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<br />3699 <br /> <br />PROPOSED REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER <br />OF RECLAMATION <br /> <br />V.S. DEP:\RTl\lENT OF TilE ISTI';RIOR. <br />HVREAU OF HECLAM.\TION, <br />lr(uddngt()lI., D.O.: Odober 13.1, 1.')5.9. <br /> <br />The S":CRETARY OF THF. INTERIOIt. <br />SIR: This is my proposed report on Ruedi DUIll and Reservoir, <br />which is a potent.ial feature of the proposed Fryingpnn-Al'kan~as <br />project, Colorado. This report, is p,'esented as a supplement to the re- <br />port on the Fl'yin~;1n-Ar!mnsas project. whi.ch was printed ~s House <br />Document No. IS/, 83d Congre~s. It dcscrJlJes an alternatIve phUl <br />for replacerllent storage nn the Fryingvall Riycl' in lieu of the Aspen <br />Dam and Reservoir originally proposed on the Hoal'ing Fork HiveI'. <br />Seleetion of the Ruedi site for replacement storage for the Frying- <br />pan-Arkansas project, and for other purposes is the reslllt. of extensive <br />studie8 of the potential alternative sitc8 and confereHces lllllOng all <br />interests in the State of Colol'i1l1o and the eoneel'ned Federal agencies. <br />The plan is to build HlIedi Dam of slIffieient height to Hen'e multiple <br />purposes in the Colorado Ri\'er Basin as well as to sen"e its replace- <br />ment. function for the Fl'yillgpall-ArkaIl8:ts project. III order to <br />implement. this pInn, llllew set of operilting pl'ineiples as quoted in tlw <br />Hegiollal Director's report lIns !,eell ag-reed UpOIl by the several lOl'1l1 <br />fmtities ill\'oJ"ed and otfiei;llly executed by the G(H"erllor of Colorado <br />as ehairman of the Colorado 'Vetter COIl~I"\"ation Boal'd. <br />The Huedi Thm :\11\1 n~s~rYoil' site is 'm~ated Ull the Fr,yingpnn <br />Hiver, a tributary of the Hoal'ing Fork and the Colorado Rin~r, Ileal' <br />t.he town of Has:llt.. Colo. The dllm would IJe an eal'thti.JI structure <br />rising 270 feet alX)\'c the stre:lI11hed. It would ereat.e a reservoir of <br />ahout lOO,OOO-acl'e-foot. capacity, covering an lln-!<l of 1,000 ael'es. The <br />preliminar.)' cost est.imat.e~ based UpOIl .T:l1ll1aI'Y J 9!j~ priees, is <br />$12,8:J1,OOO. <br />The ~'ost of the ol'ig-illully pruposed 28,OOO-ut'-l'e-foot Aspen Dam and <br />R€SE'.l'yoir was estimHted at $i,fillO,nno. The Fl'yillgp;IIl~Ark:1nSfl~ <br />projet.:t, was tlllalyzed and just.ilied on the. hasis of this cost. for replace- <br />ment storage. SilH..'e the Rllt-'di Dam llnd ReseI'\"oil" will pel'form the <br />same fundion, ~o far as t.he Fl'yillgpan-Al'kans:ls project is eOllcel'lled~ <br />that. alllount is assiglletl as a Fryingpnn-Al'knnsas project costl Jeav- <br />ing $5,281,000 of t.he cost of Ruedi- to he allocated among multiple- <br />pUI'pmi~ uses OIl the westel'll slope. The Hegionnl Dil'ectol'\ report <br />10 <br />