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<br />to 'd.H'.'. 1'~':-pO!'t~ :~,nd :).ft~~l. Iv1x'. F(~.J].1h1.~J ~j.f \Vyor.o.i"i,lgf' discus${~S t.he Wyomi.ng
<br />corn111ellta, a.vlid each, in tUl'n.~ '\vith the oth~~l" State:s ~ we x-nlght. have some
<br />gene:ot'e.l diStCl.l.ssion as '\\'e pro.e..~ed along ~
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<br />Mr. Rolli'116, arE: you prOf-pared to Pl'csent Wyoming's
<br />comments?
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<br />MR. ROl,LINS: Mr. r:hairman, to say that I'm prepared,
<br />I think would be s." untruth. However. I have of eOllrse been connected
<br />with the development of the Gx'een River Basin for a good manyyeara and
<br />am fa.irly well conversant with the report, whieh I think, was submitted
<br />by o\\r State Engineel' to the Governor, and he, in turn, to the Pre sident
<br />and Congres6. Howeve:r, I didn't come with any intention of making a
<br />report, and during the noor, hour, I didn't take time to study the report.
<br />Gel~erally speaking, however, ! would say that the original report, or the
<br />initial l'eport of the Bureau of Reclamation, was not complete so far as
<br />Wyoming \Vas concenled. In other words, there was about 149,000 acres
<br />of good land that was left out of the report, even from the final report of
<br />the Bureau of Reclamation. 'At a metting of the Interstate Stream
<br />Commissionel's, of the Colorado Compact Commissioners, with a number
<br />of. the water users of the Green Rivel' Basin, and the officers of the Green
<br />River Basin Development Company, it was agreed to submit to the Governor
<br />a resolution callin,g for the l.ncluaion of the additional 149,000 acres in that
<br />report. We contemplate, just roughly speaking, thatsbout 30u, 000 a(;res of
<br />nlCW land will be brought under cultivation in Wyoming, and that, l'oughly
<br />speaking, about lOO,OOO acres of land wHI be given watel' for supplemental
<br />purposes. There will be an ultimate depletion of aboutl, 200,000 acre {eeL
<br />It was our thought, too, In so far as the development of the projects were
<br />concerned, that the initial program, as ~;uggested by the B\lreaU in their
<br />first report, could well be carried out, so far as Wyoming was concerned,
<br />without interfen'ing with any allocation that would be considered reasonable
<br />in the future. It must be remembered that up to this point, up to this
<br />time, there has been little or no development so flar as storage reservoirs
<br />are concerned in the Green River Basin. Our developmer,t, so far as
<br />storage is concel"ned, is all ahead of us. A number of other States have
<br />already had considerable development, and we have felt that it was only
<br />fair that we be permitted to proceed, in so far as we di.d not go beyond
<br />what would be considered a rea,sonable allocation. At this time, of COUl'se,
<br />you aloe all aware that the Upper Basin States are attemptillg to get a
<br />draft of a compact which win divide the waters of the Colorado, but to m)'
<br />knowledge, not yet h!>.s a tentative draft been completed. Committees
<br />of engineers have been appointed, and a committee of lawy\~rG. I. being
<br />neithel', am riot on either of those committees, so I am not ir. a position
<br />to talk really authoritatively, but I think I can say that some progress
<br />has been made and that the enginl'H,rS are vel-Y close to suhmitting their
<br />report at this time. I think they have their report about completed, and
<br />I think it will not be many weeks before they win submit their report, and
<br />HI'S my understanding, ""t least, that the attorneys will attempt to draw up
<br />a tentative COl'D,pact whkh will be discussed at a meeting to be held in the
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