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OCR Page 1 of 12To: Mack, Phil, Harold, Bruce
Fr: John Emerson
Dt: 3/9/94
Re: My Activities
In moving out of personnel, during the past several weeks I
have been devoting significant time to the following matters,
f.y.i.
1. Earthquake: Notwithstanding the fact that national
press attention to the earthquake has substantially receded, the
majority of my time is spent on earthquake related matters. In
coordinating the Administration's long term response, I have also
been integrating the Commerce Department's efforts regarding the
California economy.
Structurally, I hold bi-weekly interagency meetings (FEMA,
HUD, DOT, SBA, Labor, Treasury, NEC, Commerce, DOEd., DHHS, OMB,
inter-governmental, legislative and cabinet affairs) in the
Roosevelt room and conduct weekly conference calls with the
agency representatives on the ground. I will continue to travel
to the LA area as necessary (roughly once a month).
I am forwarding to Mack a detailed report (to be updated bi-
weekly) on the quake recovery efforts under separate cover.
2. Remaining personnel duties: Closing out the '93-'94
round of ambassadors; continuing to work with (and gradually
refer to others) those individuals who see me as their point of
contact in the process.
3. Environmental cans of worms:
--Ward Valley: I have held several meetings with
representatives of biotech firms and utilities, environmental
groups, Interior and Katie McGinty's shop in an effort to find a
middle ground process for resolving this thorny dispute regarding
the dumping of low level waste in the California desert. The
issue pits Sen. Johnston against Sen. Boxer, and splits even the
Democrats in the California House delegation. (I have pulled
Bill Burton into this, too.)
A separate memo on the status of Ward Valley is forthcoming.
--Central California Water: Mack's friend Bronson Van Wyck
has pulled together various agriculture interests to work with
EPA and Interior in developing a process for resolving the
dispute over the Sacramento River Delta water. In December the
EPA and Interior (per the Endangered Species Act) took action
that could result in an annual reduction for ag and urban uses of
1 million acre feet of water, and the Central Valley is up in
arms. Again, the California delegation is split on this one.