BOARD01820

• Board Meeting Date: 4/14/1965
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

MR. STAPLETON:

MR. SPARKS:

Reclamation that the proposed contract has
been submitted to the Northern Colorado Water
Conservancy District and to The Colorado River
Water Conservation District for comment. Both
Districts have indicated to the Bureau that
they view the contract with favor.

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Because this supply of water is essential
to Colony's planned development, it respect-
fully urges the Colorado Water Conservation
Board to view the proposed contract favorably.

In addition, I would like to state, as an
attorney and a resident of the Denver metropoli-
tan area, that the Board consider the economic
impact of the proposed economic development.
It far transcends local significance. Obvi-
ously, in addition to the tremendous importance
to the Counties of Garfield and Rio Blanco,
this project has tremendous significance to
the economy of the State of Colorado. The
utility construction, steel, cement, and other
industries obviously will be major beneficiar-
ies situated in all parts of the state."

"Thank you, Mr. Tweedy. Larry, do you
have any comments?"

"Gentlemen, you received our memorandum of
April 5, 1965. in which we set forth very
briefly the pertinent portions of Senate Docu-
ment No. 80, 75th congress, 1st Session, which
is the operating agreement, or operating prin-
ciples, for Green Mountain Reservoir. It is
specifically mentioned in Senate Document No.
80 that water not required for other purposes
specified in the document can be made available
for the development of the oil shale or other
industry. At this time the only available I
water - immediately available water, or reser-
voir water - for such use, is in Green Mountain .
Reservoir. Historically Green Mountain has
never been used to the full extent of its capa-
city for beneficial use other than the genera-
tion of power. We have long considered, on our
own staff. that eventually Green Mountain must