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<br />to eliminate any serious contention or serious controversy about the. <br />projects. They have been reviewed and revised to this point where it's <br />absolutely impossible to make any further revisions without completely <br />destroying the projects. <br /> <br />We just don't know of anything further that we can do at this point in <br />history to change the scope of them any further. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: DO we have a memorandum of all of this that will be <br />available to the Appropriations Committee so that the administration <br />will know our efforts in this respect in the last few years? <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: All of these changes are summarized in the environmental <br />impact statements which have been circulated at hearings and which have <br />been submitted to Washington. These changes are all emphasized in the <br />definite plan report for each project. All of them have been summarized <br />and sent to the administration by the Bureau of Reclamation, showing <br />the different things that have taken place since the projects were <br />authorized. <br /> <br />All of this information is not only available, but it has been submitted <br />to the proper authorities. Of course, we have been kept advised about <br />it over the years and each of our summary sheets that we have put out <br />over the years has reflected all of the changes that have been made. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: I was looking at the plan on the way over, what you call <br />the summary sheet. Where does it indicate some of these changes on <br />there? <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: If you will review the Animas-La Plata project summary, you <br />will notice on Page 3 of the environmental impact statement that we said <br />the alternate plan of pumping the water in the lower Animas to the proj- <br />ect area was significantly reduced by the environmental impact of the <br />project. Most of these changes have been summarized very briefly in the <br />summary sheets. They have been summarized in some detail in the environ- <br />mental impact statement and in great detail in the definite plan reports. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: How would someone in the administration trying to look <br />at these objectively find all of this? Would they have to go to the <br />Interior and to Reclamation to get them? Has our Board prepared any- <br />thing that would be helpful? <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: The environmental impact statements are filed with the <br />President's council on Environmental Quality and those changes are re- <br />flected in that report. Also the definite plan report is filed with <br />the Secretary of Interior, one of the cabinet members. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Any further questions from the members of the Board? <br />Mr. Sherman, do you have any thoughts or remarks? <br /> <br />-7- <br />