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<br />Mr. Sparks: ~rr. Chairman, the staff has had some contact with various <br />oil companies. We have had complete cooperation with everyone with <br />whom we have dealt to date. They have discussed with us their plans, as <br />well as they know them, and we are able to finally project an actual <br />operation. Colony intends to start construction this year. They expect I <br />about two hundred people moving into the Grand Valley area later this <br />year. They eventually expect a work force of about fourteen hundred <br />people. We are somewhat acquainted with their process and their water <br />requirements. I might add that the requirements of that operation, <br />which is a fifty thousand barrel a day operation, was a shocker to us, <br />because it greatly increased the amount of water that we had previously <br />believed would be necessary for the oil shale industry. <br /> <br />The reason that many companies have not been able to give out any infor- <br />mation is because they don't have any idea of where they are. There are <br />some new companies in this business now that heretofore have done no <br />research in connection with the oil shale industry. They simply don't <br />know. We are and will be working with them. I think it is a good <br />idea for the chairman to write some of them. If we can get additional <br />staffing on this board, we may assign one or two engineers exclusively <br />to the oil shale problem. It is a major problem. That is the reason <br />we have suggested a board meeting sometime this summer in Rifle. <br /> <br />In addition to the problem of the water, there is the environmental <br />problem. The disposal of the residue will be a major headache. A great <br />deal of research has been done on that by the Colony group. I hope the <br />board this summer will have the opportunity to actually look at the <br />spent shale disposal. I think there can be a satisfactory solution to <br />that. <br /> <br />11r. Stapleton: I might add that we have had our ups and downs about <br />oil shale. Coming down from a crisis to a problem, may de-emphasize <br />it a little. As one citizen, I hope we don't get d~pendent ever again <br />on Arab oil. I am willing to help push the projects along, but I think <br />we are going to find a little different climate. if this energy crisis <br />does ease off. Obviously, these companies have put out some great <br />expenditures, but we will see what happens this summer. <br /> <br />Si, did you have a comment? <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Mr. Berthelson: I would like to make one brief comment, whenever the <br />time is appropriate. <br /> <br />~rr. Stapleton: The time is appropriate. <br /> <br />-24- <br />