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<br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The proposed Sheephorn Project consists of a dam and reservoir <br />in Gore Canyon of the Colorado River. The damsite is located about <br />ten miles below Kremmling as sh~~n on the general location map (Dwg. <br />669-19). A 310 foot high dam at this site, with 20 foot of freeboard, <br />would impound 210,000 acre-feet at the spillway crest which would be <br />at elevation 7200 feet. <br />Water impounded by this project could be used as a supplemental <br />water supply for the production of synthetic liquid fuels, for the <br />generation of hydro-electric power and for other purposes. Power <br />generation is considered to be of secondary importance in the project. <br />For this reason the main thrust of this report is toward a supple- <br />mental supply for synfuel production and for the associated urban <br />growth. Water supply studies were made to determine the shortages in <br />the Colorado River to meet oil shale needs and the extent to which <br />the Sheephorn Project could eliminate the shortages, along with cost <br />esti~ates or the Sheephorn Project. These data are discussed in <br />detail in the following sections or this report. <br /> <br />-1- <br />