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<br />. <br /> <br />d' <br /> <br />.~. . . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />ALREADY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL RURAL <br /> <br />ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION HAVE A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED <br /> <br />TO KILL THE DEAL. <br /> <br />THE OFF-RESERVATION USE OF WATER WILL PROBABLY BE OPPOSED <br /> <br />BY MANY STATES. A PROPOSED CALIFORNIA INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT <br /> <br />ACT, AN ACT FAR LESS AMBITIOUS THAN THE COLORADO UTE WATER RIGHTS <br /> <br />SETTLEMENT ACT WITH RESPECT TO OFF-RESERVATION USE OF TRIBAL WATERS, <br /> <br />DID NOT GET THROUGH CONGRESS. DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUND AS TO <br /> <br />WHETHER IT CAN PASS CONGRESS. <br /> <br />NATIONAL AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS OPPOSE THE PROJECT <br /> <br />ON PHILSOPHICAL GROUNDS. THEY HAVE ALREADY APPROACHED INTERIOR WITH <br /> <br />THEIR OBJECTIONS. <br /> <br />LOCAL REPAYMENT CONTRACTS NEED TO BE NEGOTIATED AND SIGNED <br /> <br />AND LOCAL ELECTIONS HELD. THOSE OPPOSING THE PROJECT WILL USE <br /> <br />THESE EVENTS AS FORUMS TO PROTEST THE PROJECT'S CONSTRUCTION. <br /> <br />AND, AS THE DRAFT LEGISLATION FINALLY PRESENTED TO THE <br /> <br />COLORADO DELEGATION BY INTERIOR AND OMB SUGGESTS, MORE ATTEMPTS <br />WILL BE MADE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RENEGOTIATE THE DEAL. <br /> <br />THEREFORE. I CAUTION EVERYONE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE ANIMAS- <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />LA PLATA PROJECT CONSTRUCTED AND THE INDIAN CLAIMS SETTLED, DO NOT <br />BE LULLED INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. THE TOUGH ISSUES STILL <br /> <br />LAY BEFORE US AND, IF HISTORY IS OUR TEACHER, THEY WILL PROBABLY <br />REMAIN FOR YOUR CHILDREN. <br /> <br />0177 <br /> <br />-8- <br />