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<br />1--;, <br />;tj <br />,",.,J <br />,....j <br />C\ <br />\:~, <br /> <br />\ <br />Bureau of 'Reel am ate <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />News Release <br /> <br />... ..-.. <br />... .. -- ... <br />."^'-~-""'- ~-""'- <br />~~~~ ~ <br />. ...,.-~ '. <br />< ~< <br /> <br />Upper Colorado Region <br /> <br />Salt Lake City, Utah <br />Holloway (801) 524-5403 <br />For Release February 2, 1983 <br /> <br /> <br />AQuatrain Participants Seek Input for Corridor Selection <br /> <br />Government and industry partners asked the public today for help in <br /> <br />" <br />selecting a route for a $2 billion pipeline that would carry coal and other <br /> <br />products from the upper reaches of the Colorado River Basin 1,200 miles into <br /> <br />the Southwest. <br /> <br />The pipeline, which could UGe unwanted saline water as a medium, is a joint <br /> <br />venture of the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation and Aquatrain, <br /> <br />Ific. Because the project could reduce the salinity of the Colorado River, the <br /> <br />two partners are coordinating their activities with the Colorado River Salinity <br /> <br />Forum repreuenting the 7 States in the Basin. <br /> <br />"This is a major pollution control and coal transportation proj2ct," said <br /> <br />Clifford I. Barrett, director of Reclamation's Ppper Colorado Re&ion head- <br /> <br />quartered in Salt Lake City. "We want to explore all possibilities and make <br /> <br />certain the proj ect serves the nation well." <br /> <br />The project, called Aquatrain, could see the 24- to 48-inch pipeline carrying <br /> <br />a wide variety of products, <br /> <br />possibly t:~om as far north as south\~est Wyoming to <br />" <br />, <br />and liquid carbon dioxide would feed the pipeline <br /> <br />the Californi,a coast. Coal <br /> <br />along with other commodities, possibly including soda ash, grain, and clay <br /> <br />products. <br /> <br />The pipeline would also carry saline water too salty for general use, which <br /> <br />would come from springs along the route. The water, carrying large quantities <br /> <br />-more- <br />