Governor Geringer supports the passage of the legislation and has urged the Wyoming Congressional Delegation to co-sponsor and support the bill s enactment into law. House Bill 93 was signed into law as Chapter 81 of the 1999 Session Laws by Governor Geringer several weeks ago. One of the sections of the law authorizes the initiation of ongoing state-wide water planning and authorizes 5 new positions and the funding of engineering consultants for preparing basin plans for the Bear and Green River Basins. This subject was the special report at a Forum meeting late in 1998. Attorneys for the State of Nebraska were in Cheyenne last week doing informal discovery on the files and documents of Wyoming s experts who prepared reports for Wyoming s defensive case in Nebraska v. Wyoming.
Depositions are in the process of being set.
A decision by Special Master Owen Olpin on motions filed last October, including Wyoming s motion to dismiss, is anticipated by May, 1999. Water Supply Conditions Reservoir Elev. Releases from Gray Reef Reservoir are currently about 600 cfs. Reservoir releases from Glendo Reservoir have been discontinued for the winter months, except for a low flow release of 25 cfs. Guernsey Reservoir releases have been discontinued for the winter.