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<br />implication from the title of the project that this diversion is but a <br /> <br /> <br />stage of a larger development, the name of the project should be changed <br /> <br /> <br />to "The Roaring Fork~Arkansas Project" or "The Frying Pan-Arkansas <br /> <br /> <br />Project." This point was diseussed at length in Committee deliberations <br /> <br /> <br />but no formal action was taken thereon. Messrs. Delaney and White have <br /> <br /> <br />requested that these comments contain a statement of their position on <br /> <br /> <br />this point. <br /> <br /> <br />In line with this thought, it is noted that the discussion on <br /> <br /> <br />Pages 58 through 60 of the speeial report dated September 1949 concerning <br /> <br /> <br />plans for future expansion of the initial phase development by diversion <br /> <br /> <br />from other tributaries of the Roaring Fork River and from the Gunnison <br /> <br /> <br />River was described. To carry out the recommendations of this Committee <br /> <br /> <br />in this regard, it is recommended that the ,liscussion shOl"m on these <br /> <br /> <br />pages be deleted from the final draft of report. <br /> <br /> <br />Relationship to Green Mountain l~servoir <br /> <br /> <br />At the meeting held January 6, 1949, in Grand Junction, Colorado, <br /> <br /> <br />the Committee passed a resolution to the effect that the benefits and rights <br /> <br /> <br />of the Western Slope in the Green Mountain Reservoir of the Colorado-Big <br /> <br /> <br />Thompson Project as defined in Senate Docu~nt 80 (75th Congress, 1st Session) <br /> <br /> <br />shall not be impaired by the Initial Phase ,~f the Gunnison-Arkansas Project. <br /> <br /> <br />More Efficient Use of ArkGnsas liiver Water <br /> <br /> <br />Review of your reports discloses tBe fact th3.t in the winter months <br /> <br /> <br />part of the Arkansas River streamfl~~ is diverted to irrigated lands in the <br /> <br /> <br />valley. The tentative plans for the project 'contemplate the provision of <br /> <br /> <br />storage capacity that c~ be used in many yeti's to regulate such vQnter <br /> <br />.!.S90 <br /> <br />-3- <br />