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So how do you respond to the concern that he raises that if a project has already gone through NEPA that it shouldn't have to go through it again if just to add the hydro, the conduit, into the canal or whatever the body is?

I have no further questions and clearly neither does anyone else since they're gone.

I certainly commend the Mayor of Prineville, who is here and all of those other individuals and groups who made this happen.

Good morning. At this point I would like to welcome everyone. Clearly there's not a lot going on in Congress today.

We would appreciate those letters for the record and accept them without objection and appreciate, very much, Congressman Tipton your testimony and your willingness to work with the committee as we look at the wording of the legislation.

Clearly as I listen to Congressman Tipton testify on his legislation he was suggesting that for projects that would include hydropower in construction that had already been completed and had already gone through the NEPA process that it…