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<br />l;;;.;.~.;.ii <br />~i:',i).~ <br /> <br />,1Jz'lf>.. <br />\~i'J <br /> <br />our economy, and prevent unnecessary conversion of prime agricultural <br />land. and water suitable for irrigation to non-renewable uses.t1 <br />. . <br /> <br />The Fruitland Mesa Project has been studied now for over <br />thirty years. The project has been approved by the Congress, the <br />President of the United States and by successive legislatures and <br />governors of the state of Colorado. The project is one of those essen- <br />tial to preserving the rural and agricultural economy of this state. <br />Its adverse environmental impact would be minimal, and, in any event, <br />greatly outweighed by the benefits which would accrue from the project. <br />This Board therefore urges the approval of the draft environmental <br />impact statement as submitted. <br /> <br />FLS :mm <br /> <br />Memorandum <br /> <br />-4- <br /> <br />September 30, 1976 <br />