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<br />Oll3J9S <br /> <br />PAGE 9 <br /> <br />I TOOK THIS INVITATION SERIOUSLY AND BEGAN TO STUDY UP ON THE <br />ISSUE. AND I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL IN THE PROCESS. BUT PERHAPS THE <br />HOST DISTURBING THING I FOUND HAS THAT THERE WAS NO WAY FOR HE TO <br />RECEIVE OFFICIAL, INSTITUTIONAL ADVICE AND GUIDANCE. LAW AND <br />PRECEDENT BOTH WERE SILENT ON WHAT I SHOULD DO. <br /> <br />IS THS THE WAY WE WANT TO FORM "STATE POSITIONS" ON PROJECTS AS <br />SIGNIFICANT AS THIS? MORE IMPORTANT, IS THIS THEY WAY WE WANT TO <br />RESPOND TO THE INCREASED FEDERAL INVOLVEKENT IN THESE ISSUES1 I <br />THINK HE NEED TO FACE THE FACT THAT THE fEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS HERE <br />TO STAY WITH RESPECT TO STATE AND LOCAL HATER PLANNING. IT HAS AN <br />INCREASING EffECT ON COLORADO HATER DEVELOPMENT AND ON THE OPERATION <br />OF COLORADO HATER LAW. WE MUST FIND WAYS TO HARMONIZE THE FEDERAL <br />LAWS AND PROGRAMS WITH EXISTING COLORADO WATER LAW. <br /> <br />FAILURE TO DO THIS HOULD BE TO ABANDON CONTROL OVER OUR OWN <br />DESTINY. IN THE CASE OF THO FORKS, THE ONLY fORUMS IN WHICH THE <br />PUBLIC WAS ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE HERE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. HE WERE fORCED TO DEBATE THE ISSUE <br />IN THE OfTEN INEffECTIVE CONTEXT OF fEDERAL HEARINGS. I BELIEVE WE <br />SHOULD LOOK FOR A WAY TO CHANNEL THESE DEBATES INTO A fORUM OR <br />THROUGH A SET Of LAHS DESIGNED BY AND fOR COLORADO, NOT THE FEDERAL <br />GOVERNMENT. HE DO NOT BENEfIT FROM A PROCESS IN HHICH EAST AND <br />HEST. DEVELOPERS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS TRY TO DISTORT OR CONTROL THE <br />FEDERAL PERMITTING PROCESS. WE NEED TD EMPOWER ALL COLORADANS IN A <br />CONSTRUCTIVE WAY RATHER THAN RELY ON THE BRUTE FORCE CLASH BETHEEN <br />ATTORNEYS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORTS. <br /> <br />, I <br />