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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />people time. I don't know what anybody thinks is going to be enough <br />time. I have a feeling that lawyers, as highly paid as they are in all <br />these various areas, that it might go on for days. 'But it won't go on <br />for days with this bOard. But ,I want everybody to know where we stand, <br />and if we have to hear this and go into it in ,considerable depth, I <br />want to know now what we should be planning for., <br /> <br />The Board of Water Commissioners said they wanted two hours. <br /> <br />MR. WILLIAMS: Right. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Well, we have determined the beginning and <br />the world in this board in less time than that (Laughter). <br />the Division of wildlife? How much are you going to take? <br /> <br />the end of <br />But how about <br /> <br />MR. TALIAFERRO:, I would need a chance to confer with the Attorney <br />General before we made a decision on that. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: J. D. here is going to represent you; is that right? He <br />has a conflict of interest as a member of this BOard. (Laughter.) <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Somebody tell me what we are going to get into in terms <br />of ,expert testimony. will it be expert testimony? <br /> <br />MR. WILLIAMS: <br />be description <br />on the ground, <br /> <br />Yes, Mr. Chairman, it will be expert testimony. It will <br />of studies that have been made, how much of it was done <br />field studies, and so on. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: I can understand experts, but what is the norm, what is <br />the standard that we are going to judge experts on one side against <br />experts on the other? <br /> <br />MR. WILLIAMS: Well, the standard, I think, is in the statute, which is-- <br />it is this board's obligation under the statute to determine what is <br />necessary for reasonable preservation of the natural environment and. what <br />flows may be required to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable <br />degree. Those are the standards. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: I made my living for many years trying to determine what <br />"reasonable" meant. (Laughter.) <br /> <br />But can you tell me in just a few words what the disagreement among the <br />experts is? Is it two inches or three inches? What are we going to be <br />talking about? Maybe everybody else knows, but I don't have the fog- <br />giest idea. <br /> <br />MR. WILLIAMS: It is in the comparison of the minimum streamflows shown <br />on preliminary recommendations and the specific recommendations which we <br />furnished you in the letter that you have before you as Exhibit B. Those <br />are the differences. NOW, how they are resolved is in the light of the <br />standard set forth in the statute. What does it take to maintain the <br />natural fishery in these streams at the points involved. And where, <br />should the measurements be made? <br /> <br />-27- <br />