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<br />53 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />MODERATOR: 'l'hat'sfine. Go ahead. <br />MR. STECKEL I This is Representative Waldo's 5tat8- <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />3 ment. "I support the project. I know it will have a strong <br /> <br /> <br />4 economic impact on the area. This project has long been <br /> <br /> <br />5 needed. Talk of this project started about thirty years ago. <br /> <br /> <br />G Twenty years ago the Colorado Water Conservation Board gave <br /> <br /> <br />7 the project the highest priority for consideration. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />The project was authorized for construction in 1964. <br /> <br />9 A repayment contract was signed in 1969. Construction funds <br /> <br /> <br />10 have been appropriated by Congress, approved by the President <br /> <br />II and are nOw available to initiate the project construction. <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />I feel the project should be started promptly. I can <br /> <br />13 . see full crops, and a. change of cropping to seed crops, grass <br /> <br /> <br />14 seed, alfalfa seed, certified small grain seeds. The environ <br /> <br /> <br />15 ment is very suitable to seed production which will net a <br /> <br /> <br />16 higher return to the producer, attracting the young people <br /> <br /> <br />17 to stay on the farms. <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />The added agricultural dollars will turn in the towns <br /> <br />19 somewhere between three to seven times, sales taxes, income <br /> <br />20 taxes are paid, so not only the area, but the state and the <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />nation, as well, benefit. <br />W. must remetnberfood is still our basic necessity. <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />23 Ni th the world looking to us for food, I feel we need this <br /> <br />24 <br />project. <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />I will submit written testimony after receiving any <br />, <br /> <br />. <br />