BOARD00600

• Board Meeting Date: 3/19/1956
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR. PUGHE:
MR. RITER:

MR. PETERSON:

MR. RITER:

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clarified as to how many reports
should be presented for authorization
by Congress."

"Mr. Riter."

"A reconnaissance report is a" preliminary
report to find out if it is worth
while to conduct further investigation.
Before a project is authorized, we
like to have a feasibility report
showing the costs, water supply, and
everything else so Congress can
appraise it. A status report is to
bring together all information
assembled. These reports must be
made before any money can be spent.
When involving irrigation, Congress
requires detailed soil surveys."

"I have here a report presented by Mr.
Larson, Region 4, the Curecanti Unit
Status Report, and which has not been
presented to Congress by the Commissioner.
Yet, I understand there are many
projects authorized with no more than
this. I am wondering, inasmuch as
this report was prepared, why it
was not presented for direct authorization."

"In the hearings held last year, I
think May 1955, Curecanti was included.
You will find we presented information
on every project in the original bill
including Curecanti. But that,
apparently, in the judgment of Congress,
was not enough. We were directed to go
back and get more detailed information."

"Inasmuch as the only major project
included in the bill for Colorado--major
in cost and quantity--is the Curecanti
Unit, I think the State of Colorado
should use every means at its disposal
to see that detailed reports are completed
and forwarded to Congress at the earliest
possible time. I think we should get
started right away on investigations for
participating projects and get them
completed. It may save two or three
years in the economy of our state. I
believe that everything should be done