Glendo Project Correspondences 1950-1953

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r STATE of WYOMING WYOMING NATUhAL RESOURCE BOARD CHEYENNE June 11, 1951 yr.. Avery Batson Director, Region #7 U. S. Bureau of Reclamation Denver 1, Colorado Dear Mr, Batson; The following constitutes my comments on your "Definite Plan Report" on Glendo tTnit Oregon Trail Division of the North Platte River District, Missouri River Basin Project. I note mention in Paragraph 1'his your letterletter lloincludemcotiments on the the Fremont Canyon power plan. 2 proposed Glendo Unit only. In Paragraph 2. of your letter you state that the Glendo Unit was authorized for construction as a unit of the iIlissouri River Basin Project by the 1944 Flood Control Act. We are reliably informed that all projects listed in this Act were supposed to be reviewed by the states prior to the final authorization. We note that the so- called "original authorization" provided for a storage capacity of approximately 150,000 acre feet, but that subsequent investigations have disclosed the necessity for increasing the capacity to 800,000 acre feet in order to provide flood control in the highly developed area downstream in both.Wyoming and Nebraska and for other reasons, We also note that the 1949 Appropriation Act provided that ItNo part of this appropriation shall be used for surveys, designs, or construction of the Glendo Project, Wyoming, or any feature thereof to a greater capacity or for other purposes than set forth in Senate Document No.-191, 78th Congress:, 2nd Session v& thout the specific authorization of the Congress ". The 1950 Appropriation Act 81st Congress, ist Session, provided that: "in order to promote agreement among the states of Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado, and to.avoid any possible alteration of existing vested rights, no part of this or of any prior appropriation shall be used for con- struction or for further commitment for construction of the Glendo Unit