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<br />at Pueblo Dam~ and the starting of the contract on
<br />Cunningham Tunnel, an integral part of the Northside
<br />Collection System. The Congress also, in the same
<br />Act, authorized sufficient funds for Corps of Engineer
<br />Projects in Colorado, keeping within the spending ca.
<br />pability of the Corps. The President of the United
<br />States signed the Appropriation Act in October, 1971,
<br />and the appropriate Agencies were then authorized by
<br />the Office of Management and Budget to proceed with
<br />preconstruction engineering.
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<br />Failure to obtain the increased appropriations
<br />would have meant that these Agencies of Government
<br />would not have been able to award the new contracts
<br />specified, and would only have had sufficient funds to
<br />continue construction on Projects then underway.
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<br />FRYINGPAN . ARKANSAS PROJECT
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<br />The Southeast Colorado Water Conservancy Dis-
<br />trict is the legal agency for the $258 million Frying-
<br />pan-Arkansas Project, authorized by the Congress of
<br />the United States on August 6, 1962, and signed into
<br />law on August 16, 1962 by the late President John
<br />F. Kennedy. A Contract between the United States
<br />and the Con5ervancy District was entered into Jan.
<br />uary 21, 1965, under No. 14.06.700.4715. This
<br />multi-purpose Project will provide an average of
<br />69,200 acre. feet of supplemental water to the Arkan-
<br />sas River Basin each year, from decrees on the Colo-
<br />rado River owned by the Conservancy District.
<br />Water will be collected under a very rigid set of Op-
<br />erating Principles from tributaries to the Fryingpan
<br />and Roaring Fork Rivers in the Colorado River Basin,
<br />and then diverted through the Charles H. Boustead
<br />Tunnel, 5.3 miles long, 10.5 feet in diameter, at an
<br />elevation of 10,000 feet, and then be stored for proper
<br />regulation and use in three major reservoirs in the
<br />Arkansas River Basin in Colorado. Ruedi Reservoir
<br />was constructed as a part of the Fryingpan-Arkansas
<br />Project to provide replacement waters for users in
<br />the Colorado River Basin.
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<br />Construction on the Project was started in 1964, and
<br />was originally scheduled to be completed in 1975. It is
<br />described in detail in Brochure No. 5,whichisavailable
<br />at no cost from the Southeastern Colorado Water Con-
<br />servancy District, 905 Highway 50 West, Pueblo, Colo-
<br />rado, 81008.
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<br />In Fiscal Year 1972, the President and Congress
<br />authorized $21,267,000 for continued construction of
<br />the Fryingpan.Arkansas Project, of which $1,020,000
<br />was carried over from the previous Fiscal Year. These
<br />funds permitted the Bureau of Reclamation to com-
<br />plete preconstruct ion engineering for the second and
<br />final stage of Pueblo Dam, and to start preconstruc-
<br />tion engineering work on the Cunningham Tunnel.
<br />As of December 31, 1971, the Bureau Officials ex-
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<br />ACCOONTA1fT5' OPINION
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<br />WI hive examlned ~he blllnce Ihee~1 of the Sou~h"ltern Colondo Wlter
<br />ConllrvlncyDiatrictalofDe<;llmber)l.l971Indtherelatedltltemlntl
<br />of cblnlee in lund b&1ance, of revenues and expenditUl:el, Ind of chlnlel
<br />in U, S. 'I"t'eelury Bllls for the year then ended. Our exl.lllinlclon vii
<br />mad. in ac<;ordan<;e with lenenlly Ic<;epted ludi~ing Itlndlrdl Ind Iccord-
<br />inglylncludedluchteateofthelccountingrecordeandluchotheraudit-
<br />inl procedurel el we <;onl1dered neceallry in the <;ir<;Ulllltlncell.
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<br />In our opinion, the ICCOlllpenying ballnce Iheetl. Ita~l!IIlentl of chl118el
<br />In fund blllnce, of revenuel and expend1~urel, Ind of chlngel In U. S.
<br />Tr.llury Bilta preeent fairly the flnanctal pOlition of the Southallurn
<br />ColoradoWaterConlervancy Dlltrict ItDlcmber 31, 1971lnd thernuLtl
<br />of ita operltionl for the yeu then ended In confotlllity with generllly
<br />Iccepced accounting principln applied on I billa conllecent with thlc
<br />ofthlpreCldlnsperiod.
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