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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dirk Kempthorne on Energy & Oil</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> Voted YES on
approving a nuclear waste repository. (Apr 1997) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> Voted YES on do not
require ethanol in gasoline. (Aug 1994) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> Voluntary
partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically. (Aug 2000) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Kyoto</st1:City></st1:place> Treaty must include reductions by all
countries. (Aug 2000) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> Federal tax
incentives for energy, with state decisions. (Aug 2001) </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dirk Kempthorne on Environment</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> Supports salmon
recovery without breaching <st1:place w:st="on">Snake River</st1:place> dams.
(Jan 2001) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Despite the years of conflict over salmon recovery, we produced the
Four Governors’ Agreement. With our neighbors from <st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Montana</st1:State></st1:place> we have provided a roadmap for
salmon recovery. It represented consensus. It respected states’ water
rights and property rights. It did not call for breaching the lower <st1:place
w:st="on">Snake River</st1:place> dams. It has empowered the states to set
their own priorities for salmon recovery, instead of reacting to federal
dictates. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Source: State of the
State address to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place>
legislature Jan 8, 2001 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> States’
rights: no grizzly bears; no roadless forests. (Jan 2001) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Its time to move command and control away from Washington, D.C. and get
the decision-making down to where it should be - on the ground and in the hands
of the land managers - our national forest supervisors and our state foresters.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Can you
believe the Clinton Administration proposal to re-introduce flesh-eating
grizzly bears into the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness? Folks, this could be the
first land management action in history to result in sure death and injury of
citizens. We will challenge this blatant confrontation to our state sovereignty
in federal court.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>And just
last week, in its waning days, the Clinton Administration announced its intent
to implement its roadless plan, ignoring the Idaho Land Board. We will go to
court once again to prevent this misguided and flawed federal policy from
taking effect. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Source: State of the
State address to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place>
legislature Jan 8, 2001 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> Voted YES on
transportation demo projects. (Mar 1998) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> Voted NO on reducing
funds for road-building in National Forests. (Sep 1997) </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Vote on an amendment to cut the $47.4 million provided for Forest
Service road construction by $10 million, and to eliminate the purchaser credit
program [which provides credits to timber companies to offset what they owe the
government]. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Bill <a
href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c10X:S.9999:"
title="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c10X:S.9999:">HR.2107</a> ; vote
number <a
href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&session=1&vote=00242"
title="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&session=1&vote=00242">1997-242</a>
on Sep 17, 1997 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> Voted NO on
continuing desert protection in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>.
(Oct 1994) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> Voted YES on
requiring EPA risk assessments. (May 1994) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> More state autonomy
on brownfields & Superfund cleanups. (Aug 2001) </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Kempthorne adopted the National Governors Association position paper: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The
Issue<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980 (CERCLA), otherwise known as Superfund, was created to clean up the
worst hazardous waste sites across the country and to recoup expenses from
responsible parties. Since the law was enacted in 1980, the Superfund program
has caused significant amounts of litigation, while cleanup of hazardous waste
sites has not been as fast or effective as the statute envisioned. In addition,
states have not had the necessary tools or funding from the federal government
to adequately clean up state sites. “Brownfields” sites—abandoned
or undeveloped non-Superfund industrial or commercial sites under state
jurisdiction—have gained increasing attention from Congress in recent
years as passage of a comprehensive Superfund package has become increasingly
unlikely. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>NGA’s
Position<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>NGA supports the reauthorization of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. NGA policy calls for more
opportunities for states to take authority for cleanup of National Priorities
List (NPL) sites, increased autonomy and funding over brownfield sites, and the
concurrence of a Governor before a site can be listed on the NPL. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Source: National
Governors Association "Issues / Positions" <a
href="http://www.nga.org/nga/lobbyIssues/1,1169,D_1252,00.html"
title="http://www.nga.org/nga/lobbyIssues/1,1169,D_1252,00.html">01-NGA15</a>
on Aug 1, 2001 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Support</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Revolving Loan Fund for flexible Clean Water. (Aug 2001) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Kempthorne adopted the National Governors Association position paper: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The
