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<br />the nroblems bet\o/een the Enst fl.n<1 ;/8st S:J.o])es, Vlhicn h'\ti, be~n
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<br />to SOffle dec;ree squelchecl, began to Gurf'aco al].lin. Along,
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<br />'.ith th5.r" c)rohlmn \HH: t;he rn.~t '\;b..t (;olor,,,lo "<ld ',,=, lead,\!' in
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<br />The persc,n Who was chO:iBn to ~'epl[lCC ..""u~.lr(.: St()1~~ H,~.s
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<br />head. or tne Colorac:.o \Jater Cons~~rvation :~()(l,X'cl '-.!::1~; }:van Cru'lIfoII(
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<br />a. former llrofessor of onr;int1erinc; ot ~h() .l;-:::iv13psit:::? o~. Colorado.
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<br />Th0 first hearings on th.,:} ~11;.'yinf.P.3.~.-td.'}~a~sIJ.8 ~~:':!2~;...'
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<br />these heA-rinGs and they '.-1ere p'.lrti(:ul~lrly u~:-::(r;; 0V"3r t00 ;\::.~")'~n
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<br />:leservoir, And alsc reI t ndequa t(.~ ~t\ld'!.c t~ ~-:'''(1 r!,l'"1t :)('cn ~(l:'1l)J. r.~ts';
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<br />and the future water needs of '.{cster~1 COl0::-,')'.lo. t.l';'lC .r:'5.rst 2'e~;)):"t
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<br />Given to Congrp.ss b;( the DurNlU of :it'clll,!"atlo!l j,\II,olu,J.cHj th8 o'l'CZ'Dll
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<br />project plan of the Gunnison-Arka:ctsus Project, 'Whtch '\.h'3;' ,18re
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<br />obligated to make consideri!lC; the I'lm0unt of' ,110nsy ',olh.ic:}' bud
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<br />~en spent on these studies. The first appaRrnnce before tha
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<br />COl1l!'littoe of the Interior was not e. p10o.sant one, e!';p"ci.~.lly Hheo
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<br />one of Colorado's representatives, "Ifl.;,ne Aspin8.J.l, ',ms opposed
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<br />that the ~;'ryinc;pnn-Arlwn3r;s Project HIlC un :J~t()m:)t to u,t a
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<br />foot in the r100r for the largor Gunnison-AyJ,8.'1Ga~ Proj0ct.
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