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Waterusers Oppose Wildlife PaymentIDAHO FALLS, (AP)-U.S. Sens. Frank Church and James A. McClure, told the Idaho Falls Post-Register Saturday they are conferring with U.S. Department of Interior officials in behalf of Teton Dam and Reservoir waterusers who are in danger of being charged ‘'excessively ” for wildlife replacement costs.The two senators are instituting separate inquiries as to why the waterusers may be assessed for these costs when this has nol been the case in most other projects.Church said Ben Yamagato, a staff member of the Senate Interior Subcommittee on Power and Resources, is investigating the proposed contract on the Teton Reservoir, which is near completion.He said that Yamagato found lliat at the time the plan was submitted in 1973, an assistant secretary of the interiorEducation Committee Endorses Sen. ChurchBOISE—The Political Action sister committees across theCommittee for Education nation.(PACE), a political affiliate of “Education leaders know whothe Idaho Education their friends are in Congress,“Association has announced that York said, “so they will becalled for part of the cost of mitigation for wildlife and fish to be charged to the waterusers. This would be figured in the operation and maintenance in accordance to standard procedure, Church said.“There may be a way to avoid this by recomputing the paying capacity,’* said Church, who heads the subcommitteeand is one of the ranking majority members of the Senate Interior Committee.Church said he wants to see the figures on such a formula before a decision is taken. He said after this information is compiled then it can be determined what action can be pressed.McClure said he also is contacting interior officials on the matter.He said a hearing has been scheduled Feb. 28 in SL Anthony on the Teton Dam matter but this likely will need to be delayed to avoid conflict with water meetings.Willis Walker, chairman of the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District, which sponsored the Teton Dam project, said the hearing likely could be delaved a week or two because of the water district meetings slated for late February and early March.ir«wCiU.v ’? f°.!1?win8.a rer*uest b’{he Fremont-Madison Irrigation District to mitigate costs charged to tnc district inthe creation and operation of wildlife io replace am thatmight have been destroyed by the Teton Dam.There is u controversy on the extent of this wildlife damage. Walker noted.
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Mon, Jan 19, 1976
Page 16
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