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CD ~ o o COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD Department of Natural Resources 721 State Centennial Building 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 866-3441 STATE OF COLORADO o M E M 0 RAN DUM Richard D. lamm Governor J. William McDonald Director David W. Walker Deputy Director TO: Members, CWCB FROM: Bill McDonald DATE: June 21, 1985 SUBJECT: Agenda Item 5, July 1, 1985, Board Meeting-- Director's Report (re Narrows and Animas- La Plata Projects) In early May, the House Appropriations Committee prepared an FY 85 supplemental appropriations bill which contained funding for all aspects of the government's operation, including new starts on the Narrows and Animas-La Plata projects, among other Bureau and Corps projects. Congressman George Miller, Chairman of the Water and Power Subcommittee, Comm~ttee on Interior and Insular Affairs, objected to the inclusion of the Narrows project in the bill because the estimated cost of construction exceeded the authorized cost ceiling. In response, the committee dropped the project from the bill reported out to the House floor. With respect to the Animas-La Plata project, Mr. Miller initially objected to its inclusion in the bill because the Administration had not presented a cost-sharing proposal on the project to Mr. Miller's subcommittee for review. Through Congressman Strang, we were ultimately able to negotiate on language proposed by Mr. Miller which addressed this issue. In exchange for having such language in the bill (copy enclosed), Mr. Miller dropped his objection to including the project in the bill. The House eventually passed the FY 85 supplemental appropriations measure on June 12 with the agreed-upon language intact. The Senate Appropriations Committee then hurriedly reported out its version of an FY 85 supplemental appropriations bill. Animas-La Plata was included, but the Narrows was not. As best I can determine as of the writing of this memo, the Senate bill as 177 ai/5