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,OC!SQ '. OJ We therefore request that the sum of $3,500,000 be appropriated to resume cons t ruc tion on the NCl rrows pJ'oject, "pan the cone1 i t ion, if such is required, that the State of Colorado contribute funds annually toward such construction in the amount and manner prescribed by the President's cost-sharing formula. b. If this Subcon~ittee determines that the foregoing proposal is not feasible, we urge consideration of an alternative. In a recent letter to Colorado's Senator Hart, Secretary Andrus indicated an apparent sincere desire to work with Colorado in developing the state's compact allocated waters from the Colorado and Platte Rivers. If this is the case, and failing in the first alternative, we are willing to accept the Secretary's invitation to explore the full range of alternatives as proposed in his letter. In order to explore Narrows project alternatives or modifications, we urge an appropriation of $250,000 for that purpose. In addition to the projects covered by this statement, the President's budget message made no mention of the previously authorized Fruitland Mesa and Savery-Pot Hook projects in Colorado, These projects are ready for construction. While we totally disagree with the President's reasons for abandoning these projects, it appears fruitless to pursue funding for them under the present circumstances. They most certainly have not been abandoned by the State of Colorado and we will pursue their construction under more favorable conditions, As a conCluding statement, the State of Colorado fully endorses a resolution adopted by the Upper Colorado River Con~ission on March 22, 1979, urging that no appropriation or reallocation of funds occur for the purpose of preparing a comprehensive environmental impact statement for the entire Colorado River Basin. Despite weak arguments to the contrary, the sole purpose for the preparation of such a statement is to inhibit and destroy the operation of the long- standing interstate compacts allocating the waters of the Colorado River to the respective seven states of the Basin, We in Colorado fully appreciate the opportunity you have afforded us today to impose u?on your busy time in this era of a continuing series of domestic and international crises, The fact that Colorado and other states have had the opportunity to present a case before you today should remind us all that the legislative processes of our government are still the best that have yet been devised. We thank you. - 4 -