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<br />Battlement Mesa Project
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<br />St-nlinrl :'[.Hl "nit'(
<br />TI1" Bal!knltnt .\'t~ lrr'':;:''I'JII
<br />prOJec' propo~rlf tor ton~: fue' ;,n ,n
<br />th.' P'''!t'au r"lIt'v I~ a 1<:31 <'.bl- I;; a
<br />nl'\\ red [.If}(' ;-'t'rCl~" :mll mll'f-
<br />-"!'1rnc)' lug.f)f-war ~n \\.<;:-h.:igl"n p r
<br />The ext'fl'I'{> I~ <In analysIs of pruj-
<br />'\'('1 fcatun's and t'('onomic:, under a
<br />Ilt'w :-d of n,ter:a propostd for ,]11 fl!'
<br />lun'I'rojlerls.
<br />Tnt agt'!lC'lI'S in\'{.lvt'd in the tug-of.
<br />\~ar .ire Ita: Water Resouro's CounCil
<br />l-tt!'td the Ulfin: 01 .\1anagt'ment and
<br />,Rud~e!. better known undtr lts old
<br />:name ot :h" Bureau of the Budget.
<br />I The While House, accordmg to a
<br />:disPd!ch from The Daily Sentinel
<br />. Wa~i1il1,"lvn Bureau. Intervened In the
<br />:tug.ul-war and stopped publicatJon of
<br />:nt'w criteria In the Fl>dt"ral Reglster
<br />.on Wednesda\'.
<br />: A teasibiJiiy report on the Battle.
<br />'mt'llt :'Ilesa Project had been stuck In
<br />:Wasnington red tape for months,
<br />: Rf'peated l"fforts by the Balt!ement
<br />lo\l('s<o Water Conser\"anc\' Dlstrict
<br />'board, local bureau exec~tl\'es, and
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<br />,Roland Fischer, secretary-engineer of
<br />~ht' Colorado RIVl'r W<lter Con.
<br />If;er\"<ltlon District, re~uJted In .1 slale.
<br />~ent from the Bureau of Hl'damation
<br />~hat b<~cause of the fiSt' In inlerest
<br />rates, thebendlts of the proposed
<br />)lroJect do not !:'qual the cosh.
<br />. Ed Currier, con!>uHmg ('ngineer,
<br />~\'hlJ also does somt' work for the con.
<br />se".ation district. told a meetmg of
<br />lhe. Co!lbran Chamber of Commerce
<br />rueo;day night. ."as lar .'IS the bureau
<br />L'; concerned, the proJett as presenlly
<br />laid out isdead ,.
<br />"~ot onl\" IS the B;l1lkmmt :\ksa
<br />Project in .troulllt- but probaoly any
<br />number of o!hl"/ proposl'd projtds 111
<br />the Weslern Slope area an' facing the
<br />same kind of fak," he saId.
<br />He referrt'd to proJl-"('ts which art'
<br />In the stagt. of f('aslbIIJty in-
<br />\'(,litigation. A~rhoriled projet"ts are
<br />not inH.l\"ed in the ,;ew lype of ana.
<br />lYSIS, hi,.t Rep \\',,;.'n'.':"\ :bpmall ex.
<br />pres~ed lears rl'portl'd m a II"Ct'nt di~.
<br />P.1lch from the Senlmel bureau that
<br />!h~ authoflZed projects might !>t' ~ub.
<br />Ject to ;:I n..e~'alualion If construcllOn
<br />dot's not start wlthm a reasonable
<br />tlm('.
<br />The Wat..r Hesourt't:~ COuncil l'ur-
<br />fler expl;l1nt-d m hIS ti.!k at Collbran.
<br />pnllan<d the ne.... crlIena I.Jst f;:l]l.
<br />The Bureau ot ~lan(lgement and Hudg.
<br />el disagrt-ed WIth tht' WHC. partlCu.
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<br />l.lrly un 11".1' r"lt' oi lOrt'rl'sl usp!] in
<br />Ct.mpt;1.11j"'lS on ~(.,..'s rll prr'J"(:l.>
<br />WHL" prr~;">('~ed tiwt thl' ri,l(' 1>1' ".t "I
<br />5,5 p<'r cmt and bt hdd !h'-Te tor 't'\'.
<br />eral Yl'ars. O~IH Ir1slskd (lT1 a i (Jl'r
<br />('('ntr,)tl".
<br />Tht, ri.k u.>,..d In the r.'d talX' ex.
<br />ercis(' In \\'fmh B"tlJemmt .'.k5.1
<br />ProJ{'ct tl'pfe~en!ed all un;lulhorizt'<l
<br />projects In He!'!Jon ~ of the Bure<lU (,f
<br />Hedam;III('nisl:ipern'nl.
<br />Th{' S..ll1mel Wa"hmglOn bur..au reo
<br />portt'd thaI \\<ller lobbH's iJnd In.
<br />fluentldI 1\ e.sl'-'rn R{'publlcans ('om.
<br />plainI'd to th.. \\1111e House, and the
<br />t'.xecullvt' office issut'd lhe order hold-
<br />ing up publication of Ihe project ('fl.
