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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. KUIPER: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. KUIPER: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. KUIPER: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. KUIPER: <br /> <br />MR. WH~~'.l'EN: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. ~lHITTEN: <br /> <br />.j~::>::> <br /> <br />"S. 25 is Senator Gill's, the bill 'Relat- <br />ing to Water' by title. This bill is in commit- <br />tee: I think the Water Committee. It is a bill <br />on presumption as far as ground water is con- <br />cerned which states essentially that there shall <br />be no presumption as to whether or not ground <br />water is tributary to a stream." <br /> <br />"This is an old chestnut, is it not?" <br /> <br />UYes.1I <br /> <br />"Is it moving, or going to move, or what <br />is its status?" <br /> <br />"I don't know. It's in committee, that's <br />all I know. It has not been brought out." <br /> <br />"I don't think - we are all familiar with <br />it from times past and we all know Senator <br />Gill's position - we should do anything more <br />than note it is here and pass on to the next <br />one. <br /> <br />Gentlemen, back in the back of the room <br />there, if you will keep your conversation down <br />a little bit so we can have our meeting we'll <br />apprecia te it." <br /> <br />"Senate Bill No. 52 by Senator Oliver 'Con- <br />cerning the Ground Water Law and Providing <br />penalities for Violations Thereof': you remem- <br />ber when the ground water law was passed the <br />penalty provi~ions, I think, were stricken, and <br />this simply reinstitutes the penalty provision <br />for well drillers in the present ground water <br />law. I see no objection to it. I don't know <br />if it's necessary or advisable for the Board to <br />take any position. This is just a matter of <br />information. " <br /> <br />"Mr. Chairman." <br /> <br />"Mr. Whitten." <br /> <br />"I might say a word or two on that since we <br />