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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[LC RR03040000, 19XR0680A1,
RX.18786000.5009000; UC RR04090000,
19XR0680A1, RX.19830001.0010000]
Responding to Historic Drought and
Ongoing Dry Conditions in the
Colorado River Basin: Request for
Input
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for input.
AGENCY:
Consistent with past practice,
through this Notice, the Department of
the Interior (Department) is taking the
initial step of requesting input from the
Governors of each of the seven Colorado
River Basin States (Basin States) for
their specific recommendations on
prompt Departmental actions that
would be appropriate to take to reduce
the risks the Colorado River Basin is
facing, and can be adopted prior to the
August 2019 determinations of
operations for Lake Powell and Lake
Mead in 2020.
DATES: Input will be accepted beginning
March 4, 2019, for a 15-day period
ending March 19, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send input pursuant to this
notice by email to crbasin_drought@
usbr.gov, or via facsimile to (202) 513–
0308. More information regarding the
DCPs is available on the Bureau of
Reclamation’s website at https://
www.usbr.gov/dcp/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this Notice, contact James Hess by email
at jhess@usbr.gov, or by telephone at
(202) 513–0543.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Colorado River is the most important
water resource in the southwestern
United States and northwestern
Mexico—irrigating nearly 5.5 million
acres of farmland and serving
approximately 40 million people in
major metropolitan areas such as
Albuquerque, Cheyenne, Denver, Las
Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake
City, San Diego, Tucson, and Tijuana.
The waters of the Colorado River are
shared among seven states within the
United States: Arizona, California,
Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
and Wyoming. The Secretary of the
Interior, pursuant to applicable
provisions of federal law including, in
particular, the Boulder Canyon Project
Act of 1928 (authorizing, among other
actions, construction and operation of
Hoover Dam and Lake Mead) and the
Colorado River Storage Project Act of
SUMMARY:
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1956 (authorizing, among other actions,
construction and operation of Glen
Canyon Dam and Lake Powell), is vested
with the responsibility to manage the
waters of the Colorado River through
operations of federal facilities in the
Colorado River Basin. Under applicable
federal law, the Secretary of the
Interior’s authorities to manage the
waters of the Lower Colorado River
Basin are broader than his authorities in
the Upper Basin, but the importance of
federal facilities in the management of
the Colorado River extends throughout
the Basin.
Since 2000, the Colorado River Basin
has experienced historic drought and
dry conditions; the combined storage in
Lakes Powell and Mead has reached its
lowest level since Lake Powell initially
began filling in the 1960s.
In recent decades, recognizing the
limited resources of the Colorado River,
the Department of the Interior has
undertaken numerous actions to manage
the waters of the Colorado River
including, in particular, development of
the 2001 Interim Surplus Guidelines
(see 66 FR 7772 dated January 25, 2001)
and development of the 2007 Colorado
River Interim Guidelines for Lower
Basin Shortages and the Coordinated
Operations for Lake Powell and Lake
Mead (see 73 FR 19873 dated April 11,
2008) (2007 Interim Guidelines).
The 2007 Interim Guidelines
represent important additional
operational guidelines and tools that
were adopted to meet the challenges of
the drought in the Colorado River Basin.
As the Department noted at the time:
‘‘While water storage in the massive
reservoirs afforded great protection
against the drought, the Department set
a goal to have detailed, objective
operational tools in place by the end of
2007 in order to be ready to make
informed operational decisions if the
reservoirs continued to decline,’’ 73 FR
19873. Implementation of the 2007
Interim Guidelines required
consultation with the Basin States in
multiple provisions, expressly
providing that: ‘‘Beginning no later than
December 31, 2020, the Secretary shall
initiate a formal review for purposes of
evaluating the effectiveness of these
Guidelines. The Secretary shall consult
with the Basin States in initiating this
review,’’ 73 FR 19892 (April 11, 2008).
Since adoption of the 2007 Interim
Guidelines, given the persistence and
intensity of the current drought, the risk
of reaching critically low elevations at
Lakes Powell and Mead has increased
nearly four-fold. In response to these
conditions of continued drought and
increasing risk, Reclamation and
officials in the Basin States have been
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working for a period of years on DCPs.
The Upper and Lower Basin DCPs
contain actions in addition to those
authorized or required by the 2007
Interim Guidelines, and are designed to
reduce the risk of Lake Powell and Lake
Mead declining to critical elevations.1
The Basin States made significant
progress in 2018 on draft DCP
agreements that would implement
Upper and Lower Basin DCPs,2 but
work on the DCPs remains unfinished,
particularly among the Lower Colorado
River Basin states of Arizona, California
and Nevada. While unfinished, the
Department takes particular cognizance
of the fact that on January 31, 2019, the
Arizona Legislature passed legislation
authorizing the Arizona Department of
Water Resources Director to execute the
relevant interstate DCP agreements.
