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<br />~ <br />c <br />~ <br /> <br />c: <br />c <br /> <br />Colorado supports the President's budget request for <br /> <br />,. ".', <br /> <br />construction funding for the Bureau of Reclamation's Closed <br /> <br />Basin, Dallas Creek, Dolores, and Fryingpan-Arkansas projects <br />and for a small reclamation projects loan for the Stagecoach <br /> <br />Project. <br /> <br />With respect to the Corps of Engineers' budget, Colorado <br /> <br />supports the President's budget request for construction <br /> <br />funding for the South Platte River, Westerly Creek, and <br /> <br />Fountain Creek flood control projects, <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />This statement is submitted by the Honorable Roy Romer. <br />Governor of Colorado; Mr, Hamlet J, Barry, III, Executive <br /> <br />Director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources; and <br /> <br />the Colorado Water Conservation Board, which is the state <br /> <br />agency charged with the development of Colorado's water <br /> <br />resour'ces. <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation (Construction Proiects) <br /> <br />Animas-La Plata Pro;ect. This is a joint Colorado-New <br /> <br />Mexico project designed. among other things, to address the <br /> <br />water supply problems which confront the Indian reservations in <br /> <br />the project area, Other components of the project will serve <br /> <br />non-Indian populations in Colorado and New Mexico with <br /> <br />-2- <br />