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<br />\) oe;l';!'~ ~s t>, cr20'" ~_~.c.~r the lc,st of the cru'1in of M.uri River m~in S1;El1ll <br /> <br /> <br />dans, four of which are essentially cOIT~lete and in o~er~tion, except for final <br /> <br />power plant installations f'..t Fort Peck and Garrison DOJ:ls. <br /> <br />Major construction contracts will be let durine; this fiscal year at the <br /> <br />Oo.he project near Pierre, South Dakota, which as D8St of you know was closed <br /> <br />early last DJnth. Contracts e~~ecteu to be awarceu durinG the year include <br /> <br />the downstrean power tunnels Q.l1d. liners, the lQ.r~est ever let b:;r the Ormha <br /> <br />District; relocation of the Cheyelul8 Indian AGency facilities; another nnjor <br /> <br />earthwork contract, und najor hiChwcy and rnilrouG relocntions. Contract for <br /> <br />the powerhouse superstructure ~nd intake superstructure for power turM~els is <br /> <br />scheduled for o.wo.rcl sonetirJ8 next Sl.u:rrn.er. <br /> <br />The keystone of progress on the authorized Missouri Basin prograu con- <br /> <br />tinues to be coordination and c.:)operation. This 8.l1I~lics both to the Federal <br /> <br />agencies and to the coopero.tin8 states, and I am strre is ~ doninnnt fact0r in <br /> <br />water resource proGrru~s in all of the 17 11csteril states. <br /> <br />In our basin the related prograns of the Department of Interior emu De- <br /> <br />partr.lent of Agriculture also c.re nnkine; good. proGress. We he.ve lee-rned to <br /> <br />work tocether at all levels of governnent in the control and conservation of <br /> <br />our critical water resources. The Missouri Basin Inter-AGency Cor~iittee pro- <br /> <br />vides a coordinating ne~iun of inestDJ~ble vuIue an~ I un proud to be ~ uenber <br /> <br />of that Corrr~ittee an~ its current Chairl~h. <br /> <br />By working together we h",ve foun~ a w"_y to solve sone ~ifficult :}roblems <br /> <br />not only in relation ~o construction develop~ent, but in the operation of larce <br /> <br />multiple-purpose reservoirs such as the main stem system of reservoirs. Tllis <br /> <br />is beinG accomplished not thrOUGh the domination of any ODe Federal aGency or <br /> <br />a block of states, but by full cooperation. T1Le state enGineers, nnrry of ~nlOm <br /> <br />are represented in this orsanization, have ~de Gront contributions to this <br /> <br />partnership proGram. <br /> <br />The final test of our success in all of these underta1~ines is yet to CODe. <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />