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<br />,) <br />I <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />3685 <br /> <br />LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL <br /> <br />u.s. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, <br />OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, <br />Wa8hingt&n, D.C., iI/arch ;., 1960. <br />Ron. SAM. RAYBURN, <br />Spealtoer of tlw Ii mUje of Representative8, <br />Washington, D.C. <br />DEAR MR. SPEAKER: My report and findings on Ruedi Dam and <br />Reservoir, Colo., are t,ransmitted herewith as provided by the Federal <br />reclamation laws. <br />The report presents n. plan for consh'uetion of Ruedi Dam and <br />Uesel'voir as a. fe.at.ure of the Frying-pan-Arkansas project, in lieu of <br />the Aspen Dam n.nd Reservoir desenbed in House Doeument 187, 83d <br />Congress. The attached report presents t,he physjea,] plan of de\'e]op- <br />for the Ruedi Dam and Reservoir and a jllstificat.ion for the inclusion <br />of regnlatory storage capaeity for the purposes of munieipal and in- <br />dustrIal water supply or in'igat.ion, flood control fish and wi]dlife <br />pres.et'"\'ation and (Jl'opaglltion, a.nd recrea.tion in the Colo1do River <br />Ba.slll. <br />The proposed storage capacity of Ruedi Reservoir is gren.ter t1UUl <br />would be neeessn.ry solely to perform the replacement storage nUlC- <br />tion for the Fryingpan-Arkansas project. For this reason, only that <br />portion of the cost which is in excess of the cost previously ju,tified <br />for replacement storage at, the Aspen Reservoir site is considered <br />chargeable to Colorado River Basin uses. <br />It is lUlticipated that the re~Yj)latory storage capacity in exeess of <br />that necessary to serve the FrymgplUl-Arkansas project function will <br />he required to provide municipal and industria,] water supply asso- <br />ciated with the oil shale reeo\-ery indnstry. In the absence of ti11l1 re- <br />quirements for snch water at this time, it is proposed to apply the <br />pl'O\'isions of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-500) <br />to repaymp-nt for the ~t.orage,en.pa.c.ity so a.Ilocated. <br />Copie.s of my proposed report, on Ruedi Dam and Reservoir were <br />tntnsmitted to t.he "Irected States, t,he Secretary of the AI1UY, and to <br />intere.sted Federa.l agencies for comment. Cories of the comment...;; re- <br />c.eived as 0. result of thnt review a.re atta.chec to the report. <br />liThe report. and copies of all comments received were tra.nsmitted <br />t ,he President through the BUl'e~'u of the Budget. on February 25, <br />1 O. A eopy of the letter from the Bureau of the Budget dated <br />MiLrch +, 1%0, iudieating there would be no objection to sllbmission <br />of this report t() t,he Congress is attached. <br />Sincerely yours, <br /> <br />ELMER F. BENNETT, <br />Acfin,q Seoretary of the Inferio,'. <br /> <br />(Ident.ical let.ter to Hon. Richard M. Nixon, Pl'eside,nt of the Se.n- <br />ate, 'Vllshington, D.C.) <br /> <br />III <br /> <br />