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<br />OD3J97 <br /> <br />PAGE 8 <br /> <br />I AM NOT CRITICIZING THIS CHANGE. IN MANY WAYS, THIS NEW <br />INVOLVEMENT REFLECTS THE CHANGING VALUES OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND <br />IT REFLECTS THE CHANGING VALUES OF COLORADANS AS WELL. <br /> <br />BUT, AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE HAVE NOT KEPT PACE WITH O~ EVEN <br />ATTEMPTED TO ACCOMMODATE THESE CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. FACED <br />WITH AN UNPLEASANT REALITY, HE HAVE CHOSEN TO ACT AS THOUGH THIS <br />INCREASED FEDERAL PRESENCE IS FICTION, NOT FACT. <br /> <br />HELL. LET ME TELL YOU, IT IS FACT. THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL <br />POLICY ACT IS FACT. IT REQUIRED THE EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />STATEMENT ON TWO FORKS. AND THE CLEAN WATER ACT AS WELL AS LAWS TO <br />PROTECT THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES, WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS <br />AND WILDERNESS ARE FACT. THE PLANS FOR TWO FORKS MUST COMPLY WITH <br />ALL OF TH ESE. <br /> <br />LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY OF MY INVOLVEMENT IN THO, FORKS. I HAS NOT <br />INVOLVED BECAUSE OF ANY STATE LAW. IN FACT, COLORADO LAH PROVIDES <br />NO ROLE FOR A GOVERNOR IN SUCH MATTERS. RATHER, I HAS INVITED TO <br />COMMENT ON MATTERS OF "PUBLIC INTEREST" BY THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF <br />ENGINEERS. I WAS INVITED TO PLAY AN ADVISORY ROLE, IF YOU WILL, TO <br />A FEDERAL AGENCY WHICH HAS THE FINAL SAY OVER WHETHER TWO FORKS GETS <br />PERMITTED OR NOT. <br />