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<br />::"st :",':1 revis", it ;'1,;:l1n and file. it .:;" <br /> <br />final. Of course. the. Draft and <br /> <br />Fina: ,-::; are publie documents. liotice. of the filing is published in <br /> <br />the. Fcd~ral Register to assure that any interested person or organization <br /> <br />is aware of its availabilitY. <br /> <br />I"e eAi'ect that the present state~le"i:_"'.\I'!;J_ !WE; be considered adequate <br /> <br />today and reel that project COllstructiOi;, Allight be held up through a <br /> <br />lawsuit if a new statement is not prepared atld filed. <br /> <br />l.'hl1e the Closed Basin Division was ,",uthotiz4!d for construction in <br /> <br />October of 1972, we have been unable to ~~cu~e funds for postauthoriza- <br /> <br />tion plan:1ing to this date. Thro"gh th4! vigorous action of the Rio Grande <br /> <br />Water Cor.servation District, and the State Engineer and his staff and <br /> <br />tr.e Colorado Water Conservation Board, there is a Itove;::ent "ncerway for <br /> <br />a wri,~in a~?ropriation in fiscal year 1~76 to initiate this ~ro;ect. <br /> <br />,,'e fe~l that tr.is project is worth""il" "ad v",ry u::portant to the welfare <br /> <br />of ti~f~ Join Luis VallcJjl the State of CO:..J.-;;.dol) andiJ of course, the <br /> <br />Stat~~ ,,; X"" )-lexico "nd Texas., The sucr,:",,!ul d"v~lopClcnt of ctis <br /> <br />pro~ect J:as international implications th:ough the 1906 treaty D.t1Ocen <br /> <br />th" United States ar.d Mexico by providing additional water in thc_ Rio <br /> <br />Grande to meet these commitments. Because of Colorado's co;::pact co~it- <br /> <br />ments, pu=pin. has been r~stricted this y"a~ in the San Luis Valley, <br /> <br />thereby, li:Uting the h'rigation water ,~\I'ail&bb to the gravers in this <br /> <br />valley. <br /> <br />We fe...l that this project :is very :i.ll:portant and are actively lH;~pOrti::g <br /> <br />the initiAtion of construction this :rut' provided funds are ma.de availal>le. <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />-;, '\ 'i', 'I.i '11 <br />t J \> i --.J.!I, "-' <br />