Arizona is unique in the need for state
legislative action to approve the DCPs,
and this important step may indicate
that finalization of the DCPs is
imminent.
While the Department supports the
ongoing efforts of the Basin States and
remains cautiously optimistic that the
Basin States will successfully complete
their efforts promptly in early 2019, the
Department is highly concerned that
continued delays regarding adoption of
the DCPs inappropriately increases risk
for all that rely on the waters of the
Colorado River.
In the circumstance that the DCPs
cannot be promptly completed in early
2019, the Department must be prepared
to take actions—if needed—to respond
to the increasing risks facing the
Colorado River Basin.
Engagement with the Governors of the
Basin States and appropriate
consultation with such state
representatives as each Governor may
designate is appropriate given the
Secretary’s recognition of ‘‘the special
role of the Basin States in matters
relating to the Long-Range Operating
Criteria,’’ 64 FR 27009 (May 18, 1999),
as codified in Section 602 of the
Colorado River Basin Project Act of
1968. The Department’s history and
actions in recent decades fully reflect
and underscore the importance of
1 Completion of the DCPs, and associated
reduction in risk of Lakes Powell and Mead
declining to critically low elevations, will also
benefit the activities, analyses and interstate
discussions associated with the formal review and
evaluation of the effectiveness of the 2007 Interim
Guidelines. Under the applicable provisions of the
2007 Interim Guidelines the Secretary shall consult
with the Basin States in initiating this review
beginning no later than December 31, 2020.
2 Draft versions of the DCPs and information on
the Upper and Lower Basin DCPs are available on
the Bureau of Reclamation’s website at: https://
www.usbr.gov/dcp/.
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working closely with the Basin States in
developing operational tools for
management of the Colorado River. For
example, the Secretary of the Interior
noted at the time of the adoption of the
2007 Interim Guidelines: ‘‘In recent
years, in a number of settings, and
facing a broad range of water
management challenges, the Department
has highlighted the important role of the
Basin States in the statutory framework
for administration of Basin entitlements
and the significance that a seven-state
consensus represents. Multi-state
consensus is a rare and unique
achievement that should continue to be
recognized and facilitated,’’ 73 FR
19878 (April 11, 2008). The Department
fully endorses this Secretarial statement
of policy as this approach continues to
represent the best manner to address
future controversies on the Colorado
River through consultation and
negotiation. Simply put, this approach
minimizes the likelihood that
controversies will increase and intensify
as water supplies diminish.
Through this Notice, and at this time,
the Department is seeking input from
the Governors’ representatives of the
Basin States. The Department will
ensure that the information received
from the Governors’ representatives is
promptly shared with tribes, interested
parties and the general public for their
review. In the event that the Department
proposes to take further action following
receipt of such input, the Department
will also provide an opportunity for
further input from tribes, interested
parties and the general public.
Across Administrations, the
Department has invested extraordinary
time, effort and resources to facilitate
development of the DCPs. While
adoption of consensus-based DCPs in
early 2019 would appropriately and
promptly reduce the risk facing the
Colorado River Basin, the Basin States
may not complete the actions necessary
to put the DCPs into effect this year.
Accordingly, the Department must be
prepared to act without undue delay to
reduce the risk of continued declines in
the critical water supplies of the
Colorado River Basin in the unfortunate
event that the Basin States are unable to
complete their work on the DCPs.
In conclusion, the Colorado River
Basin has experienced historically dry
conditions since 2000 and the combined
storage in Lakes Powell and Mead has
reached its lowest level since Lake
Powell initially began filling in the
1960s. Given the persistence and
intensity of the current drought, the risk
of reaching critically low elevations at
Lakes Powell and Mead has increased
nearly four-fold over the past decade.
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The Department, recognizing this
increased risk, called on the Basin
States to put DCPs in place before the
end of 2018. Each of the Governors’
representatives of the Basin States
endorsed the goal of completion of the
DCPs by the end of 2018.3
The DCPs remain unfinished at this
time, and given the current unfinished
status of the DCPs, combined with
declining reservoir storage in the Basin,
the Department is considering potential
federal actions to revise Colorado River
operations in an effort to enhance and
ensure sustainability of Colorado River
water supplies for the southwestern
United States. This Notice requests
input from the Governors of the Basin
States (and appropriate consultation
with such state representatives as each
Governor may designate) regarding
recommendations for potential
Departmental actions in the event that
the DCPs cannot be completed and
promptly adopted that: (a) Would be
appropriate to take to reduce the risks
the Colorado River Basin is facing, and
(b) can be adopted prior to the August
2019 determinations of operations for
Lake Powell and Lake Mead in 2020.
