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PART VI FUTURE DEVELOPMENT e considered on a deferred status until funding is provided. For planning purposes an administration decision was made by the Bureau of Reclama- tion to defer depletions until after 2030. 1. Savery-Pot Hook Project The project was authorized as a participating project of the Colorado River Storage Project by Public Law 88-568 on September 2, 1964. The authorization was based upon a Feasibility Report prepared in 1962. A Definite Plan Report was prepared in June 1971, revised in January 1972, and updated by an Advance Definite Plan Report dated May 1977. Stream depletions in the 1977 report are 11,900 acre-feet for Colorado and 10,500 acre-feet for Wyoming. The President's Water Project Review in 1977 resulted in deletion of funding for the project, and no construction funding has been provided. The project was not de- authorized. It is, therefore, considered on a deferred status until funding is provided. For planning purposes an administrative decision was made by the Bureau of Reclamation to defer depletions until after 2030. m. San Miguel Project e A Feasibility Report was prepared in 1966, and the proj- ect was authorized as a participating project of the Colorado River Storage Project by the Colorado River Basin Project Act (Public Law 90-537) on September 30, 1968. Advance planning studies have continued and various plans have been considered, but none is feasible based upon current policies and procedures for planning water and related land resources. A wide array of development plans has been investigated including a mix of agricultural, municipal, and industrial uses. A Concluding Report has been prepared summarizing data available. This included. data from a large acreage alternative, a small acreage alter- native, and a conservation alternative. Figures for depletion were selected from the small acreage alternative which included depletions of 12,000 acre-feet for irrigation, l2,000 acre-feet for industrial use, and 1,000 acre-feet for municipal use. For planning purposes, an admin- istrative decision was made by the Bureau of Reclamation to defer deple- tions until after 2030. n. Upper Gunnison River Basin Projects e Water rights with a priority date of November 13, 1957, for the Wayne N. Aspinall Unit (formerly Curecanti Unit) of the Colorado River Storage Project were granted by the State of Colorado to the Colorado River Water Conservation District. These rights were assigned by the district to the United States in January 1962 subject to the con- dition that the unit would be developed and operated in a manner con- sistent with beneficial use of the waters in the Gunnison River Basin. In order that future developments in the Upper Gunnison Basin would be assured of rights to use of water, a formal contract was developed for execution among the United States Government, the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, and water users in the Upper Basin whereby the diversion and storage rights of the Aspinall Unit were subordinated 42