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C. AUTHORIZED PARTICIPATING PROJECTS Twenty-one participating projects have been authorized by Congress, Eleven were authorized by the initial authorizing Act of Aprilll, 1956 (70 Stat. 105); two were authorized by the Act ofJune 13, 1963 (76 Stat. 96); three were authorized by the Act of September 2, 1964 (78 Stat. 852); and five were authorized by the Act of September 30,1968 (82 Stat. 886). Eleven are in Colorado, three in New Mexico, two in Utah, three in Wyoming, one in both Colorado and Wyoming, and one in both Colorado and New Mexico. Participating projects develop, or would develop, water in the Upper Colorado River System for irrigation, mu- nicipal and industrial (M&I) uses and other purposes, and participate in the use of revenues from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund to help repay the costs of irrigation features that are beyond the ability of the water users to repay. The following are completed, or nearly completed, participating projects: Year Project State Dam Completed Paonia Colorado Paonia 1962 Smith Fork Colorado Crawford 1962 Florida Colorado Lemon 963 Silt Colorado Rifle Gap 1967 Bostwick Park Colorado Silver Jack 971 Hammond New Mexico 1962 Vernal Unit, CUP Utah Steinaker 1962 Emery County Utah J oes Valley 1966 Eden Wyoming Big Sandy, Eden 1960 Lyman Wyoming Meeks Cabin, 1981 Stateline The present status of construction or investigation for the remaining participating projects follows: 1. COLORADO a. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Although the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project is not a participating project of the Colorado River Storage Project because it does not participate in the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund, it is sometimes referred to as a 41