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2017 ANNUAL REPORT of the WESTERN STATES WATER COUNCIL 52nd Annual Report TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION. iv MEMBERS ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS . 1 COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS . 9 WESTFAST MEMBERS . 13 COUNCIL MEMBERS. 15 COUNCIL STAFF . 16 COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP/STAFF CHANGES/NEWS . 17 COUNCIL MEETINGS Spring - Nebraska City, Nebraska. 18 Summer - Rohnert Park, California. 20 Fall - Albuquerque, New Mexico . 23 OTHER MEETINGS Western Governors’ Association . 27 Forest and Rangeland Management . 27 Annual Meeting . 27 Summit on Realigning the State-Federal Relationship . 28 Winter Meeting. 29 National Integrated Drought Information System . 31 Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal Precipitation Forecasting Workshop . 33 Symposium on the Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims . 33 State General Water Adjudications. 39 WATER DATA EXCHANGE . 41 WESTERN STATES FEDERAL AGENCY SUPPORT TEAM . 46 OTHER IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS Western States Water . 49 Western Governors’ State of the State Addresses. 49 Bureau of Reclamation . 52 Budget Request. 52 New Water Available to Every Reclamation State Act. 54 Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act . 54 Public-Private Partnerships for Water Projects. 55 Reclamation Title Transfer Act . 56 Clean Water Act/Environmental Protection Agency. 57 Water of the United States Rule . 57 Congressional Actions . 57 Litigation . 60 i President’s Executive Order . 60 WGA and WSWC Comments . 62 Recodification of Pre-Existing Rules . 63 EPA Mission Oversight . 66 Water Quality Improvement Act. 67 Gold King Mine . 68 New Mexico v. Colorado . 69 Water Transfer Rule . 70 Stormwater Discharge. 72 State and Tribal Assistance Grants . 72 Small and Rural Community Clean Water Technical Assistance/Water Infrastructure Flexibility 73 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act. 74 FIFRA/Pesticides . 76 Sue and Settle Practices . 77 Corps of Engineers . 78 Water Supply Rule . 78 CWA Jurisdictional Determinations . 81 Nationwide Permits. 82 Drought . 83 Water Security/Drought Preparedness . 83 Hydraulic Fracturing. 83 Rescinding the 2015 Fracking Rule . 83 Indian Water Rights . 87 Agua Caliente/Groundwater . 87 Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act . 90 Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement. 94 Crow Creek Sioux Tribe v. U.S. 94 Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act . 95 Kickappo Water Rights Settlement Act . 96 Pechanga Water Rights Settlement Agreement. 96 Infrastructure. ..

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