[Vision2020] Water and Sewer Agreements: reply from Walter Steed

[Tom Hansen]

Mr. Keim -

Please excuse my ignorance of PBAC.  

I agree with your suggestion of expanding PBAC's authority 100%.  The 
alternative, I am afraid (please correct me if I am wrong), would almost 
require a federal mandate, which (in my estimation) would be long and 
painfully tedious.

Thanks,

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


> Tom,
> 
> PBAC does have representation from several different impacted 
communities.
> They put on a fantastic water summit last fall.
> 
> I don't know about the PBAC's governing ability.  I believe it is 
strictly
> advisory, with minimal actual power.  I suggest the way to get a 
governing
> committee, would be to enhance the regulatory power of the existing PBAC,
> rather than start a new group from scratch. I suspect getting a true
> governing committee with adequate powers to function across state lines
> would be enormously difficult.
> 
> On Feb 10, 2008 1:06 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> 
> > I am somewhat familiar with the PBAC.  What I am not familiar with is 
its
> > composition and what "powers" it possesses concerning the aquifer.
> >
> > As the PBAC is an advisory group, its recommendations/suggestions 
totally
> > lack any enforcement, thus almost discrediting the PBAC altogether.
> >
> > What I am suggesting is a governing committee comprised of members of 
the
> > various communities making enforceable decisions based on their
> > community's input.  This committee could be comprised of various 
members
> > of the various city councils (this would allow recall capabilities on 
the
> > part of the communities concerned), in other words . . . 
accountability.
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> 


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