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<br />real progress along this line. <br /> <br />As mentioned by the director of your board, we do have a construction <br />program which has worked very well in the state of Utah. It has done a <br />great deal, especially for the outlying areas of our state in the areas <br />of short water supply. This program has established and maintained to a I <br />great degree the way of life that we like to have in our small communi.: <br />ties..' , <br /> <br />I would like also to introduce Dan Lawrence who is director of our board. <br />Dan is a fireball, works well with the board, meets well with the people, <br />very active on interstate matters pertaining to the waters that affect <br />Utah. We are glad to have Dan. <br /> <br />We have our state engineer, Dee Hansen with us. Dee, would you stand <br />please. Also we have the assistant attorney general, Dallin Jensen with <br />us. We have several other friends in attendance with the Utah group <br />today, including representatives of the Indian tribes and conservancy <br />districts. I won't try to introduce these men individually, but they <br />are here and we appreciate their effort in attending today. <br /> <br />I would like to ask our director, Dan, inasmuch as we have quite a <br />representation of our staff, to introduce the staff and some other people <br />that he would like to introduce that probably I have overlooked. Dan, <br />would you introduce the balance. <br /> <br />Mr. Lawrence: I certainly echo our appreciation for this meeting and <br />the opportunity to get together at this time. It is fantastic, the size <br />of the audience. I hope they don't go home disappointed over what they <br />came to hear today. <br /> <br />We have part of our staff with us today. I would like to have Barry <br />Saunders stand up. Barry is our chief of planning and spends a great <br />deal of his time working with me on interstate streams, especially the <br />Colorado. Harry is a work group member on the Colorado control forum, <br />which I am sure you have heard about. Robert Murdock is here, our chief <br />design engineer for our construction program. We also have our chief <br />geologist, Bruce Montgomery. Bert Page is our administrative assistant. <br />Then our very capable secretary to the board, Connie Borrowman. We are <br />all delighted to be here with you. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: Thank you, Dan. 1 didn't introduce him at first, but <br />Harris Sherman is director of natural resources for the state of Colo- <br />rado. Harris Sherman. <br /> <br />Mr. Sherman: Thank you. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: The first item on our joint agenda is the Rio Blanco Oil <br />Shale Project in Colorado. I would like our Director, Larry Sparks, to <br />initiate this part of the agenda for us. <br /> <br />Mr. saarks: Ladies and gentlemen. For a number of years there has been <br />consi erab1e activity about oil shale development in this part of the <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />-44- <br />