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.-t ... Part II - Little Snake River Water Management Project Part I - Savery-Pot Hook Project The Savery-Pot Hook Project was authorized for construction September 2, 1964 (Public Law 88-568), as a participating project under the Colorado River Storage project Act of April 11, 1956 (Public Law 84-485). A Definite Plan Report was completed in June 1971 and revised in 1912. Further revisions to the Definite Plan Report and the Environmental Statement were made subse- quently. In 1977, President Carter recommended deletion of funds for project construction in FY 1978 and in addition to this, the budget authority for FY 1977 was rescinded. He also recommeded that the project be deauthorized, but this did not occur. The original project included Savery Reservoir, an 18,600 acre-foot (AF) reservoir on Savery Creek in Wyoming and Pot Hook Reservoir (65,000 AF) on Slater Creek in Colorado and would develop 63,600 AF annually. Several canals were ~oposed including Two Bar, Deerlodge and Lily Canals which would divert water for irrigation on the lower portion of the Little Snake River near its confluence with the Yampa River. These canals were expected to service about 3600 acres within Colorado. The upper portion of the Little Snake would be serviced by Pot Hook, willow Creek, Dolan Mesa, First Mesa, Wests ide Extension and State Line Canals. The project would provide Colorado with supplemental irrigation water for 3,370 acres and full service irrigation water for 15,740 acres. The Revised Savery-Pot Hook Project would involve Sandstone Reservoir (16,600 AF) on Savery Creek and Pot Hook Reservoir (60,000 AF) on Slater Creek. The project would develop 53,600 AF of water with Colorado able to provide supplemental water for 3,640 acres and full service water for 7,820 acres. The lower portion of the original project was deleted in this proposal. In addition, the Wests ide Extension and the Willow Creek Lateral were deleted from the upper portion of the project. The latest proposal is shown on Map 1. The Savery-Pot Hook Project was reanalyzed in a Bureau of Reclamation document entitled "Potential Modifications in Eight Proposed Western Colorado Projects for Future Energy Development-Special Report" dated August 1980. The project plan was modified to incorporate an industrial demand of 25,000 AF for a powerplant in Wyoming, but it limited the amount of supplemental irrigation water to 10,000 AF. Pot Hook Reservoir was enlarged to 89,000 AF and included a 700 kilowatt hydroelectric powerplant. This plan eliminated Sandstone Reservoir and Dolan Mesa and Pot Hook Canals. The benefit/cost ratio was estimated at 2.44:1. The modified plan is shown on Map 2. The 1979 Session of the Wyoming Legislature passed Enrolled Act No's 49 and 58. Number 49 called for a study of the Little