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WATER RIGHTS

OVERSIGHT HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER
AND POWER RESOURCES

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

EXAMINING THE PROBLEMS THAT STATES ARE
FACING IN WATER SUPPLY

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COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES

DON YOUNG, Alaska, Chairman

W.J. (BILLY) TAUZIN, Louisiana
JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah
JIM SAXTON, New Jersey
ELTON GALLEGLY, California
JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee
JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado
JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California
WAYNE ALLARD, Colorado
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
KEN CALVERT, California
RICHARD W. POMBO, California

PETER G. TORKILDSEN, Massachusetts
J.D. HAYWORTH, Arizona
FRANK A. CREMEANS, Ohio
BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming
WES COOLEY, Oregon

HELEN CHENOWETH, Idaho
LINDA SMITH, Washington

GEORGE P. RADANOVICH, California
WALTER B. JONES, JR., North Carolina
WILLIAM M. (MAC) THORNBERRY, Texas
RICHARD (DOC) HASTINGS, Washington
JACK METCALF, Washington
JAMES B. LONGLEY, JR., Maine
JOHN B. SHADEGG, Arizona
JOHN E. ENSIGN, Nevada

GEORGE MILLER, California
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massa
NICK J. RAHALL II, West Vi
BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota
DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan
PAT WILLIAMS, Montana
SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticu
BILL RICHARDSON, New Mex
PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon
ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, A
Samoa

TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota
NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii
GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachus
SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas
OWEN B. PICKETT, Virginia
FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Je
CALVIN M. DOOLEY, Californi
CARLOS A. ROMERO-BARCEL
Rico

MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New Y ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Gua SAM FARR, California

PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode

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CONTENTS

WATER RIGHTS IN OREGON

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Prepared statement

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Eppenbach, Donald V.: Letter of April 28, 1994, to Governors Roberts
and Lowry

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Communications submitted-Continued

Loftin, William B. (West Extension Irrigation Dis.): Letter with attach-
ments dated October 2, 1995, to Representative John Doolittle
Martin, Steve (Aerial Forest Management Foundation): Letter of Novem-
ber 17, 1995, to Committee on Resources

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162

Merlich, Max (Helicopter Loggers Assn.): Letter of October 2, 1995, to
American Forest & Paper Association

164

Neal, Gary (Port of Morrow): Letter of October 17, 1995, to Congressman
Doolittle

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
Power Resources

171

Youngman, Glenn (Umatilla County): Letter of October 11, 1995, to Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources

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Hearing held October 5, 1995, Boise, ID

Statement of Members:

Chenoweth, Hon. Helen, a U.S. Representative from Idaho
Prepared statement

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Craig, Hon. Larry E., a U.S. Senator from Idaho

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Crapo, Hon. Michael D., a U.S. Representative from Idaho

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Doolittle, Hon. John T., a U.S. Representative from California, and Chair

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Boyer, Lionel Q., Fisheries Policy Representative, Shoshone-Bannock
Tribes

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Dreher, Karl, Director, Idaho Department of Water Resources

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Geary, Tom, President, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation (prepared statement)

324

Grant, Fred Kelly, Owyhee County Land Use Planning Committee

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Prepared statement

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Keys, John, III, Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior

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Martin, Susan, Snake River Basin Office, Fish and Wildlife Service

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Wilson, Wendy L., Executive Director, Idaho Rivers United

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Prepared statement

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Additional material supplied:

Army Corps of Engineers: Excerpt from "Columbia River and Tributaries
Review Study"

Woodworth, John R. (Fish Passage, Inc.): List of Exhibits submitted

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1995

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER
AND POWER RESOURCES, COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES,

Hermiston, OR.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to call at 3:15 p.m., in the
Hermiston Community Center, Hermiston, Oregon, Hon. John T.
Doolittle (Chairman of the Subcommittee) presiding.

STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK HARKENRIDER, MAYOR OF
HERMISTON, OR

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.
REPRESENTATIVE FROM CALIFORNIA, AND CHAIRMAN, SUB-
COMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER RESOURCES

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

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