WSP09333

• File Number: 8220.100.40
• Description: CRSP
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/30/1961
• Author: USDOI
• Title: Forth Annual Report on the Statuts of the Colorado River Storage Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT

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ADVANCE PLANNING ACTIVITIES

The supplemental report and economic justification for the Blue
Mesa and Morrow Point Dams and powerplants of the Ourecanti
storage unit were ~ubmitted to the Oongress on July 14, 1959. Funds
for 'construction of the Blue Mesa features of the Ourecanti unit are
contained in the fiscal year 1961 appropriations. Investigations of
the potential Orystal Dam and powerplant of the same unit continued.
The definite plan report on the Florida participating project in
Oolorado was completed and funds appropriated for initiating con-
stl'Uction in fiscal year 1961.
Advance planning studies for preparation of definite plan reports
continued during the fiscal year on other authorized participating
projects.
Special recognition is hereby gi ven to the several States of the upper
and lower basins for their assistance and material participation in
expediting the investigation and construction of the project. In
addition to financial participation by various States, both for pre-
construction investigation costs and aid in financing incremental
construction costs, many of the States have facilitated the construc-
tion program by the prompt building of access roads and highways
leading to the remote units of the project. These roads involved the
use of State funds as well as matching Federal appropriations in cer-
tain cases. The cost of these roads is not reflected in the records of
the project inasmuch as they are not part ot the authorized features.

3. ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL INVESTMENT

Section 6 of the authorizing act states that upon completion of each
unit, participating project, or sep'll'able feature thereof, the Secretary
shall allocate the total costs of constructing said unit, project, or
feature to the various purposes authorized in the act or authorized
under reclamation law. No projects or units have been completed;
therefore, no formal allocations to the several purposes to be served
by the project have been made of the cost to June 30, 1960. How-
ever, tentative allocations have been made of the total estimated cost
to complete the entire project (schedule No.5). The tentative a1l0-
cations may be summarized as follows:

Purpose

Reimbursable allocations:
rrrigation"._h'___"'__~_~_______h__d__________...__________________.h__.
Power________________________________________________________._._.____.__.
MunIoipal and Industrlal water. _ _ __________________.______._____._______.
TotsL._.___________________________________________________.__._.____.
Nonre!mblll'sable allocations:
Flood control.. _ 0_ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ ___ ____ ___ ___~ _ ~_ _ _~__~__ _.__ _._ _ ~_. _ .__ ~_._ _~_ ~
FiSb and w:IIdllfe _ _ ~ _ u~_ _~_ _d_. __ _.~ __ ___ _ _h _ __._ __._ _~_ ~ _._ _ __h h__ ._.
Rect6atlon_____~_~______._._____.________~_~___~~_._~_~__.___~_~______~_~_
Otber nonreimbursable costs: Colorado River developmllnt fund investI-
gations and non-Federal contrlbutions_~______~_____.~_.___~______~____~_
Total. _____ _____ _.~._.h ..~ _~~ ._____ ___ ._. ._. ___ __ __ __ _ __ _~. h h __ ~___
Unallocated costs: Ultimate pbase costs of central Utah participating projecL.
TotaL_____h__.____.___~.______~_~_______________._.~.___h~_~__._______

Amount
(thousands)

$306,571
671,Y56
46,644
1,025,171

3,866
24,109
20,875
6,433
54,283
6,760
1,085,204

Percent

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