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<br />.LOOU <br /> <br />MR. PETERSON: <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br />MR. PETERSON: <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />for the simple'reason, at the time this tunnel <br />is constructed, the tunnel capacity can be con- <br />structed to this final stage at a relatively low <br />cost, something like 2t or 3 million dollars. <br />After a tunnel is constntcted you can't cut off <br />a project for two or three years to go in and I <br />enlarge the tunnel. If so, the cost would pro- <br />bably be in the neighbolhood of ten to twelve <br />million dollars instead of the less than three <br />for which it can now be constructed. As long <br />as we made it clear here that the Congress was <br />only approving the initial stage, that was our <br />objective, until such time as these two projects, <br />the San Juan-Chama and the Navajo, are in full <br />operation. Then we can determine whether or <br />not there will be additional water for these <br />projects. No one knows at this time. New <br />Mexico says there will be; we say we don't know <br />but we have serious doubts. But at some later <br />date it may be convincingly demonstrated that <br />the water is there for the final stage. <br /> <br />We don't want to be completely arbitrary <br />or unreasonable at this time. But we added <br />this proviso 'That nothing contained in this <br />act shall be construed as committing the Con- <br />gress of the United States to future authoriza- <br />tion of any additional stage of the San Juan- <br />Chama Project'. We have made that clear on <br />almost every page of this legislation." <br /> <br />"Mr. Chairman." <br /> <br />"Mr. Peterson." <br /> <br />"I'm not a lawyer so I shouldn't raise this <br />question, but shouldn't the State Water Con- <br />servation Board also have the opportunity to <br />review any further authorization, in addition <br />to the Congress?" <br /> <br />"Under the law, it must <br />for any future legislation. <br />other bill entirely. <br /> <br />be submitted to us <br />That would be an- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The next change is on page 7. We never <br />did figure out what this paragraph meant but <br />we added something to it anyway and put in the <br />words "under these projects'. That's the only <br />way we could figure out to improve it. What it <br />means the committee is in a hopeless quandary on. <br />We don't think it hurts us or helps us but at <br />