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':':44 sufficient amount of publicity already in the press, I think everyone is generally quite familiar with the problem. I think we might as well get into it right now. Where do we stand on the Narrows Project, Larry?" MR. SPARKS, "The Board members and the members of the Investigation Commission have received a copy of a letter directed to our Board prepared by Mr. spencer who is here today. Mr. Spencer is the Director of Region 7 of the Bureau of Reclamation. This letter sets forth an agree- ment arrived at between the staff of this Board and the staff of Region 7. I think this is an excellent letter and I won't try to go over it. I will say this, we sent this letter to all the people whom we knew had previously expressed an interest in the Narrows Project. We also informed those municipalities around this area which we conside'red would be inter- ested in the project, and there are some others that we still must contact to determine if they have any interest in the project. Essentially, I will give you a very brief outline of the tentative conc:lusions arrived at between our staff and the Bureau of Reclamation staff. As everyone knows, the old Narrows Unit was contemplated for construc- tion down here (Mr. Sparks used a large map to point out locations) in the vicinity of Ft. Morgan, just above Ft. Morgan, in the Weldon Valley area. This is Denver here, going on downstream to Ft. Morgan, right here. This was an authorized unit of the Missouri Basin project and preconstruction activities were actually started and buildings were con- ~tructed by the Bureau of Reclamation, such as garages, offices, etc. I forget just ex- actly all the work that was done. but a con- siderable amount of money was expended in starting the preconstruction activities of the Narrows Unit. Money was appropriated by the Congress to go ahead and build the project. Some opposition developed, particularly around the Ft. Morgan and upstream areas, in I I