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<br />--" <br />t, <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS <br />1 36 State Capitol <br />Denver, Colorado 80203-1792 <br />Phone (303) 866-2471 <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />Oct. 2, 1996 <br /> <br />Gov. Roy Romer and Lt. Gov, Gail Schoettler announced Wednesday that they <br /> <br />have called a meeting to join federal and state agencies and proponents and opponents of <br /> <br />the Animas-La Plata water project in Southwestern Colorado in creating a solution to this <br /> <br />long-running controversy. <br /> <br />The meeting is scheduled for] 0 a"m., Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Aryada Center of <br /> <br />the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. <br /> <br />"The Animas-La Plata project has been mired in controversy for years," Romer <br /> <br />said. "There are a number of complex issues with this project that we must resolve, <br /> <br />including the reserved water rights claims of the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute <br /> <br />Indian Tribes. We must reach a solution soon to these and other issues that is acceptable <br /> <br />and will work, <br /> <br />"We are convening this forum to bring all sides together in the interest of solving <br /> <br />this long-standing problem," Schoettler said, "Everyone involved has told us that they are <br /> <br />tired of fighting each other over this project and are willing to get together and try and <br /> <br />work out a solution." <br /> <br />U.S" Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and representatives of the Southern Ute <br /> <br />Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the states <br /> <br />of Colorado and New Mexico, the environmental community and other interested parties <br /> <br />also will attend this meeting. <br /> <br />---more--- <br /> <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Covemor <br /> <br />~ <br />, <br /> <br />."~ <br /> <br />:;:!~ <br />