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<br />743 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />by the extension will be considerably less than the 15,100 <br />acres identified in the 1942 land classification survey. <br />This is due to the continued development of new land by the <br />irrigators over the years and a more critical appraisal of <br />standards for the soils with low permeability. There is a <br />strong possibility that the remaining land area will not be <br />large enough to justify a project development. A decision <br />on this point cannot be made, however, until the agricultural <br />surveys are completed. <br /> <br />Smith Fork Silt and Florida Pro ects. Investigation <br />work is in varlOUS stages of comp etlon on these authorized <br />projects. No particular problems have arisen. Our completion <br />dates for definite plan reports are May 1958 for Smith Fork, <br />April 1959 for Silt, and }~y 1959 for Florida. <br /> <br />UNAUTHORIZED PROJECTS <br /> <br />The 25 projects specified in the law as having <br />priority in the completion of planning reports are in various <br />stages of investigation. Priorities assigned by the Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board to investigations in Colorado are <br />being followed as closely as possible in the initiation and <br />completion of project reports on these projects. Proposed <br />feasibility reports on the Savery-Pot Hook Project and the <br />Fruitgrowers Dam Project Extension were completed in 1954. <br />Reports on Fruitland Mesa and Bostwick Park Projects are sche- <br />duled for completion in F. Y. 1959, or about one year from <br />now, followed by Dolores Project in F. Y. 1960 and Animas-La <br />Plata Project in F. Y. 1961. <br /> <br />Significant items of interest on certain of these <br />projects are as follows: <br /> <br />Savery-Pot Hook Project. The State of Wyoming, by letter <br />of July 15, 1957, approved the plan for a combined development <br />in the States of Colorado and Wyoming which was presented in <br />the proposed feasibility report of July 1954. Cost estimates <br />and benefits and repayment analyses are being revised for sub- <br />mission of the feasibility report this fiscal year if possible. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Fruitqrowers Dam Project Extension. No further work is <br />being accomplished on the March 1954 feasibility report pending <br />approval of the project by the State of Colorado. Considera- <br />tion should be given to the desirability of proceeding under <br />this plan, or to undertaking the development as part of the <br />Grand Mesa Project. The latter project was covered in a recon- <br />naissance report dated July 1957. <br /> <br />Fruitland Mesa and Bostwick Park Proiects. Reports on <br />these projects were originally scheduled for completion this <br />