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ing towns all along the river. Additionally, Idaho Power Company, 

 which has to shape the water, has a hydraulic capacity of about 

 30,000 cubic feet per second at Hells Canyon. If you spill that 

 water, you create horrendous gas supersaturation problems as well 

 as other problems in the system. 



Additionally, we have a major conflict brewing, and that is the 

 issue of four threatened and endangered snails and a limpet in the 

 Thousand Springs area that would be affected if the recharge to 

 the ground water system were reduced. The flow at Thousand 

 Springs would be reduced because of that reduction in recharge, 

 and we end up with a conflict between NMFS and the Fish & Wild- 

 life Service. 



Idaho water users will continue to participate. The irrigators will 

 work voluntarily with the rest of the Northwest region to help re- 

 cover the salmon, but we cannot accept the fact that many would 

 propose, Euid that is that water is the answer and somehow we 

 have to ignore the rest of the issues. 



Thank you. 



Mr. DeFazio. Thank you. Mr. Stegner. 



[Prepared statement of Mr. Chapman follows:] 



