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<br />SEP-21-1998 U3:UI pn UANltL H l~KAtL PV <br /> <br />Que: 'f00 ;:::Jouo <br /> <br />l'. U'I, "";~'''..''T.,;'. I., <br /> <br />," l <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br />IBtrMudl6n <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br />Senator Ben Nighthone Carn 11 and CongreslltWl Scott McInnis are working to <br /> <br /> <br />transfer the Vallccito Reservoir to Pine River Irrigation District. This trlnsfer will put <br /> <br />Colorado into the f",..hont ofw states which are working to acquire title and control <br /> <br /> <br />over some of the most valuable s water in the welt. The tJnitod States Bureau of <br /> <br />Reclamation has oflel:ed to transfer' to its facilities to those partics who demonstrate an <br /> <br />jntenllt and an ability to JJUID88C tbei t'C8ources coosiatent with federal and Itate law. <br /> <br />'on Board should ptqJGl'C and implement a progmm <br /> <br />The Colorado Water <br /> <br />to lISIIilt Irription and M&l entities w are poised to accept transfe.rs from the United States <br /> <br />. on Board. through lcgiIlatiw amendment or other <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation. The <br /> <br />I authority, shouldptOVide finmcial an technical assistance to encourap Collm1do entities <br /> <br />Ie and well-maintained storage and distribution <br /> <br />to acquiR from the federal <br /> <br />facilities. <br /> <br /> <br />a e <br /> <br />Vice PresidentAl Gore, 118 fhis 1995 cffort to reinvent government. proposed <br /> <br /> <br />that Buxau of Reclamation waUl!' and delivery tiwili1ies be tnlrJSfimood to non--federal <br /> <br />ownership, For the 1ut two and a half , several districts - including ones in Idaho and <br /> <br />New Mexico, and the Collbtan District n Colorado -UDIIICCUIfully tried to dewlap a model <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />ZT:~T 86, T2 d3S <br /> <br />$/Z'd <br />