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<br />'~ <br />'" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ifF <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />, ), <br /> <br />.' <br />~. -~" <br /> <br /> <br />UNITED STATES <br />DEP,ARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />Office of the Secretary <br />Washington 25, D. C. <br /> <br />December 10, 1953 <br />Through I , Bureau of the Budget <br /> <br />MW dear Mr, President: <br /> <br />On December 4, 1952, row predecessor in office submitted a <br />report on a proposed plan for the development and utilization of a <br />portion of the water resources of the Upper Colorado River Basin by <br />construction of the Colorado River Sto~age Project and Participating <br />Projects. By letter of January 27, 1953,Budget Director Dodge asked <br />that I review this report to determine whether it conforms to row pro- <br />gram in ternrn of present policies and whether any modification or re- <br />vision should be made. <br /> <br />i~ter review of the report and re-e.nalysis of the reoommended <br />units and projects by the Comr.dssioner of Reclamation at row request, I <br />submit herewith row revised report on the Colorado River Storage Project <br />and Particip~ting Projects, which super~edes the previous report of <br />December 4, 1952. <br /> <br />A proposed report on this project was transmitted to the <br />affocted States and to the Secretary' of the Arrow as required by the <br />Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), and to other <br />Fedoral Agencies in accordance with Inter-Agency agreements, and copies <br />of all the comments are included with the report. The comments of the <br />heads of the Agencies exercising administration over the wildlife re,- <br />sources of the States in which project works would be located are also <br />included. <br /> <br />It should be noted that row revised report approves the <br />Echo Park Dam and the Split Mountain Dam, both of which would be coo<'- <br />structed within the Dinosaur National Monument. Because of the con- <br />flicting interests which have arizen in connoction with these dams, <br />I requested the Uhder Secretary to undertake a personal investiga- <br />tion of these proposed dam sites, the extent to which Dinosaur National <br />Monument would be modified by their construction, and the possibility <br />of alternative dam sites, I am attaching a copy of his memorandum on <br />this s'abJe1l't. <br /> <br />The Department of the Interior in submitting this report <br />anticipates modification of its opinion on any individual projects <br />