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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />r~. Berthelson: I don't propose to speak for the Yeilow Jacket board, <br />but I do believe that the water conservation board should be advised, <br />and maybe you have been, Larry. They did meet the other night and voted <br />to ask the State to take the feasibility study of the Yellow Jacket <br />project off the shelf, start new negotiations and perhaps new studies <br />and attempt to see if we can get our problem solved within the State. <br /> <br />As the board will recall some two or three years ago, we ended up pretty <br />much at impasse on this thing between the water people and the environ- <br />mentalists. I do think that there will be some new things happening <br />as far as the White River is concerned and as far as Yellow Jacket proj- <br />ect is concerned. Hopefully, we can come to some conclusion on our <br />internal problem within the State so that at some future date if the <br />demand is there the Yellow Jacket project can be submitted to Congress. <br />The board did meet the other night. Mr. Wiscombe of the Bureau was <br />there with his people and they are anxious to proceed. They are making <br />several different studies on changing the Yellow Jacket project, to up- <br />date it, make it more acceptable perhaps to the enviromental people, <br />and so forth. There are some real negotiations going on. I do know <br />that some of the larger oil companies are negotiating with the Yellow <br />Jacket people in an attempt to option or buy water. I think that the <br />thing is real this time, Ben. There may be some slow down. I don't <br />anticipate any big, big gigantic boom in terms of turning the Piceance <br />Basin up side down. But I do think that you will find that the oil <br />companies are definitely going to go with something now, and we must <br />somehow plan these projects. I certainly agree with Larry, somewhere <br />down the line we may have to reschedule our priorities. The White River <br />is the river in the United States today. I would certainly hope that <br />this board would take a new look at the whole thing over there and at <br />least see if we can't keep some of this water in Colorado. Utah is <br />vitally interested in the White River too now, as you well know. So I <br />don't think we can afford to put it off too much longer before we do <br />get back into the Yellow Jacket project. Thank you. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: Thank you, Si. Are there any comments about any other <br />funding of reclamation projects? <br /> <br />Mr. Ford: Yes. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: Yes, sir. <br /> <br />Mr. Ford: I got here late, as you well know. We don't have any oil <br />shale over our way and we don't have any Indian tribes. I am not being <br />nasty, I am just asking for help. The Fruitland Mesa has been authorized <br />and no money is scheduled for it. The Dallas Creek is not being funded. <br /> <br />-25- <br />