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<br />~ ....j <br /> <br />- u. _ . _.____ _. ______.______ <br /> <br />I <br />i <br />i <br />j <br />( <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORlIDO <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS <br />136 State Capitol <br />Denver. Colorado 80203-1792 <br />Phone (303) 866-2471 <br /> <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br /> <br />NEWS ADVISORY <br /> <br />Nov. 25, 1996 <br /> <br />Proposed solutions and ideas to the long-running controversy surrounding the <br /> <br />Animas-La Plata water project in Southwestern Colorado will be discussed and <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />evaluated at an upcoming meeting that will join federal and state agencies and <br /> <br />proponents and opponents on Tuesday, Dec, 3, in Fannington, New Mexico. Lt. <br /> <br />Gov, Gail Schoettler will convene the group in its continuing work. <br /> <br />I <br />1 <br /> <br />The meeting will begin at 9 a,m. at the Henderson Fine Arts Building at San <br /> <br />Juan College, 4601 College Blvd., Farmington, N,M, <br /> <br />The Dec. 3 meeting is a follow-up to an Oct. 28 meeting in which Schoettler <br /> <br />',,11 <br />~ <br /> <br />brought together representatives of the Southern Ute Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute <br /> <br />Tribe, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the states of Colorado and New <br /> <br />;1 <br /> <br />Iii <br /> <br />Mexico, the environmental community and other interested' parties to work toward <br /> <br />, finding solutions to the long-time water rights concerns and issues surrounding this <br /> <br />I <br />-:1 <br />'1 <br />~,I <br />" <br />11 <br />,I <br />:1 <br />" <br />'I <br /> <br />project. <br /> <br />The Dec. 3 discussion is one of a series that began with an Oct. 9 meeting <br /> <br />convened by Gov. Roy Romer, Schoettler and U.S, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. <br /> <br />The series will continue with a Dec, 16 meeting in Denver. <br /> <br />Jim Carpenter or Matt Sugar, <br />Governor's Press Office, <br />(303) 866-4572 <br />