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<br />:>.J.GG <br /> <br />The civil works activities of the Albuquerque District <br />in Colorado since our report to the Board on 6 April 1966 have con- <br />sisted primarily of investigations and studies for flood control <br />and related purposes in the Arkansas River Basin. This work has <br />been advanced generally in accordance with schedules previously 1 <br />furnished. It is also pointed out that significant progress has <br />been made by the purgatoire River Water Conservancy District and <br />the Bureau of Reclamation toward consummation of an irrigation re- <br />payment contract for the Trinidad Reservoir project. Details <br />regarding the status of contract negotiations undoubtedly will be <br />reported by the Bureau of Reclamation. In addition, I am pleased <br />to report that a contract has been awarded for construction of <br />emergency bank protection work on purgatoire River at the Linden <br />Avenue bridge in Trinidad, and emergency work has been approved <br />on the Arkansas River near Boone consisting of repair of damaged <br />levees. <br /> <br />We do not plan to have a representative at the Board <br />meeting on 8 July 1966. If further information is desired regard- <br />ing our activities in Colorado, please do not hesitate to call on <br />US.II <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />"At this time I will skip the report from <br />the Omaha District. Mr. Slizeski is here from <br />the omaha District, Corps of Engineers. Joe, <br />when we come to your agenda item we will cover <br />the whole thing. <br /> <br />The next item on the agenda is the 'Status <br />of congressional Hearings on H.R. 4671'. Earl- <br />ier this week we received copies of the Print <br />of the Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclama- <br />tion of the House Interior and Insular Affairs <br />Committee. The bill was favorably reported out <br />of the Subcommittee over some very violent <br />objections. It was carried by a very substan- <br />tial majority of the vote in the Subcommittee. <br />This \.,eek the matter is to be taken up by the <br />full committee. t'le are hopeful that by the 1 <br />end of next week the full committee will report <br />the bill to the House of Representatives. <br />Copies of the Committee report were sent to you. <br />In those copies you will note that some changes <br />\.,ere made by the Subcommittee. None of the <br />changes were substantial, I don't think, as far <br />