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<br />March 21, 1994 <br /> <br />Statement of the <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />State of Colorado <br />on the <br />Draft Environmental Impact Statement <br />Concerning Operation of Glen Canyon Dam <br /> <br />Thank you for the opportunity to review and provide comments on the Draft Environmental <br />Impact Statement concerning the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam. <br /> <br />I am E. I. Jencsok, Senior Staff Member of the Colorado Water Conservation Board. I am <br />here today on behalf of Jim Lochhead, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of <br />Natural Resources. These comments are made on behalf of the State of Colorado. Written <br />comments will be provided by the Department of Natural Resources prior to the closing of <br />the comment period. <br /> <br />The State of Colorado is one of the seven Colorado River Basin States that is signatory to <br />the Colorado River Compact, and one of the four Upper Basin States that signed the Upper <br />Colorado River Basin Compact. A~ such, the operation of the Colorado River system and <br />especially Glen Canyon Dam is of vital interest to Colorado. The people of Colorado on <br />both sides of the Continental Divide rely on the waters of the Colorado River system to <br />meet both historic and future water resource needs in Colorado. <br /> <br />The Law of the River, which includes the Colorado River and Upper Colorado River Basin <br />compacts, other federal and state laws, as well as court decisions has guided Colorado's <br />water resource development for the past 70 years. The State of Colorado will continue to <br />rely on the Law of the River for its future water resource development in the Colorado <br />River Basin. <br /> <br />It is with this perspective that Colorado makes the following comments: <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />I <br />