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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~5- <br /> <br />After making a quick review of Mr.. Larson's report, I have come to the con- <br />clusion that this plan is a gigantic un~ertaking and requires a great deal of re- <br />fined engineering study. Mr. Larson has given us a review of the status of.the <br />engineering studies ,both in process and ~ompleted on the hold-over storage projects <br />and I can readily s~e that worlds of infprmation has been assembled which logically <br />cannot be presentedcin this preliminarYfreport draft. <br /> <br />The questions. that I h1we to ask;,are many in number and I suggest that they <br />not be made a matter of record of this Jj\eeting. I suggest that these questions be <br />retained in the files of the Water Deve~opment Association of Southeastern Colorado, <br />129 W. 9th Street, R)leblo, Colorado, and be made available to anyone who wishes to <br />see ,them should they' be of sufficient importance to warrant review at any time in <br />the future. <br /> <br />STONE: You were not telling a falsehood when you stated that you had a great <br />number of questions.; In behalf of the State of Colorado I would like to make the <br />following statement in order to clear up a number of questions that seem to be <br />bothering you. <br /> <br />As you know, it has long been said that we cannot go ahead with indi Vidual <br />development without a principal plan. Our expansion and utilization of Colorado <br />River water is definitely limited without such a plan as this, I'm afraid that <br />many of your questions concern matters ,vhich involve the entire Colorado River Basin <br />and relations with other states. These questions go beyond the scope, intention, <br />and purpose of the meetinGS we have been holding this week. May I impress upon you <br />that we are here not. to take.final action on the plan but to get an idea of the plan <br />in general and draw informal conclusions. <br /> <br />~v'e are not wise enough to develop, in one sweep, a comprehensive plan that. <br />will be an immediate solution to our problems, It is our job to put the Colorado, <br />rliver to work. V'e mv.st start somewhere. lie cennot make all refinements now. Many <br />of the questions we all have in mind concern intrastate matters and must be solved <br />within our state, separate from the plan we are here to discuss. We can work out <br />these many problems as we go along and I do not believe that it is necessary nor <br />wise to inject.into this meeting intrastate matters not relative to this plan for <br />Upper Colorado River.Basin Storage Projects and Participating Projects. <br /> <br />We realize that the Bureau of Reclamation is burdened with the responsibilit~ <br />to begin development.in this basin the same as it has in other basins. . This is a <br />most necessary. develi-. pment as we all know, and the Bureau has been kind enough to .' <br />give us a preview an ask for our comments before forwarding a more complete report <br />to the Secretary of nterior.I might add that thifl procedure is unusual and ... . <br />according to the law, the Bureau of Reclamation is not bound to make this prelim';' <br />inary draft availabl~ to us. We, in Colorado, should consider it a courtesy, on the <br />part of the Bureau, when Bureau personnel place their services at our disposal in <br />making these meetings possible. <br /> <br />I regret that icopies of thi.s preliminary draft have not been made available <br />to every interested gel' son in the s~ates concerned. You can easily see that a wide <br />distribution of copies. of this draft would be most expensive, and in 'the long run a <br />very smal~ percentag~ of pur people would review it even though it.were made avail- <br />able to them. . <br /> <br />-,'g <br />