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.lb\;j'1 MR. NELSON: "Thank you. the terms here - tion - an<;t I was I was just confused about the designation and alloca- just trying to clarify that." MR. SPARKS: "Perhaps for a little more explanation, Mr. Nelson, that is the thing that we are disturbed about. Region 4, apparently, is working under a great handicap. We don't know that that is fact, but we have to assume, from all circumstances, that Region 4 has never been advised as to what they are sup- posed to be studying. Yet they have $720,000, or something like that, allocated for this nebulous study. The situation that is ex- tremely disturbing is that we are on the eve of the preconstruction period. These transmission lines must be planned and under construction at least within the next two years and sooner, if possible. In other words, this next budget should contain money for preconstruction activities on the trans- mission system. That is a must. Apparently Region 4 is right up against that deadline with no directions as to where they are going. It is an incredible situation. I We have made certain proposals to this Board in order to try and get something done. We can see no conceivable reason why that allocation shouldn't have been made four or five years ago. I I want to amplify a little bit on what Mr. Sargent said. I didn't go into these phase systems because it was a somewhat difficult picture. In the plan presented by the private power companies, the Bureau, prior to the time the project power was available, would construct these transmission lines into Colorado. In other words, they would be in existence and capable of wheeling power by that one 230 KV line from Glen Canyon to the Four Corners, Curecanti, to Poncha and one 115 KV line from Flaming Gorge to Oak Creek, Colo- rado. Now those would be constructed prior to the time power became available from the Storage Project. In other words, those are the transmission lines we are talking about getting under way next year or at the latest, the year after. After that, we would get into this third phase as the demand increased. An- other 230 KV line would run parallel to the first one, all the way to Poncha Junction.