WSP11697

• File Number: 8147
• Description: Arkansas River Basin - Gunnison-Arkansas Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 4/5/1949
• Author: DOI-BOR
• Title: Gunnison-Arkansas Project - Report of the Regional Director
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Report of the Regional Director

RECOMMENlJIl.T IONS

120. Inaomuch as the computed streamflow depletions of the
Colorado River by the Initial Development of the potential Gunnison-
Arkansas Project is less than 3 percent of the remuining depletion
which could be made by the State of Colorado in accordance with its
allocation under tho tontativo compact agreement, it is recommended.

(A) ThElt this repert bo approved.

(B) That this report, together with the underlying Sub-
stantiating Report, be tranmnitted through appropriate channels to
all interested Federal and State agencies, and specifically, in
accordanco with the roquiroments of Soetion 1 of tho Act of
December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 881), to tho affected States of
Arizona, California, Colorado, Neveda, N67 Mexico, Utah,
Wyoming, and Kanslls; to the Seerotary of the Arttry', the Federal '.
Power Commission, the Department of Agriculture; and thero-
after to the President and tho Congress.

(c) That the Initial Development of the Gunnison-Arkansas
Project, comprised of the following principal facilitieo and
ouoh related works as may be incidental thoreto, to wit.

Roplacoment Reservoir
Fryingpan River collootion and diveroion oystem
-Hee.gw,tel'~.~Sf>n!d,
Sugar Loaf Reservoir enlargement
Snowden Canal
Twin Lakeo Reservoir enlargement
Arkansas Ve.ney Power system
Pueblo Reservoir

be authorized to be constructod, oporated, and maintainod by
tho Bureau of Reolamation, Department of tho Intorior, sub-
stantially 1n aocordanco with tho plans sot forth in this
report with such modifioations, omios ions , or additions to
the works as the Commissionor of Reclamntion, with the approvel
of tho Secretary of the Interior (horeinafter called the
Se~rotary), mny find proper for accomplishing tho objectives
of the project;

PROVIDED.

(1) That this report and the related underlying
Substantiating Report shall be deemod to satisfy the

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