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ilGi :;- ';'''rlication from the title of the project that this diversion is but a r' ~'_,3ge of a larger development, the name of the project should be changed t,,, "The Roaring Fork-Arkansas Project" or "The Frying Pan-Arkansas ,~'"'l j~ct." This point was disllussed at length in Committee deliberations ~'-"t. '[0 formal action was taken thereon. messrs. Delaney and White have ,:<'_\,e:ted that these comments contain a stat8ment of their position on t--is point. In line with this thought, it is noted t.hat the discussion on ;c,css 58 throu(;h 60 of the speeial report dated September 1949 concerninr, ,,', rtS f0r future expansion of the initial phase development by -iivcrsion 7,'",-,;. other tributaries of the Roaring t'ork River and from the Gunnison ~',", c: ;vas described. To carry out the recommendations of this Committee in this regard, it is recommended that the discussion shol'm on these D~fP.3 be deleted from the final dl'aft of report. ~~~~tionship to Green Mountain lbservoir At the meeting held January 6, 1949, in Grand Junction, Colorado, t:'e Committee passed a resolution to the effect that the benefits and rights 0; the Western Slope in the Greel: Mountain Reservoir of the Colorado-Big Thompson Proj ect as defined in Senate Document 80 (75th Congress, 1st Session) shall not be impaired by the Initial Phase of the Gunnison-Ark~nsas Project. More Efficient Use of Arkansas Hiver Water Review of your reports discloses the fact that in the winter months part of the Arkansas River streamflO'!, is diverted to irrigated lands in the ~alley. The tentative plans for the project contemplate the previnion of storage caracity that can be used in many years to regulate such '-.'inter f\ -,1<;- , ~