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<br />as to whether or not they want to enact regulations governing these <br />floodplains. ' <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: All right. All of the resolutions ,are in front of you. <br />Would you prefer to take them individually, or take them as a group? <br /> <br />MR. FORD: Take them collectively. ' <br /> <br />MR; SHERMAN: I would so move that we favorably consider these seven' <br />resolutions. ' <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />. <br />MR. FORD: And I would second it. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: It's been directly moved and seconded. Any further <br />discussion? ,(No response.) <br /> <br />All those in favor signify by saying, "Aye." The resolution is <br />unanimously carried. (See Appendices C thru I.) <br /> <br />Now we'll go to the report <br />to be here today. There's <br />.report as follows: <br /> <br />. <br />of the consultant, Mr. Moses. He was unable <br />a court setting.and he has submitted a brief <br /> <br />"Since the last meeting, I have assisted in the revision of the state- <br />ment of the Colorado Water Congress.to,the National Commission on <br />Water Quality commenting on its draft report, so that the statement, <br />as revised, represented a joint statement by the Water Congress and <br />by this'Board. 'A copy of that statement is attached. <br /> <br />Since that time, EPS has published some proposed regulations'which <br />appear to present serious problems to irrigated agriculture. One of <br />the problems is a political one,-as non-irrigated agriculture is <br />'exempted from:NPDES requirements,' thus leaving the West to carry on the <br />fight. alone. <br /> <br />I regret that a court.setting, made over six months ago, prevents me <br />from attending this meeting or the Rio Grande Compact Commission <br />meeting at Baca Grande on March 16 and 17. . <br /> <br />A conference on Instream Flow Needs will be held in Boise, Idaho on <br />May 3-6, sponsored by the Western Division of the American Fisheries <br />Society and the Power Division of the American Society of Civil <br />Engineers. I have been asked to participate in order to give the . <br />conferees some idea of the problems encountered in the application of <br />Colorado's statute." <br /> <br />I think that's all we need to do about it at this meeting. Hearing <br />no additional comments on it, we'll pass on to the Director's report, <br />item 6 on the agenda. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: Mr. Chairman, On March 29, we will present testimony in <br />the Congress on the appropriations approved during the earlier part <br />of this meeting. In addition, a number of our conservancy districts <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />-30- <br />