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<br />o <br />U':i <br />N <br />,~ <br /> <br />\~ <br /> <br />"<J\.._\ <br />^:-J <br /> <br />,;i'..' <br /> <br />;. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />'Ii ,ff Dj"id~~pr~u~J:i <br /> <br />.,,~,;:.:Jj\!.W' WoshinAton Bur.o" as.adefiniteneedforwaterfor I b.tw. .... <br />:~ WASIDNGTON ~ With oll . the oil shale industry is estab- can a s e eenGle"", <br />'lfhale d~vt>lopmen\ on thehori- lished." Johnson maintains Spring<-.-and DeBelli!e'aldng <br />. zon, Rep. .;rames P.-'JohnSon' thaj..time has come. -,. th e . ColoradoRlyer.T bll .. <br />R-CoI~., ~e?"esday u rile d In ~ letter to SecretaXy,of the project would Pi-o;'ill~~,u.ir <br />federal -offic,als to pushfo"''' InterIOr Rogel'S C. B._Morton;. 400,000 acre-feetilf..,wtitel' .for. <br />ward with plans to bulld a JolmsOn ~aid the "signs clear- nlUil!bjpIIiF,.industrilU.a:nd!rri.- <br />~106.5. million water project In ly indicate that the initial .gatlon pll,I'pOses. . '.~ "..- <br />.. 'western Colorado. ,. stages. olaserioos (oil, shale), "JollP~on urged :MortQn-toc <br />T-h e reclamatiOn project, development_progr~m. - aor e_ exen;JSe whatevet. 'autli<irlty: <br />,. known as West Divide, was au" under way. It Is,mperative Isaya,ilable to move.the W.eJit' <br />thorized by CongressJri 1968 at . that the people of that area; as Divide Project fOJ:wardin an <br />the proddmg of then-4th D1s- well as. the federal . govern-, expeditfuus miiinier:" . <br />trictRep; Wayne Aspinall. But ~ent, prepare to .!l'eet thesQ- <br />t federa,l officials immediately Clal. and..e!:OIJOllUC . problems <br />t. questioned its feaslblllty and that surely wllI ~ace usJl)l. ". <br />:' ..,as~,gne!llt low priority .at JoIlnson_~mmde~ Morton <br />. . ~dget time. - . . .., that !nits finalenVll'Onml>ntal <br />i .,'Tli",.Ji,<lriimistratlon la;;t year ,lmpa<>t statement"!.the proto- <br />;.. Impounlled~O,OOO authorized' type plls.hale lease program. <br />I. for advancei!plannmg of the" ~e liltenor .De!'artmen,~.B!ud <br />'. _ project untiHtseffect on salin!-. one:"f the multitude .of1ll1por- . <br />,_ ty of the COlprad<>'Jt!ver could. tantJacl'!'rsthatmustbe given, <br />! be determined. .. / early attention is the 1lvallabll-. <br />" Sta.t . .. I of water!'. .... <br />~ .1 .;. pqied West. Divide <br />I: a f _ ' :,','Calls for construction <br />t O}V series of. res.ervoirS and <br /> <br />