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• Board Meeting Date: 3/21/2002
• Description: WSP Section - Arkansas River Basin Issues: HR 1714 - Use of Excess Capacity - East Slope Facilities - FryingPan - Arkansas Project
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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HR 3881 IH

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107th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 3881

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in studies relating to enlarging Pueblo
Dam and Reservoir and Sugar Loaf Dam and Turquoise Lake, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,
Colorado, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 6, 2002

Mr. HEFLEY (for himself, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. SCHAFFER, and Mr. TANCREDO) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

ABILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in studies relating to enlarging Pueblo
... Dam and Reservoir and Sugar Loaf Dam and Turquoise Lake, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,
V Colorado, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United Statesof
America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PURPOSES.

(a) The purposes of this Act are the following:

(1) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in studies relating to
enlarging Pueblo Dam and Reservoir and Sugar Loaf Dam and Turquoise Lake,
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado, as described in the Preferred Storage
Options Plan Report published September 21, 2000, by the Southeastern Colorado
Water and Storage Needs Assessment Enterprise and the Final PSOP
Implementation Committee Report dated April 19, 2001.

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(2) To authorize the Secretary to enter into contracts for the use of excess storage
and conveyance capacity of certain east slope facilities of the Fryingpan-Arkansas
Project, Colorado, for municipal, water banking, and other purposes, as described
in the Preferred Storage Options Plan Report published September 21,2000, by
the Southeastern Colorado Water and Storage Needs Assessment Enterprise and
Final PSOP Implementation Committee Report dated April 19, 2001, by amending
the Act of August 16, 1962 (76 Stat. 389 et seq.).

(3) To authorize the Secretary to enter into temporary contracts with any agency or
entity, private or public, operating a water bank established pursuant to Colorado
law, for use of facilities for the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject