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<br />. . invested in the projcet.. .AmI.rcRdems:u fear'il wo.uld 1ilel sobdivislaas Dear DIBugo~' ....
<br />which ill alrcady iceli!1g fiOm er9wth !'"_~. ". " . .' . . ...".
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<br />'~~ts 'hol.djxig the pablic ~ ~tIl:cCi -tj; IX: ~c. to tbe p(Ibllc.. aid' Dr. lama '.
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<br />'. The p~lintiffs in ~y's dem poiDf b, ~ B~'I past. ~ Of womt~1 ...:........milieS . . .
<br />.with high taX.:ates. The B1iEaU's c:os:dy tiolllRl Project,. ~ oaIy a short cll.d~.... '
<br />.' .' from tl!.o. p:oposed .~La. PIla site;'Jc4 ~ r.u to oa so% ~ ~ iJI.C*. Cortez~. ':
<br />, . bcQuse the prtlject was Dascd CD 'i"fltrt~ llOP"-"1i" proj.-<;tj........ ~ '-.;~ht.1bat.AU :'.
<br />. irieorpomtes .;milMly. irif!ated projections.. Consequ=1tlY. econQuUsts "dif""te that the ..a.....4
<br />" : propertY ~ for ALp. could rise by'moie 'Jbazl. 3000% if tlic PrOJect is bOi1t. ," . . 0:'
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<br />. :0 .'oThis'~a~ii:'~efot~.~~,~.' ri';ollOtlme'f~beck~~~ofttie~iiC .' " .'
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<br />. '. 'In~pastfewweeks,severai~ooi~~~~mlto',,~.of~~' .
<br />" '0 Bmce Babbitt. who overseeS.tfJe Bureau 'ofR""'''~~oo. askin& him to pay ~ persoila1: .''.
<br />. 111m/ion to probIems With tbe .,~ <*Itr-'s for the ..."m.--La Plata ptojcet. III a.' .
<br />. Fe~ 20 Icttet, 'Reps. Pat.~ (D-CO) aDd Peter DeF~ (D-OR.) said "We lie .' 0 : .
<br />. . diStUrbed by. recent ~~ thai Rl"'T.....,.,;..., .may' acc:epf lIS WIid Ibc inadequate rePaYmmt. '.
<br />, . ..' .levels established ~ !he "oxisting col'llncts." . In II Mm:h 6 Jetter, Reps. niomas' Petri (R. WI> -
<br />, . o' '.. imd Sheiwood Boeb1ert (R.lh1. eChoed "COlICenIS-_.~ ~justificatiOA fertile . . ' .
<br />proj~. ;'In ~ ~ ot~ a1Dterity, f~ ap:aciCs-shouldm- i 1arge:JJu;rda1 ~~ ., : ,.0... .
<br />'. ' ~ trying tb julltify WfUtcM ~iwres ofrms m'lgr'mw..: they wrote.. .
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<br />'. . . . 'TodaY's IawSuit,~ the fifth,time i:bat atizeIi iroUPS ha,ve "~~"""Vd ~'~ODS on . . ': .
<br />,0 . Animas-La.P~:as ContraJy.to lI!e ~w. In tbe tour Prior cases,.'ibe ~ bas cilber . .
<br />': '. . e;lnceded the violation or be!:S1 ordered by &. court to I;banp.ita. _ODS. "This illII1lige=y
<br />..: tliat's.-JIC\oer met a law ~t ~'J like to In'elIk,. said LOri Potter, 'Siena am; Lepl.~ 0
<br />", ;FUnd IIttomey "foi'tbe V'''intlA$o ..' .:.' 0 ..".. 0...
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<br />. PQ.blic ~ and eoinmellt'Cl!l repaymeDt ~ like tboSll for the ~n;m.c..ta:Plata . 0 .
<br />: project,"js'requirMoby,tbe Reel""''''''.,., Ref~ Ac:t ofl~. Due ~ biea;:Y aiEic.ism of..
<br />,(Ost-<l~ ~ ~ ~ to. the federal &~vemmedt fioui B..e... water pzo,IlCts. . ,0. . '.,
<br />Congress'opeoed $e ~'~ ~_.1koca:. to publie. scrutilIy in 1982 .~....,. to " ~
<br />the ~1..m"I;vi1 Act of 1939. ~ the 'Bureau reads the laW. It lca'ves out tho.~.. . .
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