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<br />3678 <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. KUIPER: <br /> <br />Project. We have finished the preconstruction <br />planning on this project. We have a set of <br />plans and specifications now on the shelf ready <br />to advertise for bids as soon as a repayment <br />contract can be negotiated between the Bureau <br />of Reclamation and the Picketwire Water Conser- <br />vancy District for the cost allocated to irri- <br />gation. We anticipate, (we are not sure), that <br />we may get construction funds during this <br />present fiscal year. If so, and these events <br />can be brought to a conclusion in January or <br />perhaps a little later, we feel that we might <br />be able to place this project under construc- <br />tion this fiscal year. In any event, we are <br />hoping that the contract will be signed at <br />an early date because, in the event construc- <br />tion funds are not made available by the <br />Congress this fiscal year, the hearings on <br />fiscal year 65 budget will commence shortly <br />after the 1st of the year. We, in the Corps, <br />feel that it is a matter of urgent necessity <br />that this contract, repayment contract, be <br />negotiated prior to the hearings on the F. Y. <br />65 budget if the project is not included in <br />the F. Y. 64 budget. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />One item which I would like to mention, <br />which is not in our official report, we have <br />submitted an interim report on a flood control <br />project at Las Animas which appears will be <br />favorably received and it is probable that we <br />will get authorization for construction of the <br />project at Las Animas in the near future. <br /> <br />I believe that completes my report." <br /> <br />"Thank you, Mr. Woodson. Maybe I can ask <br />the Director, what is the status of this re- <br />payment contract? Do you know?" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"Mr. Kuiper has been working on that. I'll <br />ask him to report on it." <br /> <br />"Mr. Kuiper, can you help us out on that?" <br /> <br />"The repayment contract will not be com- <br />pletely negotiated until the operating principles <br />