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<br />RUEDI DAM AND RESERVOIR, COLO.
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<br />TIle total reimbursable investment allocated to municipal amI
<br />inrlust,ria.l water supply reasofll1bly can b~ exp~.te-d to be repa.id, wit.h.
<br />interest, under prorisions of t.he Water Supply Ad of lU"S (PuhlIc
<br />Law S5-,,00). A substantiaJ demand for such water will. dere,Jop
<br />when the oil shale rese.lTes l;errin to be utIlIzed on a conllnercwl scale,
<br />probably within 10 yea,rs of tllO completion of eonst,ruct,ion of Huedi
<br />DtUl1.. In th~ a.h'2RHCe ";\t, t.his t.inw. of agenl~ie.s or organizations quali-
<br />fied to c.ont.ract. fo!' re.plI..YIJIP,nt. of j he eo~t assigned to deferred_ IllWlic-
<br />iI'a! "1ll1 indust,ri,t! water supply, it. will he nec",'"u'y th'lt the State of
<br />Colomdo, prior to t'l':I.llsmi~ta.l of this report t.o t.he ~~oJlfFress, furnish
<br />rea.sonable assura:Ilce ,1S to fULtu"lj repayment as reqUIred oy the \Vater
<br />SUJlply Act of IfJ.;S.
<br />Cost::; of Ruedi Dam ll-lld Hesen'oir a.lloc.U-ted to Hood control would
<br />bB nonreimbursable., ill a('('ord:wce with existing laws. Those allo-
<br />cated to fish and wildlife a.nd minimum basic rccreatioll.tl facilities we
<br />reeommend be llonreimhursl.l.ble.
<br />The Dperating principles, which are. quoted in full in t.he Heg-lonal
<br />Dire..ctor:s re.port, are. gc.ne.rally accepwblc as a. basis of pr(Ji~t Op~.1.'a.-
<br />tion and Wtl intend t.hat. thoy shaJ) control t.lle physical operat.ion of the
<br />Fryingpan-Al'k:msas PJ'oje.c..t.. ~ollle of the IH'o\'isiolls, JH.)\\'en~l'~ :1-re
<br />not comp"tible with reclamation law and policy.
<br />For example, the reimbursahle portion of t.he cOllst,ruct.ioIl cost. of
<br />Ruedi Da.m and Reservoir Hot. cha.rged to t.he Fryjnbrpan-Arka..nsas
<br />project is expected to be allocat.ed to municipal "nd illdllSki,d water
<br />supply. Public La.w 485 permit,s "ppol'tioned l'e"eHaes to be used to
<br />rep"yonly il'rig"tion costs, whereas section 3 of the operating Jll'in-
<br />ciple.s would provide for apportioned re"enues. to h~ JI,'-ied in repay-
<br />ment. of costs nllocllt.ed to munic.ipn.1 and industl'ial wa-ter supply. In
<br />any event, we do not contemplate, and our planning report is not pre-
<br />misedon, the basin fund being used to provide assist.ance ill the repay~
<br />ment of mWlicipa.1 and indust.ria.l costs of Rurdi Dilm and Rpservoil'.
<br />In order to :woid i.unbiguit.ies and to :.\..void possihle future c.ontlic.ts
<br />:meh irwonsist,encie.s, nlong with cert.ain ot.her point.s largeJy tee.lUlienl
<br />In natllre, will 00 disellssed wit.h the ::.)ta.te during tJle pe.riod t.ha.t. this
<br />proposed report is ueing coordinated with the atfeeted States wit.h t.he
<br />objective that they be resolved before the final report on Rlledi Dum
<br />and R~~l'voir is transmitted to 1',he COllgre.ss.
<br />Subject, of eotlrse, to considerat.ion of c-olllments re-c-ei,>ecl, I rc.com-
<br />me.nd that. you n.pprove a.nd adopt this :.16 your proposed report on
<br />Ruedi Dam and Reservoir a.nd that you authorize me, on yom' behalf
<br />to tr",!smit it to (,lie ,,!fceted St"tes ",lid to t.he Secretary of the Army
<br />for offiCIal revw\v alld c-omment. III accordanee with the provisions of
<br />the Fl~)od Control Ac,/., of li~44, to t,h~ Sto.te of Colorado as reqllil'OO by
<br />tlle, Flsh "nil \Y,ldl1fe CoordmatlOn Act. of 1958, and to other
<br />interested Federal a.gencies fOl' their yiews and c.OIHlllents.
<br />Respedfully,
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<br />WILLIAM T. PAL1\fERl
<br />ActiNg Oom'ln/<8sioner.
<br />Appro,'ed and adopted Oct.ober 27, HI))9.
<br />EL:\fER F. RENNETI"
<br />Acting Secretary of the Interior.
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