Board Meeting 01/30/1980

• Board Meeting Date: 1/30/1980
• Description: Minutes, Agenda, Memorandums January 30, 1980
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
823 State Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
January 30 , 1980 .
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the Colorado River Water Conservation District has
prepared and will on January 31, 1980 , file its application with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a license to construct
and operate the Juniper-Cross Mountain Hydroelectric Project on the
Yampa River in Moffat County, Colorado; and
WHEREAS, the Project as proposed will provide for the storage and
conservation of approximately 1,290 ,000 acre-feet of water for bene-
ficial use in Colorado, directly by exchange, with installed hydro-
electric capacity of 148 ,000 kw and an annual average electrical energy
out of 348.9 megawatt hours , and will further provide for extensive
water related recreational opportunities ; and
WHEREAS, the utilization of water for such purposes is within
entitlements of the State of Colorado to Colorado River water under and
by virtue of the Colorado River Compact of 1922 and the Upper Colorado
River Basin Compact of 1948; and
WHEREAS, the construction and operation of the project would
complement and improve the operation of the coal-fired electrical gen-
eration facilities present and planned for in the area; and
WHEREAS , the studies and analyses performed by the District to
date indicate that the proposed project will be beneficial to Western
Colorado in particular and to the state as a whole;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Water Conservation Board of
the State of Colorado at a meeting thereof held in Denver, Colorado,
on January 30 , 1980 , that it gives its support, pending the outcome of
final studies , to the construction of the Juniper-Cross Mountain Hydro-
electric Project on the Yampa River in Moffat County, Colorado, and
that it urges FERC to expeditiously conduct the licensing process .
C E R T I F I C A T E
I certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a