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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />"7:JloL <br /> <br />The folder "Water Resources Investiga- <br />tions in Colorado" was revised in 1965 and <br />is available free upon application to the <br />Geological survey. He also have a few copies <br />that we have turned over to the Water Board <br />and they are available through them. This <br />is a folder that has a map showing the loca- <br />tion of the gaging stations and the various <br />ground water wells with a brief resume of <br />the present investigations and a little sum- <br />mary of the publications available covering <br />the water situation in Colorado. <br /> <br />I believe that completes my report, l1r. <br />chairman. " <br /> <br />"Thank you, Nr. Odell. Any questions by <br />members of the Board? DO any of our guests <br />have any questions of l1r. Odell? Thank you <br />very much, Mr. Odell. <br /> <br />The next agenda item is the Corps of <br />Engineers, Albuquerque District. There is <br />no representative of that district here. <br />today. The report is in your folders, con- <br />sisting of two pages. Larry, are there any <br />things you want to emphasize in this report?" <br /> <br />"I think there is one significant item <br />concerning the operation of John Martin <br />Reservoir. At the present time the water in <br />John Nartin Reservoir exceeds the conserva- <br />tion capacity for the first time in the <br />history of the reservoir. The Corps of Engi- <br />neers, under its operating procedures, is <br />releasing that excess water at the present <br />time. <br /> <br />At the annual meeting of the Arkansas <br />River Compact Administration at Lamar this <br />past December, the Administration went on <br />record to request the Corps of Engineers to <br />terminate those releases. The Administration <br />acted on the theory that the probability of <br />floods occurring in the Arkansas Valley. during <br />