BOARD00882

• Board Meeting Date: 1/11/1951
• Description: Table of Contents and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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It was moved by Mr. Pughe and seconded by John Beaty that
the Director and the Board Attorney be designated as a committee
of two to handle future contacts on the subject of rain-making,
and to confer with Mr. Swisher's committee regarding the provi-
sions of the regulatory bill being prepared for subrJission to the
State Legislature. On vote, -the motion carried unanimously, and
declared adopted. -

Attorney General Duke Dunbar, ex-officio member of the Board, briefly
addressed the Board. He said that duties of the attorney general's office made
many demands on his time, but nevertheless he intended that his office would be
a 'member of the Board, in fact'. He said he proposed to attend as ~any Board
meetings as possible, or assign H. Lawrence Hinkley, his deputy and fornIer
attorney general, to sit in at Water Board meetings.

Further discussion was held regardine the proposed bill to regulate
well drilling in Colorado. It was decided that the Colorado :'Iater Conser-
vation Board would cooperate ill outlining a workable regulatory program, and
that the Director and the Board Attorney would serve as a committee of two
for the Board to consult with !.ir. Fuller and the state well drillers' group
in formulating a suitable bill for that purpose.

Returning to the subject of underground water investigations, the
Director reported that a sub-committee of the State Agricultural Planning
Committee h~s been formed to study the possibilities of proposing an under-
ground water code for Colorado. The Director said he had met with the sub-
committee on one occasion, and was assisting the group in an advisory capacity.

It was moved by C. J. McCormick and seconded by George Pughe
that the Colorado natei Conservation Board go on record in favor of
increasing the biennial appropriation for underground water surveys
from ~25,000 to $50,000, and that such request be forwarded to the
Controller and Appropriations Cor.unittee of the 38th General Assembly.
On vote, the motion carried unanimously and was d~clared adqpted.

It was moved by C. J. McCormick and seconded by George Pughe
that each member of the Colorado Vater Conservation Board should
write a personal letter to the Legislators of his respective dis-
trict, recommending the appropriation of $50,000 for the 1951-
1953 biennium for underground water surveys in the state. On vote,
the motion carried unanimously and was declared adopted.

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The Director reported tllat efforts were being made in the State, under
sponsorship of the Department of Health, to draft a bill on water pollution. He
said the assistance of the Director of the Hater Board had been requested, and
he and Jean Breitenstein had reviewed drafts of such legislation and made certain
suggestions~ -

TI. N. Gahr, of the sanitation division of the State Health Department,
said that original efforts had been to apply a 'model bill' to Colorado's situ-
ation, but this approach had proved \ffisa'tisfactory, as the 'model bill' failed
to recognize water problems of the ~ind existing in Colorado, the doctrine of