative from Idaho 330 Doolittle, Hon. John T., a U.S. Representative from California, and Chair Boyer, Lionel Q., Fisheries Policy Representative, Shoshone-Bannock Dreher, Karl, Director, Idaho Department of Water Resources 181 Geary, Tom, President, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation (prepared statement) 324 Grant, Fred Kelly, Owyhee County Land Use Planning Committee 189 Prepared statement 270 Keys, John, III, Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior Martin, Susan, Snake River Basin Office, Fish and Wildlife Service Wilson, Wendy L., Executive Director, Idaho Rivers United 210 Prepared statement 297 Additional material supplied: Army Corps of Engineers: Excerpt from "Columbia River and Tributaries Woodworth, John R. (Fish Passage, Inc.): List of Exhibits submitted 326 323 WATER RIGHTS IN OREGON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1995 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER Hermiston, OR. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call at 3:15 p.m., in the STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK HARKENRIDER, MAYOR OF Mr. HARKENRIDER. I would like to welcome everybody to our brand new community center, and the very, very first Congressional hearing in the city of Hermiston. They said keep it short, I could probably talk for 20 minutes-I will not do that. I want to congratulate this Committee for setting up this hearing, and before I get off the mike here, I have got to give them our logo from the city of Hermiston, it is a watermelon pin. I want you people to remember it takes a lot of water to grow watermelons, potatoes, corn, you name it, alfalfa and wheat. And do not forget that. And thanks for coming. Here is our logo. STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, A U.S. Mr. DOOLITTLE. Thank you very much, Mr. Mayor, we appreciate your graciousness in helping us set up this hearing, and thank you for that nice welcome. The Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources will come to order. My name is John Doolittle, I am Chairman of this Subcommittee. I represent a district in northern California near the Sacramento area. I want to welcome our witnesses here today. We look forward to hearing your statements. I also want to thank Representative Wes Cooley for his leadership in requesting this hearing in order for the Subcommittee to examine water supply pressures facing Oregoni ans. I know that these pressures are great. The listing of several salmon species on the Columbia and Snake River system as endangered, the waterspreading issue on the Umatilla Project, demands for more water for instream flows and other uses are all placing pressure on the Bureau of Reclamation contractors. However, the result of these pressures cannot be the Federalization of water from Reclamation projects. State governments have supremacy in (1) STANFORD LIBRARIES |