Dated: February 1, 2019.
Timothy R. Petty,
Assistant Secretary—Water & Science, U.S.
Department of the Interior.
Brenda W. Burman,
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S.
Department of the Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[LC RR03040000, 19XR0680A1, RX.18786000.5009000; UC RR04090000,
19XR0680A1, RX.19830001.0010000]
Responding to Historic Drought and Ongoing Dry Conditions in the
Colorado River Basin: Request for Input
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for input.
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SUMMARY: Consistent with past practice, through this Notice, the
Department of the Interior (Department) is taking the initial step of
requesting input from the Governors of each of the seven Colorado River
Basin States (Basin States) for their specific recommendations on
prompt Departmental actions that would be appropriate to take to reduce
the risks the Colorado River Basin is facing, and can be adopted prior
to the August 2019 determinations of operations for Lake Powell and
Lake Mead in 2020.
DATES: Input will be accepted beginning March 4, 2019, for a 15-day
period ending March 19, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send input pursuant to this notice by email to
crbasin_drought@usbr.gov, or via facsimile to (202) 513-0308. More
information regarding the DCPs is available on the Bureau of
Reclamation's website at https://www.usbr.gov/dcp/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this Notice, contact James Hess by email at jhess@usbr.gov, or by
telephone at (202) 513-0543.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Colorado River is the most important
water resource in the southwestern United States and northwestern
Mexico--irrigating nearly 5.5 million acres of farmland and serving
approximately 40 million people in major metropolitan areas such as
Albuquerque, Cheyenne, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt
Lake City, San Diego, Tucson, and Tijuana. The waters of the Colorado
River are shared among seven states within the United States: Arizona,
California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The
Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to applicable provisions of federal
law including, in particular, the Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928
(authorizing, among other actions, construction and operation of Hoover
Dam and Lake Mead) and the Colorado River Storage Project Act of 1956
(authorizing, among other actions, construction and operation of Glen
Canyon Dam and Lake Powell), is vested with the responsibility to
manage the waters of the Colorado River through operations of federal
facilities in the Colorado River Basin. Under applicable federal law,
the Secretary of the Interior's authorities to manage the waters of the
Lower Colorado River Basin are broader than his authorities in the
Upper Basin, but the importance of federal facilities in the management
of the Colorado River extends throughout the Basin.
Since 2000, the Colorado River Basin has experienced historic
drought and dry conditions; the combined storage in Lakes Powell and
Mead has reached its lowest level since Lake Powell initially began
filling in the 1960s.
In recent decades, recognizing the limited resources of the
Colorado River, the Department of the Interior has undertaken numerous
actions to manage the waters of the Colorado River including, in
particular, development of the 2001 Interim Surplus Guidelines (see 66
FR 7772 dated January 25, 2001) and development of the 2007 Colorado
River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and the Coordinated
Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead (see 73 FR 19873 dated April
11, 2008) (2007 Interim Guidelines).
The 2007 Interim Guidelines represent important additional
operational guidelines and tools that were adopted to meet the
challenges of the drought in the Colorado River Basin. As the
Department noted at the time: ``While water storage in the massive
reservoirs afforded great protection against the drought, the
Department set a goal to have detailed, objective operational tools in
place by the end of 2007 in order to be ready to make informed
operational decisions if the reservoirs continued to decline,'' 73 FR
19873. Implementation of the 2007 Interim Guidelines required
consultation with the Basin States in multiple provisions, expressly
providing that: ``Beginning no later than December 31, 2020, the
Secretary shall initiate a formal review for purposes of evaluating the
effectiveness of these Guidelines. The Secretary shall consult with the
Basin States in initiating this review,'' 73 FR 19892 (April 11, 2008).
Since adoption of the 2007 Interim Guidelines, given the
persistence and intensity of the current drought, the risk of reaching
critically low elevations at Lakes Powell and Mead has increased nearly
four-fold. In response to these conditions of continued drought and
increasing risk, Reclamation and officials in the Basin States have
been
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working for a period of years on DCPs. The Upper and Lower Basin DCPs
contain actions in addition to those authorized or required by the 2007
Interim Guidelines, and are designed to reduce the risk of Lake Powell
and Lake Mead declining to critical elevations.\1\ The Basin States
made significant progress in 2018 on draft DCP agreements that would
implement Upper and Lower Basin DCPs,\2\ but work on the DCPs remains
unfinished, particularly among the Lower Colorado River Basin states of
Arizona, California and Nevada. While unfinished, the Department takes
particular cognizance of the fact that on January 31, 2019, the Arizona
Legislature passed legislation authorizing the Arizona Department of
Water Resources Director to execute the relevant interstate DCP
agreements. Arizona is unique in the need for state legislative action
to approve the DCPs, and this important step may indicate that
finalization of the DCPs is imminent.
