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<br />50 <br /> <br />1 needs to be sworn, Mr. Hearing Officer. He has prepared a <br /> <br />2 written statement. <br /> <br />3 <br />( <br />5 <br /> <br />HEARING OFFICER SJAASTAD: Fine. Be seated and <br /> <br />proceed, then. <br /> <br />PlUL SKINNER, <br /> <br />6 called on behalf of the Applicant, gave the following state- <br /> <br />7 ment: <br /> <br />8 All right, this here is a letter written by <br /> <br />9 Franklin Eddy which is manager of the Rio' Grande Water Conser <br /> <br />10 vancy District, and he would like to have it' -- he would like <br /> <br />11 to be here, but he had a commitment that he couldn't get <br /> <br />12 away from and wished :thatI would read it, and I'm not too <br /> <br />13 good, but I'll try to get through with it so you can under- <br /> <br />1( stand it. I'm Phil Skinner, and I'm a valley grower over <br /> <br />15 ,there. <br /> <br />16 And the letter here says the group that I repre- <br /> <br />17 sent in the Rio Grande Basin of Colorado would like to enter <br /> <br />18 into the record, along with a review of what was in our <br /> <br />19 statements of a year ago, that we are still of the same mind <br /> <br />20 and believe that it is absolutely vital to our area and all <br /> <br />21 Of Southwestern Colorado that the continuation of a winter- <br /> <br />22 time snowpack" weatheJ; modification project be kept going at <br />23 all costs. <br /> <br />24 We feel this is necessary, not only to gain some <br /> <br />25 physical water, but to assist the agricultural and consequent <br />