rers of Energy I mited Flats Congridi, senol Committee on Interior Vuk committee on resourcen WATER MARKETING THE SALE OF WATER FROM THE UPPER MISSOURI RIVER MENT OF ENERGY JULY 18, 1975 PART 1 Printed for the use of the U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 56-062 O WASHINGTON : 1975 COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington, Chairman PAUL J. FANNIN, Arizona CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming JAMES A. MCCLURE, Idaho DEWEY F. BARTLETT, Oklahoma GRENVILLE GARSIDE, Special Counsel and Staff Director WILLIAM J. VAN NESS, Chief Counsel HARRISON LOESCH, Minority Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY RESEARCH AND WATER RESOURCES FRANK CHURCH, Idaho, Chairman MARK O. HATFIELD, Oregon PAUL J. FANNIN, Arizona BEN YAMAGATA, Counsel (II) 11, 16 STATEMENTS Page Abourezk, Hon. James, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota-- 1 Butler, Secretary Vern, Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of Hon. Richard Kneip, Governor of the State of South Dakota---- Ford, Charles R., Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Department of the Army, accompanied by D. E. Lawhun, Chief of Legis- 28, 60 Horton, Hon. Jack O., Assistant Secretary, Land and Water Resources, Department of the Interior, accompanied by Gilbert Stamm, Commis- sion, Bureau of Reclamation ; Ernie London, Assistant Solicitor, Depart- ment of the Interior; and Edward Sullivan, Assistant Commissioner, Tonasket, Mel, President, National Congress of the American Indians-- 62 51 Church, Hon. Frank, a U.S. Senator from the State of Idaho, letter to Hon. Kent Frizzell, acting secretary of the Interior and Hon. Howard B. Callaway, Secretary of the Army, June 6, 1975----- Frizzell, Kent, solicitor, Department of the Interior, memorandum to Secretary of the Interior, November 27, 1974.- Horton, Hon. Jack O., Assistant Secretary of the Interior, letter to Gov. Richard L. Lamm, Governor of Colorado, March 25, 1975--- Metcalf, October 7, 1974.- Metcalf, Hon. Lee, a U.S. Senator from the State of Montana, statement APPENDIX Abourezk, Hon. James, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota, George A. Costello, legislative attorney, Congressional Research Serv- ice, February 5 and June 24, 1975_- Morris Thompson, Commission of Indian Affairs, July 14, 1975--- 111 “Confiscation of Indian Winters Rights in the Upper Missouri River Hon. Richard Kneip, Governor, South Dakota, July 17, 1975-- 198 203 "Indian Prior and Paramount Rights versus State Rights,” by Wililam H. Veeder, reprinted from North Dakota Law Review, fall 1974.. "Indian Water Rights in the Upper Missouri River Basin, by William H. Veeder, reprinted from North Dakota Law Review, summer 1972----- 143 McCollister, Hon. John Y., a U.S. Representative from the State of Ne- McGovern, Hon. George, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota, Nelson, Jeff, staff assistant, East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., |