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<br />2089 <br /> <br />, <br />MR. NELSON: <br /> <br />"John Barnard, Sr. would like to present <br />the position of the Colorado River District." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: "AII right, John, would you take this <br />podium and t~at.microphone, please?" <br /> <br />MR. BARNARD, SR.: "Mr. Chairman, Mr. Sparks outlined to <br />you this morning the facts behind the desire <br />of the Crown Zellerbach Corporation, which <br />desire is now crystallized to a certain ex- <br />tent, to establish a pulp mill in Grand <br />County near the town of Kremmling. Mr. Smith <br />and I have had occasion to confer with the <br />representatives of Crown Zellerbach since <br />sometime last fall. I can't remember exactly <br />when. It seems to me it started along in <br />October or November. At that time we were <br />advised that the company wanted to put up a <br />pulp mill at a location where the raw pro- <br />duct - that is, timber (not along beetle <br />killed timber but live timber) - would be <br />readily available. Several sites were dis- <br />cussed and at that time the company appeared <br />to be inclined toward what I will call the <br />'Kremmling site', and that for various reasons, <br />the principal one of which was the availabil- <br />ity in about five or six surrounding counties <br />of the timber needed in the operation planned. <br />Of course, as I understand it, the supply of <br />timber would not be limited to those counties. <br />Any timber that could be brought in by train <br />or otherwise would be used at this plant. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />They told us then that the establishment <br />of any plant at any point in Colorado de- <br />pended primarily upon the availability of a <br />completely dependable water supply and they <br />asked us whether or not the water would be <br />available at the Kremmling site. We told <br />them it would. Since then we have collabo- <br />rated with the Crown Zellerbach people through <br />their attorneys in Denver, Mr. Akolt and his <br />firm, in carrying on, not only negotiations, <br />but studies to determine whether or not we <br />spoke the truth when we told them that the <br />water would be available. <br /> <br />I want to, perhaps ~tr. Chairman, impose <br />on your time a little bit because this thing <br />is important. It's an establishment whose <br />investment will exceed, as I understand it, <br />