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<br />MR. STAPLETON: Any further questions? <br />(No response.) <br />I will entertain a motion then on the Yamcolo project. <br /> <br />MR. BENTON: I will so move. <br /> <br />MR. KROEGER: Second. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: It's been regularly moved and seconded. Any further <br />discussion? <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />(No response.) <br />All those in favor, signify by saying "Aye." <br />("Ayes.") <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Opposed? <br />MR. FETCHER: I think for the record, I should show an abstention. <br />MR. STAPLETON: All right. The, motion passes with one abstention. <br />Rico. <br />MR. SPARKS: Thisisa new project that the board has not previously <br />considered. <br /> <br />. ' , <br />Rico,is a small community situated near the headwaters of the -Dolores <br />River in Dolores County. It's an old mining .town that at one time haa: <br />about three thousand people back in 1880. Mining, as in most ,communities, <br />has gone down hill to where the present populatio~ is about two hundred <br />and seventy people, permanent population, :with a 'few more during the, <br />summer months. -, : <br /> <br />HoWeve; , ttherehha-s b beeniimcreasedimin;j;ng cae ti v;j:ty.r::inht:;ha t:;;:areaoto cs ome <br />extent as a result of the increased production of uranium and some :other <br />fairly rare ores. The town has an extremely antiquated system. It has <br />what we call an "open end" system. They take water through 'an intake. <br />and it overflows back into the Dolores River. The public health aspect <br />of the water is in serious question. The community is extremely small <br />and has limited finances. They badly need a renovation of the present <br />system. <br /> <br />We didn't give it as high a priority as. some of the other areas, because <br />we do not expect the 9r7at ~opulation increase that we attach t? Delta; <br />Hayden and the commun~t~es~acted by coal development. I bel~eve there <br />is somebody. here from Rico. ' , ' <br /> <br />MR. CURRAN: Mr. Chairman and Board Members, my name is Jack: Curran. . <br />I am the mayor at Rico. What has been said is basically correct on this <br />project, except that within the last month another mining coinpany has. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />-24- <br />