<br />teria
<br />Opposilion (If !he 0,\18 is no! new
<br />In December, I~itil the then Bureau
<br />of the Buo1gct i~:'ut'd a document
<br />known as '\.17 10 Iry 10 rt'duce It\\'
<br />numbt-'r oj rt.'cJamall'm projects .1p-
<br />provetl Thl~ \~as lakr n;ndified
<br />Two concrp1:;; Wl'rc lnt'orporatcd 1010
<br />the nt'\\-' <Tllton<l Currier told the C(!f.
<br />lbran audlt'nl"l~ Bl:'CognlllOn lhat land
<br />and wah'r reS(Jurct>s are inlt-rrel3led
<br />and plannmg for USIO!; them should
<br />be tied together ,Hld that .1\'allabl..
<br />feWllrC"S m a r('(JOn should be com.
<br />milled to the highest .1nd b>!~! U~(',
<br />Curner t'xprt'ssed objectIOns to fC.
<br />,l<Jonal plilnnmo1 for Col<1r:-!d,j \\',>~.
<br />l)('lOg d"r.c by agt'lll'l;'s OlihHft lilt:' gt:'-
<br />ogfaphlc L'ppt:r Color ado HIH'r BaSin.
<br />These include the Colorado WaleI'
<br />Conserv"tJOn Board 111 Dt>nvt'r and Re.
<br />gion .} of the Bun3u of R~lama1ion
<br />and Ihe L"pper Colorado River Com.
<br />mIssion mSalt LakcClt\'
<br />Other pOints CUrrJer"mad{' lOdudt'd
<br />thelollo....ing:
<br />- The Bureau of Rt'Clamation tries
<br />to build ererything into a project in.
<br />ltially to reduce opE'r.lting costs to .;md
<br />r!imin;:lte risk of future probl('ms.
<br />Farmers and ranchers go to the oth.
<br />er extreme of dOing JUS! what has to
<br />be done.
<br />- Contractors often bid 50 per cent
<br />higher on a gO\'l'rnmenl job than for
<br />private work "because they know go\'.
<br />e~nmt'f:;! in:<pectors will be tough."
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<br />.Custom Draperies ]~lId I~.
<br />.Drapery Hardware n.llll:L...,.;."
<br />587 Rd. 30 Ph. 243-8455
<br />Nut to FruitvaJe Grade School
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<br />- \\'HC iOlTl;!!",;! ,I """,pl vI mul.
<br />11pk alll'rnilrl'."l <J: \ "I fJro't'('ts.
<br />Tilt. f,ngllMI ',IHt' pl.:n !I,d Il(jr ob-
<br />Jt:'('tln'~ \,IT,,,~..1 .. 't!! ';'lIt' d.'n'}-
<br />r:fJmt'r:! t.n."llur.1l1o.-r:,l1 r,u..T'l.\ ';ui.lrt....
<br />(.f lift' and Il'ICIf.!\;1i d,,\,t'!"prn":J' Cur.
<br />fa'r :>,JI(j t"/1\lluIlIl11'/\'.,J lJ",r:I!.\ ,1I1d
<br />QU.lItI)' 01 lift' were cOlnolfit'd 1011) one,
<br />Th(' SentlOd burt.all c.11!t-d '1:U!I!\' of
<br />hfe "S(JClill ....dl bt'll~1.: alld ....iti:J It had
<br />l'\.,t'n ,'llmlO;I:t'd as iJ L.l~:~ jrJr ana.
<br />l',',;is.
<br />. - The .H.:C plan \\~1I1d lIl".oh'e 10-
<br />(';11 Pt'~,,!(' mrrre m lht" dt.'\ I'!(;pml;nt of
<br />plims lur .. !jf()Jecl, but thi~ W.l5 not
<br />drJnl' In lhl' le!>l ca.><.' for i;.:.ttlt'mtont
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<br />,\lterna:iHs for l/1l' Ba!l).'mt'nl
<br />.\It'sa PrOjl'll hano> btTr. pH'p<Htd
<br />- !-turd!es uf I~e r,l;W ~','s1t'm 01
<br />projet"! analYSIS 'Men'l g"Ir.~ 10 ht' it
<br />gfl'at deal t:'aS;l'r to rro~~ lhan I/l('
<br />old ur1t's
<br />- Pr()~p<:-c'~ fur L(,n,;trUCllun vI Hal.
<br />IJ..mt'nt :\kSil (,I" ;my un,'ulhorized
<br />prnjt'clls' prt'tt~ blt',lk
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<br />- Llllle lOa\' 0>' (k'r'" until the West.
<br />WJdt.- Stud\. b\'th" !:iut..iJU oj \\aler r('.
<br />,;<lurce$ 'lhl;/u.:h<"1I l:-rt' \\'c~t has
<br />bt":ncumpld,'.f
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<br />'"St,'mt'llmes. I rl1m).; Wt' are b,-'ing
<br />planned to dt.i.th' CUrra'r said. He
<br />CI!d! th(' Cu!ur.Jdo -;li.!e \\'al\'f 1'1,10
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