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<br />The Draft Environmental Impact Statement
<br />on the Jensen Unit, Central Utah Project,
<br />was filed with the Council on Environmental
<br />Quality April 14, 1975.
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<br />The 1975 water yield of 13,700,000 acre-
<br />feet in the Upper Colorado River Basin was
<br />116 percent of the long-time average.
<br />
<br />Water surface elevation of Lake Powell
<br />reached a record high of 3,669 feet on
<br />June 30, 1975, with storage of 20,320,000
<br />acre-feet.
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<br />Upper Colorado River Storage Project
<br />revenues forwarded to the Treasury for the
<br />year were $30,019,276. Of this amount,
<br />interest payments amounted to $12,319,276;
<br />the balance of $17,700,000 was applied as
<br />payment on investment. Most of the
<br />revenues were derived from power sales.
<br />Gross generation totaled 5,551,463,000 kWh.
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<br />Congressional appropriations for fiscal year
<br />1975 totaled $39,821,000, as summarized by
<br />the following chart:
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<br />Fiscal Year Total to
<br />1975 Date
<br />$22,967,000 $ 889,975,310
<br />1,654,000 35,278,500
<br />$24,621,000 $ 925,253,810
<br /> 381,357
<br /> 2,081,773
<br />15,200,000 86,437,500
<br />$39,821,000 $1,014,154,440
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<br />Appropriations for Advances to the Basin Fund for
<br />Construction ................ ...................
<br />Appropriations for Recreational and Fish and Wildlife
<br />Construction .
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<br />Subtotal Gross Appropriations.
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<br />Transfers between Government Agencies
<br />Appropriations to Original Paonia Project
<br />Navajo Indian Irrigation Project.
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<br />Total Congressional Appropriations
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<br />Commissioner Gilbert Stamm presents key
<br />to the city of Page, Ariz., to Mayor Norm
<br />Martindale,
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<br />Navajo Indian Irrigation Project.
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