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<br />. <br /> <br />Previous Investigations <br /> <br />The Bureau of Reclamation (now Water and PO~1er Re~('ltlrces Sp.rv;.ce) <br /> <br />issued a preliminary report on pumped storagp. investigati.ons in tl,e Upper <br /> <br />Co1oradn Re~ion in Marc~ of 1964.~/ Resu1ts of t~e ;nve~t;~ations le~ <br /> <br />to tl,e 1<)66 aut'1orization (Puhlic Law 89-561. Septeml,er 7, 1066) of a 'CIJ- <br /> <br />dy to determine tl"e feasi.1-,i1.itv of developing peaki.n,Q; pO'\o.rer 10 tf"e rJp-pl"loT" <br /> <br />r.olorado Region. <br /> <br />Thougl, autl)ot'iz~d, tl,e investigat:ion!=l were T10t fllndf:'c7 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />uncil Fiscal Year 1975. <br /> <br />Tl,e P1anni.ng Team for tl-te pumped storage invp.sti.~atinns lj,01aS f"'T"med in <br /> <br />Ap,...i1. 1975 and ~everal sul)teams wet'e createn to aid in the studv process. <br /> <br />~~e pea~ing power capac;tv needs for t~e Co1orado River ~tora?,e Pro- <br /> <br />ject marketing area w~re estimated fOT tl,e targ~t pe~;od from 198fi to <br /> <br />2000. A~olJT\d 'so 9i.t~s werp. identifien ancl analvzed hy tl,e Team rnp.TTl~ers. <br /> <br />Site~ Nerp. tC'l ~e rp.corrDnp.ndec1 fol"" feasi1:li.l.ity study on an inclivi.rl.ua' ~a.'3is <br /> <br />as future needs ~\I"et'e pr.ojected. '!''he clan formul,atlon process eventually <br /> <br />resulted in t'l-te selecti.nn of 26 si.te.o; to l,':! presenterl to t"e Dl1bl.ic. Six <br /> <br />puhlic meetings W"eT.p- 'helrl in di.fferent locations ar.ound t'he Region t"ar <br /> <br />provl.dp.n inpu t t.r" ;.cl, l07as comhi n€"cl t.Ti. tl, t,e pl""evi ous 1 v IlCcumu 1 fl terl data. <br /> <br />As a result, Utah La~e Pumped Stora~e, Blue MesA. Outlp.t Works, fln~ Glen <br /> <br />Canyon Outler. Wo:~s, were recommennea for feasibility studv in fi~cal vear <br /> <br />.~, <br /> <br />1079, F~~~ing GOTRe Outlet Work~ <br /> <br />for fisca1 year 19RO. an~ t'1e nun~~m <br /> <br />p"int TJnit Study was funded for fiscal vear 1981. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />04139 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1 f <br /> <br />Pumped 5tora~e Invest; ?-,ati.ons, Pre'. ;m~nat'y Reconna; ssance Repo,.-t. <br /> <br />Bureau nf Redamation. Re~ion 4. S~l t Lak.e City. Uta~. March 106~. <br /> <br />7 <br />