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I MR. STAPLETON: MR. SPARKS: I and Fish Department has designated a repre- sentative; the Department of Agriculture has designated one; the State Department of Health has designated a representative. Of course, the State Engineer's office is represented, as your Board is represented. That committee is shaping up very nicely and we will have it formed and hold a preliminary meeting prior to February 4. That's substantially all I have to report at this time." "Thank you, Dr. Clark. Well, I think we'll get back now to the matter that we had before us on the agenda before lunch, the Narrows Project. We were asking if there were any further comments from any members of the Board or any members of the audience before we pro- ceeded to consider the motion that Mr. Miller made earlier in the morning. Are there any further comments that anyone would care to make at this time? The Board has been meeting during lunch, attempting to formulate this resolution and, Larry, can you restate the summary of our con- versation?" "Mr. Chairman, for the benefit of those who are interested, the remarks made concerning the South Platte Project prior to luncheon obviously need some explanation, or answers I should say, in view of the imaginery fears that were raised and the points that were set forth. I wish to emphasize that those remarks made prior to luncheon did not either extend nor detract from the study which has always been contemplated by this Board and by the Bur- eau of Reclamation in connection with the South Platte Project. It has always been clear to us, and to the Bureau of Reclamation, that this is a South Platte Project and it does not extend to, nor contemplate, any structures, diversions, nor the initiation of decrees by the United States Government for the importation of water