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MR. DUGAN: I MR. STAPLETON, MR. JENNINGS: I they'd like to ask ~tr. Dugan? I guess you are moving so fast we can't quite keep up with you:" "I didn't intend to do that. It is nice to be here. Thank you." "Fine, thank you. \'1e appreciate it. By that, I meant your projects are moving so fast. All right, we'll call on Mr. Jennings for a report from Region 4, please." "Mr. Chairman, members of the Board, ladies and gentlemen, we also have submitted a formal report to your Board. I'll review that briefly and try to update it in a few instances. Since the last report to this Board, the prime contractor on the Glen canyon Dam has completed all work and has moved out of the area. The completion contractor, the contractor responsible for installation of turbines, gener- ators, and miscellaneous electrical facilities, is progressing just about on schedule. The test- ing of Unit No. 3 in the powerplant was completed during December and the unit was placed in com- mercial operation on December 11, 1964. The fourth unit is presently undergoing its final testing and it is expected that it will go on the line this week. Moving on to the Curecanti Unit, at Blue Mesa Dam construction work was CUI tailed early in January. I guess we can't have favorable construction weather and also weather that is going to give us a lot of water for our reser- voirs at the same time. The major part of the work that he has been doing on Blue Mesa Dam has consisted of construction in the powerplant structure, the channel improvement, and that work that is under cover and is not seriously curtailed by the inclement weather. He has completed to date about 130 feet of the embank- ment proper. There remains about 230 feet to top out the dam. It is anticipated that this work should be completed by october of this year