<br />MR. STAPLETON: Mr. Jackson.
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<br />MR. _JACI~SON: "Larry" I would like to, know, which way you "would recom-.
<br />mend We pro_ceed.: -Lookiong at p/!,-ge 367.93 of.thi-s reconnnendatiqn,-_at .
<br />~eas~ proble~ 2_and problem 4:indicate a virtual'pre-emption~of all
<br />state water __:l~w" state water' rights. I have some mixed 'emotions' whether
<br />this body, along with anyone else we can enlist in support, should even I
<br />address the 100 options and try to give some credence to them.and give
<br />answers as to how they might be better or whether we should devote the
<br />majority of our thJ:'Ust -- and again:~trying ',to enlist every other:state
<br />and,whoever else:we can in this state-- in ~ frontal ,attack on the ~
<br />very:cidea of t~is :pre-emption. That seems to "me to be the overriding:c
<br />problem in all of this.- Do you have:a reconnnendation in that area? .' ,
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<br />MR. SPARKS: We:could put together in short order a working group on
<br />each of:'these policy option,areas. - There: are -four so';call~ed "issues"
<br />set forth in this publication~ the pub1:ication:dated July 15: There -
<br />was a fifth policy issue, which I understand there is some turmoil
<br />within the:federal agencies about, :and they could not agree upon
<br />possible options. :That fifth -issue area :is the area of federally -
<br />reserved water rights'::and Indian ,rights. -Presumably, -that :will-be:C
<br />published in'the Federal Register in 'the"'-near, future. 'We must:.address,
<br />ourselves to that, also. -" ..::'::' " - - ,
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<br />It :h~s come-: to us \mofficiallythat ma~y: ~f' thep;ople thai:: are working
<br />in these. task rorce.:areas at'~the federal level :are, concerned -about the:
<br />lack of 'suffic'{ent'time for the states and ,the, citizens to make adequate
<br />,input,. We have :be,en assured :thrQugh-csoine of the:'administration rep're-
<br />'sent~tives tbat -at: least many of them stil-l have: an open :mind con these
<br />subjec1€i; and :that they, :are very anxious. to -have the various sta'tes "
<br />aI!aly~e each qf' tIle options. :' The 'problem is that the task force is 'so'
<br />presse4 :i~orc t:;ime- that I :can ':t see how they could even .read' all: the stuff
<br />theY-1!re going- to get, much le,ss analyze': it;, -_The task force, is supposed
<br />to:finalize iJ~s.: options br:Se'p_tember:-L:-_ That is:about ,thirty days':from
<br />now-, ~and ,the hearings won t, be conciuded. 'The ,last date "for 'the ~ ,: ,:
<br />Washington, D. C. .he~rings to submit. written- connnents is somewhere
<br />around August 20. To try to analyze these voluminous hearings through-
<br />ou~the qnited-Stat~&and make final 9ption -selections _by September 1
<br />is- just _impossiple. : - '.::"" _ _ _ _ -, .
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<br />The task force will -have until the 15th, as I understan~it, although:
<br />they are supposed to finalize their options, they are still going to be
<br />arguip.g about them for s,ome fifteen days thereafter. ~Their final: .
<br />recommendations to the president, 'set forth~n this :one schedule are
<br />ar_ound. the first of Octo.ber. ~ :
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<br />MR. STAPLETON:
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<br />Again, the: re.cor~ is-- open until -August': 20,?-:'
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<br />MR. SPARKs: The record is open until August 20. For the hearings': _: -
<br />here tomorrow, they close August 8. It is set forth in some of this
<br />stuff that we put out on the table, and that is' in your:: folders. :
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<br />MR. JACKSON:
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<br />population.
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<br />How many states, Larry, are liable to be at aLl concerned
<br />We have 33 percent of the land area and 2 percent of the
<br />Will anybody else really care a great deal other than a
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