WSP05631

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Missouri River
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 1/14/1988
• Author: MBSA
• Title: A Review of the Missouri River Main Stem System Operation
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

GENERAL SESSION III:
CONCERNS AND COMPETING REQUIREMENTS OF
SYSTEM CUSTOMERS

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:\tnderator: Dr. .Jamt's I.aut'
The Conflict Cli'lle, Jne.
G/'orpl' .\f(l.~(m l'nll'~'n'it.i
Fairia.r. \'irpirl/fl

Thank you Larry. As Larr,\' said. Iliwd in:-:it. Louis
for III )'f"llrS llnd had the pleasun. of working with the
:\IHSA on \"arious Wllll;>r conlliel issut's heginning wit h
th{' ETSI pipelLnt' i:<sut' and OInt'r;; that haw follfl\H'd
since thf'n. HOWl'\'N. I hUH' recently mown to (;{'OTgt'
\Iason l'niwrsity in tnt. \rllshinJ,.>toll, D.C. arl'fl 1...111]
feel like a midwe:;terner and I t'1m reporl thaI Fairt~lX.
\'irl!inia is still six miles ou!sidt' I hI' Iwltway in \ra,;h-
ington, so you can mllint~lin 11 little hit of clt'llrheuded
vision and indt'lwndenct'. I am reminded though of
that oxymoron. whit"h I think is 11 mutually contru-
diclory phra",t'. which goe'" ,',omNhing like this. 'Tm
from Wa",hington and I'm here to help:' Somehow that
ju"t dot'sn't tit. I'm going to try help toOny, hut I'm
from :::.ix mile", out:>.idE> the Wa:>.hinJ.,'1on tk'hwa:-.'. so I
~e% it wi]] be oka\'.

I think w(' face a tremendously difficult ta...k. You
haw the opportunity to hear nine IWoplf" with an a].
]eged ten minutf"s f'll.ch aftN luneh. I fee] lhf" !wwilch-
ing hour for tht'"f' kind of conferE>nn.... i", ahout :?:l.'l-
as Ihe salisbur:-.' "'teak hits the- hottom of the :>.tomach
and :-,'ou think ahout when you are going- to ]ea\'e and
so forth.'-;o I think WE> haw a rt'al problt'm and J wi]]
simply say tn you ....h,11 I\e said to tht'm. We are gooin"
to try to mOH along in If''''''' than ten minutt' pre"'{'n-
tat ions. Th{'re will be no discussion during rhis par.
ricular ;;ession. Thi:, ...t'ssion i;; morf' input, a" was the
morning :'t'ssion. ch('n it all focu,:.('... down to the endini:"
session hf'glllnin", at 3:1:1, in which w{' will haw an
opportunity for previou.. spl;'ahrs. p]u", "'peakt'r.. from
this s{';;sion 10 re..pnnd to your qu('stions.

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Or. James H. Laue

Or, James H. Laue currently IS lhe Lyodl Prolessor 01 Con-
fIic1 Resolvbon at George Mason UrvverSlfy. F3Ir1a~, Vwgtria.
Dr Laue recerV9d hiS B 5. Ot!9ree Irom me UllIvefSlty 01 WIS-
conSIn ,.. 1959, and his A,M (1962) am Ptl.D, ., SoCIology
(1966) from Harvard UniverSIty, Or Laue haS held academic
am aorn.o.stratrve appointments al WaShIngton UniverSIty.
Harvard MedlC8/ School, Emoty UnlV'el'SlIY and HollIng College,
From 1965-69 he served lr'I the ComlTlJnrty Relallons 5efvlce.
U.S Dept of JostlCe From 198-4.1987, Dr Laue was President
ar.:l E~ecutJve Director Of the ConflICt ClonIC. Inc, at the Uni-
verSity of M.ssoun . 51 louts

Lt't mt> suggest t his. You may want to Iw writing
down tjut';;tions nn this 4upstion card from this morn-
ing. We would ask you (0 hand tht'm in at ,In.... Jloint
vou want. Prohflhly thl;' best timt' would be the hrt'ak,
hut go aht'ad and writt' some down now. and Lilrry and
Don /lnd D1I\'e will start to do sOllle dustt'ringofthem.
We can then irlentify "imilar questions. and come out
in the hi"t "I;'ssion with an opportunil.\" for tll(' various
peoplt' up hert' III respond ltl spt'C'ific questions you
haw under the /lotio/l of "Addressing Conl1ieting
Use,,; What Cun Wt' Du \\-ith Tht' Syslem"?"

I would ...uggest that whi]e- we han. a wonderful gang
up ht-rt., you may want to hold your applause when
tht'y !ln' introdut'ed and when they finl",h. otht'I'\\'Is{'
it.... ",oin~ to he t'lghl{'en s{'s"ions 01 \'arious I{'vel" of
applame and SOffit' p('opl(' might get offendt'd if you
forget sometimes. Also. it will t8kt' a little timt' so ]e!"s
n'cogni7.e they are a wondt'rful group and we will .ciw
th{'m a hand afterwards hut displ'nse with the ap-
plau..e during that unl('...s ....ou r{'ally ft'pl mm'l;'d to
mllkt' a contrihution to the ~1H::;A.

The purposl;' of thi... is pretl.\" c]{'ar. Lot... of infor-
mation this morninl'(, lots uf haekgiound on what il
mf'an.. to look at Ih{' ~li"souri Hin'r and th(' basin as
a "'Yl'tf'm with puhlic policy r('quirements and .....ith a
rf'quirem{'nt to serw the puhlic interest. That is to say
the greatest good 10 tht' g-reatbt number of persons
in Ihil' demonacy. This session now mo\'es In some
wa:-.'" frum tht' public intt>r{'st to pri\'atl:' intert'sls and
spi'eia] inteTt'st:'. Thl:' whole question Wl' will be fo-