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258 Morning Session February 22, 1951 In the absence of the Chairman and Vice Chairman, the meeting was called to order at 10:15 a.m. by George A. Pughe, who was selected at the last meeting to serve as Chairman Pro Tem. The first order of business was the consideration of proposed water pollution legislation for the State of Colorado. The Director announced that a bill on water pollution control had been introduced and ordered printed by the State Affairs Committee of the General Assembly and that hearil'.gs on the bill before the Committee ,vere to be held. It was suggested that the Board, or at least its representatives, should arrange to participate in the hearings. It vms agreed that the DiEector of the Board and its Attorney be autho- rized and directed to appear at the hearings on the pollution control bIll and testify in behalf of the Board. Appearance before the Committee on the'subject is with the understanding that the Director and Attorney should oppose the bill, in its present form, for reasons which were fully discussed in the meeting. These reasons generally were that the proposed legislation is based on a model bill which might apply to states where the riparian doctrine of water la~ is recognized, but which would not be workable in a state where the doctrine of appropriation is recognized; that definitions and regulatory provisions, con- tained in the bill, if enacted into law, would be oontrary to and interfere with the exercise of rights to water in Colorado; and that the bill contarned an implied and umvarranted confession that Colorado is allowing polluted ~ater to pass into other states, thereby involving interstate questions. It was also' believed that the provisions of the bill, in its present form, if enacted into law, might well be held to be unconstitutional. Thereupon, the BOard proceeded to a further consideration of ttle Oper- ating Principles fbrthe proposed Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado, such mat- ter having been postponed at its February 9, 1951 meeting for action in ttle p're- sent meeting. Such postponement was made to enable' .members of the Board from Western Colorado to consult witrrWestern Slope interests, particularly with the Colorado River ~ater Conservation Distrtct Board 'and the Southwestern Water Conservation District Board, with respect to suggested revision of the Operatlng Principles of the project which were approved by the Board on June 16, 1950. ' At the meeting February 9, there was submitted to the Board a report by Jean S. Breitenstein, its Attorney, setting forth the proposed revisions and ~he reasons therefore (reference is made to the Breitenstein report appearing in the minutes of the February 9th meeting). Judge Dan H. Hughes announced that he had presented the matter oT the rev~s~on of the Operating Principles on the proposed Fr;yingpan-Arkansa's Project to the Colorado River Water Conservation District' Board and that that Board has passed a resolution which he read to the Board. .!.. . I r -