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<br />Let me point out a couple of things. We have written a lot of those <br />studies up and a lot of the materials in the impact analysis which <br />we are giving to the federal government for its impact statement on <br />the Colony project which is under way at the moment. Our statement <br />is essentially a three-volume impact statement with seventeen volumes I <br />of appendices. We are trying to have the largest statement ever <br />written. I don't know if the EPA founders intended impact statements <br />to be that long, but they seem to be getting longer, instead of <br />shorter. The environment is quite a big thing. It requires a lot of . <br />work ,to tell you what might happen. <br /> <br />In addition, we have published three particularly important studies <br />which we call water studies of Parachute Creek. One of them is <br />talking about our water quality program and summarizes that as a <br />result of the parameters that were measured in our baseline studies. <br />Another one discusses the impact of the Colony plant on salinity and <br />a third discusses the alternatives and strategy we have for obtaining <br />water for this commercial facility, such as the various reservoirs <br />and the various options which would be open to us. Unfortunately, <br />we can't give many of these out because we are just about out of them. <br /> <br />Now, if you have time, I will be glad to answer any questions. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: First of all, what are we talking with in terms of <br />time in your water development? ~fuat water rights do you have, or <br />what would you need in terms of the maximum production of the <br />contemplated plant? Can you give us some idea of this part of your <br />program? <br /> <br />Mr. Kilburn: As you indicated in your earlier remarks, the oil shale <br />production has been on the horizon for a long time. I guess it is <br />still there until our plant is really built. We are projecting a <br />plant completion in 1978, or possibly 1979. At that time, we would <br />need 10 to 12 cfs of water. Until that time during construction, we <br />would require only a couple of cubic feet per second. In addition <br />to the 10 to 12 cfs, if one calculates the needs of added population, <br />I think this is the figure you people would like because you are <br />interested in a total package. We estimate, and it is only an esti- <br />mate, that about 20 percent of the plant use would be required for <br />the population that would be attracted. We are projecting a popula- <br />tion of 5,000 would be attracted by commercial plants. There will <br />be roughly a thousand workers and at a ratio of 5 to 1, five people <br />servicing that one thousand workers and being part of the family and <br />so forth. They would use then about 2 cfs. I think the maximum use <br />from one commercial plant we calculate to be about 13 cfs. <br /> <br />Mr. Sta~leton: How much of those water rights have you presently <br />acquire ? <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Mr. Kilburn: Hell, I guess water rights is something I am liable to <br />get very mixed up on. You people are the experts. I understand we <br /> <br />-7- <br />