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<br />acre-feet for industrial, <br />addi tiona1 Indus trial. I <br />I'm speaking from memory. <br /> <br />24,000 for Kemmerer and approximately 5,000 <br />don't have those exact figures before me, <br />Do you have those? <br /> <br />Mr. Starks: That's about correct. The Governor's letter, I'm sure, <br />was d rected to the allocation to Kemmerer Coal, 24,000 acre-feet. I I <br />am sure I know that is his concern. I think there is the question in <br />the Governor's mind whether the people in the area would support that <br />type o( development. It seems to me your Board is going to have to <br />make that decision. That is one that we can't make for you. You know <br />your own area better than we do. <br /> <br />Mr. Brooks: <br />support it. <br /> <br />It is the feeling of the Board that the area residents do <br />Of course, we will know better after the election. <br /> <br />Mr. Sherman: Do you know what the Kemmerer plans are in terms of using <br />24,000 acre-feet? I presume we are talking about thermal plants. Do <br />you have any idea of the size of the plants, or the location of the <br />plants? <br /> <br />Mr. Brooks: No. As we discussed earlier this morning, Kemmerer is not <br />in the business of producing power. They are putting together, you <br />might say, a package, an energy package of the coal and water which <br />would be needed in the production. I do have some figures, though, <br />that Kemmerer has advised were a possibility, that with the coal and <br />water they feel there would be a generating plant of 1.2 million . <br />kilowatts. <br /> <br />Mr. Sherman: And on the change from irrigation purposes to industrial <br />purposes, do you have any idea of the number of acre-feet, and the <br />amount of the land that would in turn not receive water? In other <br />words, I presume that in this change from irrigation to industrial less <br />land would be irrigated as a result of that. Do you have any idea of <br />the number of acres that would take out of the irrigation as a result <br />of changing it? <br /> <br />Mr. Brooks: .I don't at the present time. <br /> <br />Mr. Sherman: Is there a need for the additional 8,900 acre-feet for <br />additional irrigation in the area? <br /> <br />Mr. Brooks: It would be very minor <br /> <br />Mr. Sherman: Very minor. <br /> <br />Mr. Brooks: -- for the land that is presently under irrigation. <br /> <br />Mr. Sherman: The reason I ask, I don't know when this report was <br />prepared, but there was an environmental assessment report prepared <br />that may have been prepared by the Bureau of Mines. <br /> <br />Mr. Brooks: That's right. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />-22- <br />