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<br />very good economic position to be self-sufficient. <br /> <br />Mr. Geissinqer: What is the breakdown on the 80,000? Can you tell <br />how much is for industrial use, and how much is for irrigation? <br /> <br />Mr. Mavnes: Well, the Ute Mountain Ute tribe has approximately 6,000 <br />acres of land under the Animas-La Plata project which would be irri- I <br />gated. And I think I am saying correctly, if not, I have a good sound <br />man over here in the person of Mr. Tyner that will correct me, that <br />the industrial water and the irrigation water in terms of the 80,000 <br />acre-feet is about equally divided. Is that correct, Bob, or incor- <br />rect? <br /> <br />Mr. Tvner: Yes, it is equally divided between the two tribes. 53,000 <br />acre-feet of water for development of coal resources by the two <br />tribes. <br /> <br />Mr. Maynes: 53,000 acre-feet, I will say then for your records for <br />coal resource development. The rest for irrigation, municipal, and <br />recreational use. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: All right. Any further questions? <br /> <br />Mr. Berthelson: Sam. you referred to the authorization in 1968 for <br />concurrent construction of the five projects with the Central Arizona <br />project. I gather from your remarks that it was a moral obligation, <br />not a legal obligation. <br /> <br />Mr. Maynes: I want to correct that. I think it is a legal obligation <br />and a moral obligation. <br /> <br />Mr. Berthelson: Both? <br /> <br />Mr. Maynes: Yes. <br /> <br />Mr. Berthelson: In other words, the Congress did definitely by the <br />wording in SOI(b), or whatever it is, obligate itself to fund the <br />five projects concurrently with the Arizona project? <br /> <br />Mr. Maynes: That is exactly right. I think it would be well for <br />this board and perhaps for other people in the state of Colorado to <br />look in some of the minutes and some of the hard fought negotiations <br />that the state of Colorado was engaged in at that time in regards to <br />obtaining that commitment from the United States Congress, because <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />-19- <br />