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Mayer: In reading the agreement with Broomfield on grooming up their yield for the $13 million, what affect would that have on other Windy Gap participants? Carl Dreher, Head of Engineering for the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, 1250 North Wilson Avenue, Loveland, CO, stated that the basis for the $13 million payment in Broomfield's contract was an attempt on Broomfield's part to make the extreme dry year yield of the Windy Gap Water equal to what they felt their dry yield of the Great Western water was. The severest drought on record for the Great Wester water supply was the 1950's drought. Broomfield and their consultants believe that that represented a 100 year drought in the Clear Creek Basin. He explained that the 1950's drought for Windy Gap was not a 100 year drought. Windy Gap derives its water supplies from the upper Colorado River Basin. The hydrology in the river basins is different during different years. The 1950's drought in the upper Colorado Basin generally is believed to be about a one (1) in 25 year drought. Broomfield is replacing their Great Western supply solely with Windy Gap. Louisville is proposing a mixture of Windy Gap and CBT. He stated that the finding of "no significant impact" is expected to be issued by the end of February. Mayer: Under construction bids, are these going to be firm contracts or is there room for escalation in costs? Dreher: There would be no room for escalation in costs. The only provision would be any changed conditions that the contractor would encounter. Mayer: What happens in the case that DOE doesn't come forward? Dreher: We intend to spend as much of Broomfield's money up stream of Broomfield as we can. Broomfield has already paid us $9.3 million. If for some reason there is a delay in the final payment from DOE, we do have the flexibility, under the agreement with Broomfield, to spend part of the money that was allocated for berming to complete the pipeline. 5