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<br />8\WCIIY ResPQflilo <br /> <br />01 oil 0' tho projecta ev.'uat~J, Par.ao~ V.lley and Dirty Devil wera tno only <br />lwo project. Which hive hod Identl'labl. WlI.r right. '..UOI. <br /> <br />Ihl OIG" cont~tton that th. project ,an be .nut down by thl Stlte of <br />ColorAdo I. Incorr.ct. <br /> <br />'rG'IIhlona Ire available to Itqulrt ",ater it thl '.radax ....to(' r~gOt comot be <br />\tted. <br /> <br />In the CI$II: of Derty DlvH. preljrnlnerv dhclJsilons bet._eo hcllWJl8t1q'l ard <br />.h. Stac. of Utah lurf.ceG potentt., Mat.r right. i..~I. <br /> <br />Ihe Dirty Oevll bWtslililatJoos uere terminated oat t.ecaUlliI 0' u water right <br />I..te, but betc.use the mlt .... not cost.effectlv. W1en conperlJ'oQ to <br />.ltCl(ootin ...tnft)' conrrol lDao:!lurelii. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />/',) <br />o <br /> <br />~IT ACllit,NI <br />P.go 9 01 11 <br /> <br />Ole Ccmlllenl~ <br /> <br />Ihe Dur.DU'1 ""II1,cot conti Ictl wlth '11 April 11'06 Senotorlol lettcr IilIChl <br />ldentlfled Ih. lur,.u'l 101lb1llty to obt.lo. ...tor right IS 000 0' tho <br />relSona lor not proceeding with In' GLenwood-Oouaro Springs project. <br /> <br />')7 <br /> <br />'he Buruu h~& oal provjded IIll-biUot j It I 00 'or j tIi CClTllICol reglrdl~ project <br />itlutdoM't. Moreover, that COflll'lef\l I. In apperent conflict with cert.in <br />pcovhlaros. ot the ie,,&( Goer" whh:h wu entered Int(l with rtgllrd to the <br />P.rado' Velley project. 5peclflcllly, provisIon. to tb. de<ree ollow tho <br />Stato to inathut. projt-CC curtailment II11UlfilUfOIi. WlCfloC't'cr tile 6urtau CB(IlOt <br />replllCC the wator deptetl(lllcii whtCh Bra nurlwtoble to the lallolty control <br />1""0)"'1. Cvncelv.bly, th. curlollm<Ot <""Id be tolal II CheC .... the only <br />C04J(fiIa of Kttan whIch would trvJuro Wlltr Is 1I'1111llll.blc to eacll perlon wIth a <br />hii11er prlDrlty ...uer t1'ltlttcmeot tnDll the Bureau. <br /> <br />)L\ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Ua ackOOtolltdgo the pr(lllliiiQ(, Ul Iht' tegll( uc<rec. tlowever, tf U1& replllCt.ment <br />SCklrce ., depleted by drought un:1! ltons, actji I ioncll up6trellQ developoent, or <br />lor "'t other renvn, Ihe SUIe has the ipeei'lc ol,lhorily 1:0 curtllt the <br />DpCrol'ons ot lhe PU'UOOK Valley project. <br /> <br />-'7 ') <br /> <br />\Ie 0011I with huereu [h,.1 Ihe DUrflllU ho~ 4c"nowledgcd that the water righlll <br />II...., ""ich illplCu lho ....c.publllty "'1" lor jU<Jgtf1ll project vlebll lty, <br />",nl lurfOCed 41 I pr~lm ciJrtng the preliminary discusGlon ICage of the <br />PfGject. Ntver[hcllil. the Our.au '~pended $2.9 million on IOVQlt'gutlona Dnd <br />pl~~pg befDrc the ~ojcct WOI dr~. <br /> <br />l;, yo <br /> <br />, <br />The Illlhw'/i1 CCQ1llCfll~ .orc ~n conll'cr with ilil own docLlDCntalfon. In hit H.y <br />, <br />1951. plonnloo r~rt lor Dirty Oovll, Iho lure.. -pectltc.lly atolod that lhe <br />cost n'trct.ve'~ia. of Iho planned project ~, detonmined to ba within <br />#I:cc(alMtlon'l uuldcllrw6 'or hrp....'fJIen..tion. Horeovcr. .D'ler the Bureau's <br />pre-vlous dhll:ourse 00 hli eatolllllhed economic criterion nloo per ton ot ..1I <br />rC'trlOVw) , we hit to l;Odo. Bland how Dirt.,. Devil could be elimtnAteQ, os not <br />CClU.e-tftcllve. i1vc1l the het lU c9tllNlCcd costi werD 197 per ton of 60lt <br />rC'tOOvcd. ~ bolle-.... j t IlhOllld 4ho ba pointc<t oul, thlll otller Elureau <br />doc~nlnlloo clearly oul.1 I~e St.le'~ o.pres~ed concern ~II or~tlno n <br />walar rlgltl for the prDject. Alld, Ihac this het wa!. 8 point Inclt..ded in tho <br />Our.our, decl.iOOllI procen. <br /> <br />~). <br />