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<br />'. <br /> <br />,- <br />:i'!',i) <br />('\W <br /> <br />PAGE 3 <br /> <br />GOVERNMENTS, THE PRESIDENT PLEDGED THAT CONSULTATION WITH THE STATES <br /> <br />WOULD OCCUR AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE STAGES TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICA~T, <br /> <br />f:RIJITFI!l~ STATE IrlPUT, I~E ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS SAD BEGIr~t!ING THAT I <br /> <br />HAVl DETAILED WILL BE REVERSED AND THAT THE ~ESTERN STATES ~ILL INDEED <br /> <br />HAVE A VOICE AND IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL PROCESS, <br /> <br />, <br />TO UNDERSTAND OUR NEED FOR THESE PROJECTS REQUIRES ONE TO UNDERSTAND <br /> <br />THE vlEST ArID THE ROLE THAT HATER PLAYS III OUR FUTURE, JOWl GU~lTHER ONCE <br /> <br />\mOfF THAT lil COLORADO, "TOIJCH HATER A:m YOU TOUCH EVERYTHHIG", IT HAS <br /> <br />BEEN SAID THAT OUR ECOMO~ICS ARE OFTEN ~EASURED IN ACRE-FEET, THE SIMPLE <br /> <br />TRUTH IS THAT THE HISTORY OF COLORADO N!D THE \"EST IS V1RITTEr~ IN WATER, <br /> <br />FRon THAT STANDPOINT, PERHAPS THERE IS .~ POSITIVE ASPECT TO THESE <br /> <br />HEARINGS, HE HOPE YOU WILL GO BACK IHTH ~!EW FACTS AND ~1E\'1 IrIFORMATION, <br /> <br />WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE VIEWS OF OUR CITIZENS, <br /> <br />WE H()f)~ THAT YOU IHLL VISIT THE SITES IN (.)IIESTION. HE HOPE YOU WILL <br /> <br />UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES INVOLVED IN OUR INTERSTATE COMPACTS AND THE <br /> <br />COMPETING USES TO WHICH WATER IS SUBJECT IN THE SEMI-ARID ~EST, THESE <br /> <br />AND OTHER f1ESSAGES MUST BE UNDERSTOOD AND CONVEYED TO THE APPROPRIATE <br /> <br />DECISION-MAKERS 1M WASHINGTON, <br />