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\1\ Completion of the DCPs, and associated reduction in risk of
Lakes Powell and Mead declining to critically low elevations, will
also benefit the activities, analyses and interstate discussions
associated with the formal review and evaluation of the
effectiveness of the 2007 Interim Guidelines. Under the applicable
provisions of the 2007 Interim Guidelines the Secretary shall
consult with the Basin States in initiating this review beginning no
later than December 31, 2020.
\2\ Draft versions of the DCPs and information on the Upper and
Lower Basin DCPs are available on the Bureau of Reclamation's
website at: https://www.usbr.gov/dcp/.
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While the Department supports the ongoing efforts of the Basin
States and remains cautiously optimistic that the Basin States will
successfully complete their efforts promptly in early 2019, the
Department is highly concerned that continued delays regarding adoption
of the DCPs inappropriately increases risk for all that rely on the
waters of the Colorado River.
In the circumstance that the DCPs cannot be promptly completed in
early 2019, the Department must be prepared to take actions--if
needed--to respond to the increasing risks facing the Colorado River
Basin.
Engagement with the Governors of the Basin States and appropriate
consultation with such state representatives as each Governor may
designate is appropriate given the Secretary's recognition of ``the
special role of the Basin States in matters relating to the Long-Range
Operating Criteria,'' 64 FR 27009 (May 18, 1999), as codified in
Section 602 of the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968. The
Department's history and actions in recent decades fully reflect and
underscore the importance of working closely with the Basin States in
developing operational tools for management of the Colorado River. For
example, the Secretary of the Interior noted at the time of the
adoption of the 2007 Interim Guidelines: ``In recent years, in a number
of settings, and facing a broad range of water management challenges,
the Department has highlighted the important role of the Basin States
in the statutory framework for administration of Basin entitlements and
the significance that a seven-state consensus represents. Multi-state
consensus is a rare and unique achievement that should continue to be
recognized and facilitated,'' 73 FR 19878 (April 11, 2008). The
Department fully endorses this Secretarial statement of policy as this
approach continues to represent the best manner to address future
controversies on the Colorado River through consultation and
negotiation. Simply put, this approach minimizes the likelihood that
controversies will increase and intensify as water supplies diminish.
Through this Notice, and at this time, the Department is seeking
input from the Governors' representatives of the Basin States. The
Department will ensure that the information received from the
Governors' representatives is promptly shared with tribes, interested
parties and the general public for their review. In the event that the
Department proposes to take further action following receipt of such
input, the Department will also provide an opportunity for further
input from tribes, interested parties and the general public.
Across Administrations, the Department has invested extraordinary
time, effort and resources to facilitate development of the DCPs. While
adoption of consensus-based DCPs in early 2019 would appropriately and
promptly reduce the risk facing the Colorado River Basin, the Basin
States may not complete the actions necessary to put the DCPs into
effect this year. Accordingly, the Department must be prepared to act
without undue delay to reduce the risk of continued declines in the
critical water supplies of the Colorado River Basin in the unfortunate
event that the Basin States are unable to complete their work on the
DCPs.
In conclusion, the Colorado River Basin has experienced
historically dry conditions since 2000 and the combined storage in
Lakes Powell and Mead has reached its lowest level since Lake Powell
initially began filling in the 1960s. Given the persistence and
intensity of the current drought, the risk of reaching critically low
elevations at Lakes Powell and Mead has increased nearly four-fold over
the past decade. The Department, recognizing this increased risk,
called on the Basin States to put DCPs in place before the end of 2018.
Each of the Governors' representatives of the Basin States endorsed the
goal of completion of the DCPs by the end of 2018.\3\
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\3\ See statement of Commissioner of Reclamation and
representatives of the Seven Colorado River Basin States at https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=62170.
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The DCPs remain unfinished at this time, and given the current
unfinished status of the DCPs, combined with declining reservoir
storage in the Basin, the Department is considering potential federal
actions to revise Colorado River operations in an effort to enhance and
ensure sustainability of Colorado River water supplies for the
southwestern United States. This Notice requests input from the
Governors of the Basin States (and appropriate consultation with such
state representatives as each Governor may designate) regarding
recommendations for potential Departmental actions in the event that
the DCPs cannot be completed and promptly adopted that: (a) Would be
appropriate to take to reduce the risks the Colorado River Basin is
facing, and (b) can be adopted prior to the August 2019 determinations
of operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead in 2020.
Dated: February 1, 2019.
Timothy R. Petty,
Assistant Secretary--Water & Science, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Brenda W. Burman,
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior.
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