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Show n tv^- ^fU^rtwT 12. gain title to the needed 22,100 a f of water? What clout do they have - under a development philosophy in the State? We are talking about the situation in 1994, in 2094 and beyond. We are dealing with a national recreation resource area which will become ever more significant in the tri-corner region - Wyoming, Utah, Colorado - as a unique and limited repository of irreplaceable and unduplicable wildlife and recreation features. The guarantees for protecting these from a water standpoint are not resolved as this agreement is written. ) fapuf ' The District will cooperate in such additional acquisition, Afctervt but without expense to the District. C 5. The parties, in seeking water supplies for instream flows, will give due consideration to the impact of various alternatives on existing water rights, and will work toward viable solutions - including sucn items as earmarking stored water for downstream releases, and the seeking of legislative action, if necessary, to guarantee against preemption of such instream waters by present or potential downstream water rights. (WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHAT DOES IT IMPLY? DOES IT RE-INFORCE THE STATEMENTS MADE ABOVE IN CRITICISM OF THIS AGREEMENT? WHO IS THE VILLAIN HERE? This statement needs clarification in writing! Specific clarification:) 6. The United States, through the Water and Power Resources Service, shall Immediately complete all applications needed for 404 Permits for all features of the Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System. Those applications will be filed, and the parties hereto and all Agencies who have concurred herein, will cooperate in securing the issuance of all" such 404 Permits. The parties hereto and those concurring herein further agree that they will not raise the minimum stream flow problems related to the Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System, as a basis for opposing any other feature of the Bonneville Unit of the Project. All protests heretofore made to the Issuance of any pending 404 Permit, by any of the parties hereto or concurring herein, will be withdrawn and the parties Thereto and the parties concurring herein wil recommend that the Corps of Army Engineers / <4^f issue all of the 404 Permits needed for all features of the Straw-a^ XQ^t4^J berry Aqueduct and Collection System. Such joint effort for issuance of such permits shall not await the processing of all of them, but the parties shall seek the approval of such permite as are now pending, so that individually and collectively these permits can be obtained as rapidly as possible, since it is mutally acknowleged that |