Issue<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Clean Water Act (CWA) has not been reauthorized since 1987. At that
time, provisions were added to address nonpoint source pollution, pollution
from diffuse sources such as runoff of fertilizers and pesticides, stormwater
runoff, and sediment. Governors and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
disagree on the best approach to addressing the problem of nonpoint source
pollution. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>NGA’s
Position<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>NGA supports the reauthorization of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act of 1972 (the Clean Water Act). The Governors support an increased focus on
watershed management planning, including funding for the State Revolving Loan
Fund (SRF) and nonpoint source pollution programs. States should have the
flexibility to develop plans for attaining federally approved water quality
standards in impaired waters - in consultation with local government officials
and stakeholders - and to allocate responsibility for cleanup among
contributors. The TMDL regulations should be revised, by legislation if
necessary, to give states adequate flexibility, funding, and time to address
impaired waters. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Source: National
Governors Association "Issues / Positions" <a
href="http://www.nga.org/nga/lobbyIssues/1,1169,D_1294,00.html"
title="http://www.nga.org/nga/lobbyIssues/1,1169,D_1294,00.html">01-NGA9</a> on
Aug 1, 2001 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> Focus on prevention
and states for Endangered Species. (Aug 2001) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Kempthorne signed the Western Governors' Association resolution: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ol start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Preventative conservation on both public and
private lands is essential. Western states are actively developing
conservation plans to restore declining species before they need the
protections of the Endangered Species Act [ESA]. Most declining species
can be restored to health only through a federal-state partnership that
involves private landowners and interested parties. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The purposes of the ESA are undermined if the Act
must be so narrowly interpreted that, in order to defend its application
against legal challenge, the very species the Act was enacted to protect
are disadvantaged. [For example], the decision in Oregon Natural Resources
Council v. Daley, holds that the requirement under the ESA for federal
agencies to consider state conservation plans means almost nothing. If
decisions like the one in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>
stands, the Western Governors believe there is a problem with the Act
itself requiring amendment or regulatory clarification. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>In addition, the Governors have long supported
the reauthorization of the ESA based on three goals: to increase the role
of states, to streamline the ESA, and to increase certainty and technical
assistance for landowners and water users. And the governors call for the
ESA to have the recovery of species as its central focus. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Western Governors believe that the courts,
and the Congress, when writing the reauthorization of the ESA, should
reaffirm the Secretary’s ability to defer the listing of a species
when the actions of a state conservation agreement eliminates the need to
list a species. The courts and Congress should also clarify that voluntary
actions that the Secretary finds will help restore a declining species and
which have performance standards, implementation plans, and monitoring and
reporting provisions, and are properly financed, are valid conservation
tools. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Source: WGA Policy
Resolution 01 - 11: Endangered Species Act <a
href="http://www.westgov.org/wga/policy/01/01_11.pdf"
title="http://www.westgov.org/wga/policy/01/01_11.pdf">01-WGA11</a> on Aug 14,
2001 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> Collaborative,
incentive driven, locally-based solutions. (Aug 2001) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Kempthorne signed the Western Governors' Association resolution: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ol start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Water quality restoration is essential for
economic and environmental sustainability of forestry, agriculture,
fisheries, manufacturing, recreation and public water supply. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Western Governors favor collaborative,
incentive driven, locally based solutions to environmental and natural
resource problems such as water quality restoration. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>The
governors continue to endorse the Park City Paradigm to guide water management.
Its guiding principles are: <o:p></o:p></p>
<ol start=3 type=1>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Recognition of diverse interests in water
resource values. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Problems should be approached in a holistic or
systemic way that recognizes cross-cutting issues, cross-border impacts
and concerns, and the multiple needs within the broader "problemshed"
– the area that encompasses the problem and all the affected
interests. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The policy framework should be responsive to
economic, social and environmental considerations. Policies must be
flexible and yet provide some level of predictability. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Authority and accountability should be
decentralized within national policy parameters. This includes a general
federal policy of recognizing and supporting the key role of states in
water management. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Negotiation and market-like approaches as well
as performance standards are preferred over command-and-control patterns.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Implementing these water management principles
can be expensive and beyond the ability of some states to fund. However,
the benefits of managing the resource in this manner are significant.
