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<br />
<br />Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee and the
<br />Subcommittee on Bureau of Reclamation and Power Marketing
<br />Agencies of the Senate Appropriations Committee in support ot
<br />appropriations for the Colorado River Storage Project and other
<br />projects within their respective states, Their testimony was very
<br />well received, and it was evident that our four Governors made a
<br />very good impression on both Appropriations Committees. The
<br />Governors strongly supported an appropriation for initiating the
<br />construction of the Silt Project in fiscal 1964,
<br />
<br />Shortly following the four Governors' appearance before the
<br />Appropriations Committee, the President transmitted to the Speaker
<br />of the House of Representatives a recommendation (H, D. 125) to
<br />increase the budget for fiscal 1964 by $500,000 to initiate con-
<br />struction of the Silt participating project. The following table
<br />indicates the breakdown in the budget requests for the Colorado
<br />River Storage Project.
<br />
<br />The Public Works Appropriation Bill for 1964 is still lying
<br />dormant in the House Appropriations Subcommittee as of September
<br />30, 1963.
<br />
<br />COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT APPROPRIATIONS
<br />
<br />Fiscal Year 1964
<br />
<br />Project
<br />Storage Unit
<br />Curecanti
<br />Flaming Gorge
<br />Glen Canyon
<br />Transmission Division
<br />Participating Projects:
<br />Emery County
<br />Florida
<br />Lyman
<br />San Juan Chama
<br />Seedskadee
<br />Silt
<br />Navajo Indian lrrigation';'
<br />Drainage & Minor Construction
<br />Advance Planning
<br />Subtotal
<br />Recreation and Fish & Wildlife:
<br />National Park Service
<br />Fish and Wildlife
<br />TOTAL CRSP
<br />
<br />President's
<br />Budget
<br />Message
<br />Jan, 17, 1963
<br />
<br />After
<br />House Doc.
<br />No, 89
<br />Mar. 28, 1963
<br />
<br />$ 18,832,000
<br />4,939,381
<br />29,119,000
<br />34,196,882
<br />
<br />$ 18,822,000
<br />4,639,381
<br />25,360,000
<br />37,670,000
<br />
<br />3,853,000
<br />1,855,000
<br />600,000
<br />1,600,000
<br />8,622,000
<br />
<br />3,853,000
<br />2,255,000
<br />600,000
<br />1,600,000
<br />8,622,000
<br />
<br />1,800,000
<br />64,619
<br />1,795,000
<br />107,276,882
<br />
<br />1,800,000
<br />64,619
<br />1,795,000
<br />107,081,000
<br />
<br />3,000,000
<br />1,309,000
<br />$111,585,882
<br />
<br />3,000,000
<br />1,309,000
<br />$111,390,000
<br />
<br />Construction Revenues -~95,882
<br />Under Financing and Un.
<br />distributed Reductions Based
<br />on Anticipated Delays - 6,181,000 - 6,181,000
<br />
<br />Total Appropriation $105,209,060 $105,209,000
<br />
<br />"Appropriations made to Bureau of Indian Affairs
<br />
<br />After After
<br />House Doc, House Doc.
<br />No, 109 No, 125
<br />April 30, 1963 June 19, 1963
<br />
<br />$ 18,822,000
<br />4,639,381
<br />25,360,000
<br />37,670,000
<br />
<br />$ 18,822,000
<br />4,639,381
<br />25,360,000
<br />37,670,000
<br />
<br />3,853,000
<br />2,255,000
<br />600,000
<br />1,600,000
<br />6,000,000
<br />
<br />3,853,000
<br />2,255,000
<br />600,000
<br />1,600,000
<br />6,000,000
<br />500,000
<br />1,800,000
<br />64,619
<br />1,795,000
<br />104,959,000
<br />
<br />1,800,000
<br />64,619
<br />1,795,000
<br />104,459~600
<br />
<br />3,000,000
<br />1,309,000
<br />$108,768,000
<br />
<br />3,000,000
<br />1,309,000
<br />$109~268,OOO
<br />
<br />- 6,181,000
<br />$lOZJ;87,OOO
<br />
<br />- 6,181,000
<br />$103,087,000
<br />
<br />B. FISCAL DATA - COLORADO RIVER
<br />STORAGE PROJECT
<br />
<br />Section 6 of the Act authorizing the construction and operation
<br />of the Colorado River Storage Project and participating projects
<br />(Act of April 11, 1956, 70 Stat. 105) stipulates that "On January
<br />1 of each year the Secretary (of the Interior) shall report to the
<br />Congress for the previous fiscal year . . . upon the status of the
<br />revenues from, and the cost of constructing, operating, and main-
<br />taining the Colorado River storage project and the participating
<br />projects." Appendix C of this report consists of the SIXTH AN-
<br />NUAL REPORT ON THE COLORADO RIVER STORAGE
<br />PROJECT AND PARTICIPATING PROJECTS of the Secretary
<br />of the Interior to the Congress of the United States for the fiscal
<br />year ending June 30, 1962.
<br />
<br />C. AUTHORIZED STORAGE UNITS
<br />
<br />,(Information relative to Storage Units and participating projects has been
<br />obtaIned from reports on investigations and activities of the United States
<br />Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.)
<br />The construction of four Storage Units of the Colorado River
<br />
<br />Storage Project and eleven participating projects was authorized in
<br />
<br />Section 1 of Public Law 485. The four authorized Storage Units are
<br />
<br />at Glen Canyon on the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona, Flaming
<br />
<br />Gorge on the Green River in Wyoming and Utah, Navajo on the
<br />
<br />San Juan River in New Mexico and Colomdo and Curecanti on the
<br />
<br />Gunnison River in Colorado. Combined they will provide about
<br />
<br />33,594,000 acre-feet of reservoir capacity and about 1,208,000 kilo-
<br />
<br />watts of installed generating capacity.
<br />
<br />
<br />1. Glen Canyon Storage Unit
<br />
<br />Glen Canyon Dam and Reservoir comprises the key storage
<br />unit and is the largest of the initial four, providing about 80 percent
<br />of both the storage and generating capacity. It rises 710 feet above
<br />the river bed and is roughly comparable in size to Hoover Dam
<br />and Lake Mead. The concrete, gravity-arch dam is located in
<br />northern Arizona on the Colorado River, 12.4 miles do\'mstream
<br />from the Utah-Arizona state line, and 15.3 miles upstream from
<br />Lees Ferry. (Lees Ferry is the location of the Geological Survey
<br />gaging station and is 1.0 miles upstream from the compact point,
<br />Lee Ferry, which divides the Colorado River drainage into two
<br />basins.) Glen Canyon Dam is the second tallest dam in the United
<br />States. The reservoir will have a capacity of 27,000,000 acre-feet
<br />and will extend 186 miles upstream on the Colorado River, and 71
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