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<br />r. .. <f' .... [" j <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />Opening Statement - Mr. Stein <br />I might say for me the experience in Colorado <br />has been one of the best in my twenty-five years of State- <br />Federal relations. We were called in by the Governor. We <br />worked, I think, in the most cooperative way with the <br />State and State officials. <br />There were natural differences, largely from <br />points of view and where we came from, and how we looked at <br /> <br />a problem, and the statutory responsibilities attached. <br /> <br />However, these points of view were matched in one way or <br /> <br /> <br />another and approached in an entirely professional way. <br /> <br /> <br />We, I think, have arrived, and I hope we will arrive, at an <br /> <br /> <br />amicable solution. <br />In the matter of State-Federal relations, we are <br /> <br />not very .sure whether either of us could have arrived at <br /> <br />this solution alone. I am sure it would not have been the <br />same one that we are going toward. Probably two and a half <br />years ago, when we started, neither of us would have ad- <br />mitted that there were any good points in the other one's <br />viewpoint, but I suspect, after the two and a half years <br />have passed, the solution we may be coming towards may be <br />a lot better than either the Federal or the State govern- <br />ment could have accomplished alone. <br /> <br />As specified in Section 10 of the Federal Water <br /> <br /> <br />."-\9 <br />