WSP10175

• File Number: 8141.200
• Description: Fryingpan-Arkansas Project - Mailing Lists and Correspondence
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1975
• Author: various
• Title: Fourteen Statements History of Fryingpan-Arkansas Project and Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

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Miss Burris: For many years ---- all right.

Mr. Chenoweth: For many years, the Fryingpan Project was

kept in the subcommittee on irrigation and reclomotion. in

the House. The subcommittee is one, I think, of about five

committees in the full Interior committee and, of course.

before the bill could be reported to the House, we hod to get

it reported to the Hause, we hod to ~et it reported faborably

first by the subcommittee, then b) the full committee on

Int~rior. Well, many dilatory tactics were used in keeping

the bill in committee; hearing after hearing was held; I

mentioned Mr. Saylor, Mr Hosmer--twa very active opponents of

the project, and there were others. The committee would in-

terrogate witnesses coming from Colorodo--oh, vigorouSly,

and sometimes almost amount~d to persecution of the witnesses

in opposition to this Fryingpan Project.

miss Burris: Judge Chenoweth, on this project, the power is
alSo one of the considerations on this Fryingpan, is it not
in consideration of cost benefit ratio?

Mr. Chenoweth: That is correct; this is not essent~clly a
power project although power will be produced. Now, what
we call firm power is power that is available at all times.
The project will not produce any firm power. There will be
peak seasons when there will be power to be sold by tho Frying-.
pan Project, but the revenues from the scle of power will help
poy the cost of the project. There are some projects, of
COurse, produce power in greater quantity, but we will produce