Therefore, the Western Governors encourage federal agencies to look for
opportunities to use existing authority to provide funding, flexibility in
funding, and/or shared or loaned personnel to states to help them address
specific watershed problems. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Source: WGA Policy Resolution 01 -
12: Watershed Partnerships <a
href="http://www.westgov.org/wga/policy/01/01_12.pdf"
title="http://www.westgov.org/wga/policy/01/01_12.pdf">01-WGA12</a> on Aug 14,
2001 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> Apply "Good
Samaritan" rules to abandoned mine cleanup. (Aug 2001) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Kempthorne signed the Western Governors' Association resolution: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Good Samaritan</span></font></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<ol start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Western Governors believe that there is a
need to eliminate disincentives, and establish incentives, to voluntary,
cooperative efforts aimed at improving and protecting water quality
impacted by abandoned or inactive mines. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Western Governors believe the Clean Water Act
should be amended to protect a remediating agency from becoming legally
responsible for any continuing discharges from the abandoned mine site
after completion of a cleanup project, provided that the remediating
agency -- or "Good Samaritan"-- does not otherwise have
liability for that abandoned or inactive mine site and attempts to improve
the conditions at the site. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Western Governors believe that Congress, as a
priority, should amend the Clean Water Act in a manner that accomplishes
the goals embodied in the WGA legislative package on Good Samaritan
cleanups. S.1787 from the 106 th Congress is a good starting point for
future congressional deliberations. <br>
<br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Cleanup and Funding</span></i></b>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Governors encourage federal land management
agencies to coordinate their abandoned mine efforts with state efforts to
avoid redundancy and unnecessary duplication. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Reliable sources of funds that do not divert from
other important Clean Water programs should be identified and made
available for the cleanup of hardrock abandoned mines in the West. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Western Governors continue to urge the
Administration and Congress to promptly distribute to states abandoned
coal mine land funds in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Trust Fund ,
including accumulated interest, collected under Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (see WGA Policy Resolution 00-012). <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Source: WGA Policy
Resolution 01 - 15: Cleaning Up Abandoned Mines <a
href="http://www.westgov.org/wga/policy/01/01_15.pdf"
title="http://www.westgov.org/wga/policy/01/01_15.pdf">01-WGA15</a> on Aug 14,
2001 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;font-weight:bold'>·</span></font> State primacy over
water quantity & quality issues. (Aug 2001) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'>State primacy over water quantity
& quality issues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Kempthorne signed the Western Governors' Association resolution: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ol start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The states should retain primary jurisdiction
over water quantity issues -- specifically water resource allocation and
the determination of beneficial uses. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Control of pollutants from stormwater needs to be
addressed with application of Best Management Practices. The Clean Water
Act (CWA) should allow flexibility in both water quality criteria and
beneficial use designations for receiving waters. Stormwater discharges to
dry streams in arid regions pose substantially lower environmental risks
than do the same discharges to perennial surface waters. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>CWA reauthorization must take into account the
environment in the arid West. Specifically, the CWA should recognize and
Congress should provide adequate resources for the development of water
quality criteria for non-perennial and effluent dependent streams. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The CWA reauthorization should include two new
statements of purpose: <br>
(A) To recognize the need to establish water quality criteria for the wide
variety of ecosystems that exist in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> <br>
(B) To allow states to encourage the reuse of treated wastewater, as a
component of water quality control. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The CWA should allow states flexibility in the
designation of beneficial uses and establishment of criteria for certain
waters, such as non-perennial and effluent dependent streams and man made
water transportation canals. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Non-point source funding should enable states to
balance program elements and focus, as needed, on technology development
and transfer, monitoring, assessment, etc. Federal agency activities
should also be required to comply with state non-point source management
plans. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Governors endorse the authorization of a
regional water quality research project to design and develop water
quality standards appropriate to unique conditions in the western states.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
Leydecker</span></font></i></em></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends of <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Advisor, California Trout, Inc</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:gray'>PO Box</span></font></i></em></st1:Street><em><i><font
color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'> 2327</span></font></i></em></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:gray'>Mill Valley</span></font></i></em></st1:City><em><i><font
color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94942-2327</st1:PostalCode></span></font></i></em></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 383 4810 ph</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 383 9562 fx</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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