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<br />;:UI:l.l <br /> <br />water is merely used in their cooling system <br />and immediately returned to the stream. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />\'!e started out working wi th various <br />agencies about a year ago. We conducted some <br />water studies at various places throughout <br />Colorado where it was indicated that a pulp <br />mill was feasible. Mr. Gildersleeve did <br />those studies, our Deputy Director. i.Ie fur- <br />nished them with that information and as a <br />result - also the Colorado state University <br />and a number of other people cooperated with <br />them - they settled on the site below Kremm- <br />ling just below the confluence of the Blue <br />and the Colorado. vIe pointed out to them in <br />our original studies that there was not an <br />adequate supply in most places, except on the <br />Gunnison River below the Curecanti or below <br />Grand Junction on the Colorado River, unless <br />they constructed storage or were able to ob- <br />tain stored water. One of the big factors in <br />their selection of the site at Kremmling was <br />both that it is in the center of forest areas <br />from which they would draw their raw timber <br />supply, and it was below the confluence of <br />the Blue and the Colorado Rivers. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />On the studies that Mr. Gildersleeve <br />has conducted, during the critical period <br />1955-1958 we found that in practically every <br />year, even during the critical years, the <br />minimum flow did not drop below 95 feet. V!e, <br />of course, knew that during a large part of <br />the so-called irrigation season there was <br />absolutely no water available at that point <br />for consumpti.ve..'use. Naturally Crown-Zeller- <br />bach is not willing to go into a multi-million <br />dollar investment unless they know that the <br />minimum water supplies are going to be there. <br />So some negotiation was entered into with the <br />Secretary of the Interior, with which we had <br />nothing to do, but which resulted in rather <br />inconclusive results. They then asked me to <br />participate in a conference with them, which <br />I did, for the purpose of determining their <br />requirements and working up additional studies. <br /> <br />As a result of the studies that we have <br />worked out we have concluded that in order to <br />be absolutely safe in their operation, they <br />would need a maximum of about 5,000 acre-feet <br />per year from Green Mountain Reservoir. Now <br />