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<br />. <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />area or there was something that the Wildlife thought <br /> <br />important enough to save; is that right? <br /> <br />MR. McDONALD: Indeed. Any place where the <br /> <br /> <br />circumstances that are found match up to the statutory <br /> <br /> <br />criteria for the designation of critical habitat and if <br /> <br /> <br />appropriate procedures were pursued, that habitat can be <br /> <br /> <br />declared critical. <br /> <br /> <br />The analogy we've got is certain fish species in the <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin system which are endangered species and <br /> <br /> <br />certain segments of the river have at different points in <br /> <br />time been considered for declaration as critical habitat. <br /> <br />Those declarations have never been made. They were <br /> <br />proposed and withdrawn about a year and a half ago with <br /> <br /> <br />respect to the squab fish. <br /> <br /> <br />MR. VANDEMOER: But our water rights, if we don't <br /> <br /> <br />follow up on this our water rights are in a sense -- we lose <br /> <br /> <br />them or we lose in the future the right to the water. <br /> <br /> <br />MR. McDONALD: Clearly the impact of this kind <br />of regulatory action on our water system is what's at stake. <br />MR. DANIELSON: Mr. Chairman? <br />CHAIRMAN KROEGER: Yes? <br />MR. DANIELSON: I think Dave has put his finger <br />on some three cogent points that pertain to this particular <br /> <br />problem. Under the South Platte River compact, Nebraska <br /> <br />waived any further claim to any of the waters in the South <br />