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3690 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF RECLAMATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BURE.AU OF RECLAMATION, Wn.,hingtoll, D.C., February 16, 1960. THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. Sm: This is my report on a plan of de,elol;'ment for the Ruedi Dam and Reservoir, Colo. It is base.d upon and mc1udes my proposed re- pott of October 2:3,1959, which you approved and adopted on October 27, ]9!\0. Copies of t,he proposed report were t,mnsmitted to the affected States of the Arkal10as ami the Colorado River Bllsins, the Secretary of the Army, and to t.he interested Federal agt'.ncies for re,--iew,us required by law and by interagency agreement. All those who received the re. port officially haye replied except, t.he States of Arizona and Nevada, which would not be subst.antially affected by the proposed de\"elop- ment. CopillS of t.he let.ters of comment. received are attached. . The proposed project is suppOlted by the State of Colorado and has its full and nneqniyocal approval as cyidenced by t.he let.ter of No- vember 24, 19!\9, from the director of the Colorado Water Conserva- tion Board. In that letter, the State of Colorado also fumished as- surance of its willingness to assume the Irepayment oblig-atioll for the portion of the cost of Rlledi Dam and Heservoir which may be al- located to deferred municipal and industrial wat.er supply under pro- vision of the Wat.er Supply Act of H'!\S, as follows: . Should such a market. however, Dot develop to a deogree sufficient to return the costs . allocated to municIpal and industrial water supply, the State of Colorado will undertake repuymeont of the portion ne-cessary to assure full re- payment of municipal and industrial water Sllpply costs. As contemplated in our proposed report., certain' inconsistencies in the operat.ing principlllS for Ruedi Dam and Reservoir set forth in the attached regional director's report of September 25, 1959, were discus.'e{l wit,1t officials of the State of Colo,'"do. By letter of.J anURrv 15, 191\0, the director of the Colorado Water Conservat.ion Board. transmitted a fully execllted eopy of the operating principles as amended on December :30, 1059, by the seyeral mterested State organ!- za.tions to eliminate those inconsistt'Ilcies. A copy of t.he amended principles is atta,ched to and made a part of this report. These amended prineiples hereby supersede the operating principles set, forth in the regional director's report, as well as t.hose set fOlth in' Honse Document 187, 83d Congress. on the Fryingpan-Arkansas project.. The comrnellt~ of the State of California are concerned more. di- r~ctlv with the ameno.ments it wishes to haxe incorporated in legisla- tion 1.0 authorize the Frying-pan-Arkansas project t.han wit.h t.he report on Ruedi Dam anel Resen'oir. The State concluded that our proposed report does not appear to be an adequate project planning report 1 , ,