BOARD02308

• Board Meeting Date: 1/3/1958
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Are you saying, Mr. Eakes, that
prior to the time this project is
authorized, or any money appropriated
for it, the States should sit down and
resolve their differences, especially
Colorado and New Mexico?

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I don't like to have us jeopardize
the unity between the Upper Basin States.
None of these has refused to discuss
reasonable questions."

Mr. Eakes replied that his group and the people
they represented did not feel Colorado could comment favor-
ably on this report until questions had been resolved. The
Governor asked Mr. Eakes if his group had some specific
proposal to give this Board and was told they would have it
ready in about an hour.

General discussion was led by Governor McNichols
on having Colorado's comments ready to be forwarded to the
Secretary of the Interior, by January 20th, the date they a~
due under the Statute. The Governor suggested that the Board
ask for an extension of time in presenting these comments to
the Secretary which would give him an opportunity to talk
with the Governors of the other States to see if something
couldn't be worked out that would be satisfactory to every-
one.

MR. MOSES:

"Might I suggest that a good oppor-
tunity to get together for this would
be at the Rio Grande Compact meeting in
Santa Fe next month."

MR. STAPLETON:

"Mr. Eakes, from your remarks, you
don't think even the initial phase of the
San Juan-Chama is favorable?"

MR. EAKES:

"The initial phase overuses New
Mexico's allowable depletion."

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GOV. McNICHOLS:

"The degree of importance that the
respective States of Colorado and New
Mexico would have regarding these two
projects, i.e., the Animas-La Plata and
the San Juan-Chama, is one of your pro-
blems I take it, Mr. Eakes."