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<br />CHARLES H, BOUSTEAD TUNNEL DEDICATION
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<br />June 29, 1972, will go down in the History Book
<br />of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy
<br />District and the United States. as a truly significant
<br />day, because on that date the Honorable Rogers C. B.
<br />Morton, Secretary of Interior, Officially Dedicated
<br />the recently completed Charles H. Boustead Tunnel.
<br />The impres.sive ceremony was held at the East Portal,
<br />at the beautiful Charles H. Boustead Memorial Park,
<br />and Secretary Morton was. joined on the Platform by
<br />a number ()f dignitari~s including Senator Gordon
<br />AllaH; Governor John Love; Lt. Governor John Van.
<br />derhoof: fonner Congress.man J. Edgar Chenoweth;
<br />former Governor Stephen L. R. McNichols; members
<br />of the Board of Directors of the District; Officials
<br />from other Water Agencies in Colorado, Kansas,
<br />Oklahoma and Arkanses; and others. A crowd com-
<br />posed of long-time supporters of the Project, and
<br />others who have a new interest in Water Resource
<br />Management witnessed the Ceremony on a bright day,
<br />high in the Colorado Rockies. Air transportation for
<br />Secretary Morton and others, was provided by Briga-
<br />dier General F. L. Sparks, Commanding General,
<br />Colorado National Guard, and also Director of the
<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board. Appropriate
<br />music was provided by Fort Carson's famous Military
<br />Band, and the occasion truly afforded the people from
<br />the Environmental Sector. Agriculture, Industry, Rec-
<br />reation and every other phase of modern life to per-
<br />sonally visit and discuss a critical Water Resource
<br />Management Project.
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<br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT
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<br />Thanks to adequate appropriations from the
<br />Congress of the United States, work was continued
<br />on many of the major fe~tures of the Fryingpan-
<br />Arkansas Project during 1972, including completion
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<br />of excavation on the Hunter Tunnel on December 7;
<br />holing through of the Hunter Creek Shaft on Decem,
<br />her 11; and completion of 66 per cent of the work of
<br />the Nast Tunnel. Bids for the final phase on Puebln
<br />Dam were opened in Pueblo on May 9, with the low
<br />bidder being Green Construction Company and Mass-
<br />man Construction Company, in joint venture, at an
<br />amount of $36,252,769, The contract was awarded
<br />on June 30, and the contractor immediately started
<br />moving gigantic equipment to complete the massive
<br />structure on schedule It is expected the Dam will be
<br />far enough along by Spring of 1974, for the filling
<br />of the 30,000 acre-foot permanent pool.
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<br />Work continued on the Mt. Elbert Pumped.
<br />Storage Power plant at Twin Lakes, with the awarding
<br />of a $16,2 million contract to the Martin K, Eby Con-
<br />struction Company for the construction of the Build-
<br />ing, and a $2.2 million contract to Westinghouse Elec-
<br />tric Corporation for the generator motors. The
<br />building will be 15 stories tall, with 14 stories buried
<br />below ground to meet Ecological and Environmental
<br />requirements. The 15th Story will be the Control
<br />Center, Visitors Overlook, and the only part of the
<br />building visible from the relocated highway. The
<br />fifteen penstocks will also be buried, as will power
<br />lines, and the switchyard will be hidden behind a hill.
<br />'When completed, the plant will provide 100 megawatts
<br />of critically needed peaking power, and provisions
<br />have been made for the addition of a second 100 mega-
<br />watt unit when funds are available.
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<br />Officials at the Pueblo Office of thc U.s, Bureau
<br />of Reclamation devoted a great deal of their time
<br />during 1972 preparing, distributing and reviewing
<br />Enivronmental Impact Statements and comments on
<br />the Twin Lakes Dam and Reservoir Enlargement,
<br />Northside Collection System, and the Projectwide
<br />Report. These Statements: required under the Environ-
<br />mental Protection Act, assure input from the public
<br />sector prior to construction.
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<br />FIRST CONTRACT PAYMENT TO THE
<br />UNITED STATES
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<br />On July 21, 1972, President Tom McCurdy pre,
<br />sented fwo checks to Robert Evans, Project Manager,
<br />Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. to start the 50 year Re-
<br />payment Program between the District and the United
<br />States. The first check was in the amount of 596.000,
<br />for the purchases of 20:000 acre-feet of Project Water;
<br />and the second was in the amount of $145.863, which
<br />represented 2/10ths of a mill on the total assessed
<br />valuation within the confines of the Conservancy Dis-
<br />trict. The Board of Directors allocated the full 20,000
<br />acre. feet to 11 entities which had requested a t'otal
<br />of 36,000 acre-feet. The Board also contracted for the
<br />sale of 2,515 acre-feet of "return flow", in accordance
<br />with an agreement with the State Engineer.
<br />Recently enacted State Water Statutes and Su-
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