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<br />Glen Clll1yon ,~servoir ""ould be very expensive and a large expenditure <br />there at thi~ time riay pr<)clude any construction els(mhere for a long time to <br />come. <br /> <br />JUDGE STONE: Alf sections are concerned over what takes place in the Upper <br />Basin. <br /> <br />MR. TIP1'ON: I endorse the statements made by Mr. Breitenstein and Judge <br />Stone. There are ~everal disadvantages to building Glen Canyon now (Reads <br />statistics o~ Re~e~voir evaporation and silt deposits). Authorization of Glen <br />CC'.nyon _at th:l.s 'hms'would be PrematurhThe Sen Juan Basin has as much interest <br />in this matter as any other part of Colorado. <br />MR. EMIGH: Do I understand that the State Board has definitely made up its <br />mind that Glen Canyon should not be built now? <br /> <br />JUDGE STONE: No, we have not decided anything yet. l{e are trying to get <br />the views of the ldcal people on those things. Studies by the State Board <br />indicate that construction of Glen Canyon now is premature. <br /> <br />MR. EMIGH: If this resolution were passed and the State Board maintains its <br />present attitude, WOuld our approval be of any benefit to the Board? <br /> <br />JUDGE STONE: .It is our desire that the people affected express their opinions <br />as a guide for the State Board. It is up to the local people to decide on these <br />individual issues or leave it all to the State Board to decide. <br /> <br />MR. McDANIEL. I still believe that the trdetails" of the first resolution <br />will<eover this resolution. I don 't think that we ought to passon it one way or <br />the other. I suggelilt the Board do whatever they ttlink is advisable. They are in <br />a better position to judge. <br /> <br />MR. HUNTER: I have discussed this resolution with about all of the other <br />Boardmembers and I.believe they all favor it. <br /> <br />MR. EMIGH: I move that the resolution as read be adopted. <br /> <br />MR. SKEWES: I.second the motion. <br /> <br />MR. HUNTER: AU those in favor say aye, Opposed nay. (Motion passed with <br />one dissenting voice.) <br /> <br />MR. BREITENSTEtN: (Readll Resolution No, 2, concerning placing participa- <br />ting Indian t'rojects on the same basis as white projects). As I told you before, <br />the Indian problem is a national one and should not be the burden of a few of the <br />states. They shoul<;l. be made to meet the criteria as set up for the other <br />projects, if they expect to particj!.pate in power revenues. <br /> <br />MR. RITER: See1l.ng that the Indians are not represented here and as an <br />employee of the Department of the Interior, I'll have to take it upop myself to <br />. defend the Indians. . We must bear in mind that the money to finance these main <br />stream reservoirs, will come from the Federal Government and will be a burden to <br />the Nation as /l whol~. 1'hese projects are not being financed by the several <br />states and the cost 'to them is no more than it is to the rest of the Nation. We <br />expect to use the interest component of power investments to help rep~ the non- <br />reimbursable -cost of the participating projects. This is a definite b~en on the <br />Nation as a whole. .- <br /> <br />-9- <br /> <br />--- "--"- ~ <br /> <br />~L <br /> <br />~-"=----<-,,,----.,,,.~--~._-. <br />