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<br />, <br /> <br /><'~ <br />~,?-~_'~;1 <br />\,-i:.,~.-.- <br /> <br />The average annual benefits of the project compared with <br /> <br />the average annual equivalent cost is in a ratio of 2.48 to 1. <br /> <br />The total cost of the project including those features <br /> <br />necessary for recreational development for fish and wildlife purposes <br /> <br />is $4,010,000 based on October, 1959 prices. The annual operation <br /> <br />and maintenance costs are $9,400 per year based on 1957-59 prices. <br /> <br />It is estimated in the feasibility report prepared by the <br /> <br />Department of the Interior that five years will be required for con- <br /> <br />struction of this project. <br /> <br />To the best of my knowledge I know of no objectors to the <br /> <br />project. At the field hearings held in Montrose, Colorado, immed- <br /> <br />iately adjacent to the project area, no objectors appeared_ <br /> <br />Among the proponents of the project are: <br /> <br />Upper Colorado River Commission, Salt Lake City, Utah <br />Colorado River Water conservation District, Glenwood Springs, <br />Colorado <br />Montrose Chamber of Commerce, Montrose, Colorado <br />Delta Chamber of Commerce, Delta, Colorado <br />paonia Chamber of Commerce, Paonia, Colorado <br />Montrose City Council, Montrose, Colorado <br />Delta City Council, Delta, Colorado <br />Shavano Soil Conservation District, Montrose, Colorado <br />Uncompahgre Soil Conservation District, Montrose, Colorado <br />Cimarron Soil Conservation District, Montrose, Colorado <br /> <br />Sponsors of the project who are members of Congress include: <br /> <br />Senator Gordon Allott, Colorado <br />Senator Peter Dominick, Colorado <br />Congressman Byron Rogers, 1st Congressional District,Colorado <br />Congressman Donald Brotzman, 2nd Congressional District, <br />Colorado <br />Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth, 3rd Congressional District, <br />Colorado <br />Congressman Wayne N. Aspinall, 4th Cong~essional District, <br />Colorado <br /> <br />-3- <br />