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2 3691 ~UEDI DAM AND RESERVOIR, COLO.. for recommendatIOn that the development be Ruthol"lzed. However, it has no objeclion to the idea of storage such as proposed at the Ruedi Resenoir site if it will serve a just.ified useful purpose for develop- ment in the Colorado River Basin. The Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, finds that the proposal does not. conflict, with any existing project, or 'plans of the Corps of Eno.ineel's. I-Ie called attention to the prelimmary nature of da.ta. furnGheu by tIte corps and noted t.he omission of provision~ for flood control operation under regulations to be prescribed in ac- cordance with the Flood Control Act. of 1944. These are matters for resolution with that agency during advance planning on the project in accordance with our customary procedures. The Department of Agriculture COTIeurs in the conelusions of t.he report concerning t.he hea "y rycreational use of the Ruedi ReseIToir, but believes this use Will be higher t.han estimated. As proposed by that Department, t.he Bureau of Reclamation and National Park Service will collaborate with the Forest Service in a more detailed approach of the needed recreation facilities and a mntnally acceptahle plllll fur such improvements following authorization of the project. This collaboration wonld also achieve tile objectives of the language changes in the II'epUlt which were recommended in t,hat connection. Comments of other States and Federal agencies are generally favorable toward the proposal. Suggest.ions reeeived for further coordination of programs with certain a$encies and for further studies of specific aspects of the project can be accommodated during the advance planning actiyities which will be required before construc- tion if the Fryingpan-Arkansas project is authorized. Copies of the proposed report. were also transmitted to the Depart- ment of the Navy. That Department, thron/!,"h the Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Reserves, contacted a number of individuals and compa.liies known to ha\-e an interest in the deve.lopment of an oil shale industry in Colorado. The. replies received, copies of which are attached t.o t.he enclosed Acting See,retary's letter of .J anuary 2D, 1960, present. a yaluable appraisa1 of the future need for a water supply for t,hat industry. It. appears to be the consensus t.hat a large oil shale indust.ry will develop and dlat, alt,hough t.here is no imme- diate,demand for wat.er for t.hat. purpose, such water will assuredly be required when the industry becomes commercially important. As the nature of the comments recei'\ect is fa\Torable and since no objections were made to t.he proposal, I conclude that the plan of development for Ruedi Dam and Reservoir, as out.lined in our pro- posed report, and amended herein, is jnstified and desirable. Ac- cordingly, I recommend that you apprm'e ,md adopt this as your report on Ruedi Datu and Reseryoir, Colo., and t.hat you t.ransmit it, together wit.h attached comments, to the President. and subsequenUy to the Congress as prm'ided by the Re<:lalllation Projeet Act of 19:J9. Respectfnlly, . FLOYD E. DOl\IIKY, Oo"mmi,'!sioner. Approved and adopted Februar} 25, 1960. . ~" FRED A. SEATON, Secretary of the Interior.