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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. CRANDALL: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. CRANDALL: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />"There is one thing I'd like to do before <br />we get into the regular agenda, and that is <br />to call on Mr. Dave Crandall from.Region'4, <br />for some remarks he might care to make at <br />this time." <br /> <br />"Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, the report <br />which Region 4 presented at your last meet- <br />ing is a fairly current summary of the <br />progress on the investigation and construc- <br />tion program of the Bureau of Reclamation, <br />Region 4, in Colorado. I thought you might <br />be interested, however, in our January 1st <br />forecast of the runoff situation. with the <br />very substantial storm we received in Decem- <br />ber, the prospects are much brighter than <br />they were before that time. <br /> <br />We have precipitation which doesn't <br />necessarily relate in percentages to runoff <br />now in excess of 100 percent. We are look- <br />ing forward to an April-July runoff on the <br />order of 10 million acre-feet which will <br />give us some gain in storage and the prospect <br />of reaching rated head at Lake Powell. <br /> <br />So those are the highlights I have for <br />your record, some of the facts on the indi- <br />vidual reservoirs, which constitute what we <br />think might be of interest to you at this <br />time." <br /> <br />"Thank you very much, Dave. <br />would like us all to still think <br />that right?" <br /> <br />I guess you. <br />snow, is <br /> <br />"Certainly. Think and maybe a prayer now <br />and then wouldn't be out of order either." <br /> <br />"All right. Thank you very much, Dave. <br /> <br />You will recall at our last meeting of <br />the Board, we requested the Corps of Engineers <br />in the omaha District, to review with us the <br />Chatfield Project construction plans to deter- <br />mine, if possible, when the construction had <br />