BOARD01227

• Board Meeting Date: 12/16/1949
• Description: Table of Contents, Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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5. Colorado takes the position, in the consideration of a
plan of Holdover Storage in the Upper Colorado River Basin, that
such storage should be provided in the maximum degree possible,
consistent with physical and economic factors, in the upper reaches
of the Upper Colorado River Basin and its tributaries. The storaee
also should be limited to that which will be required to enaole the
Upper Basin States to comply with their obligation at Lee Ferry.

6. On the basis of criteria, indicated by Region 4 of the
Bureau of Reclamation in the above report, Colorado recommends and
requests inclusion for initial authorization of the following Colo-
rado projects as "Participating Projects":

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(a) Paonia Project, including the Minnesota Division,
in Delta I.oounty, Colorado,' .

(b) Smith Fork Project, Delta County, Colorado.

(c) Silt Project, located near Rifle, Colorado.

(d) Pine River Extension, being a development 111lder the
Vallecito Reservoir Storage on the Pine River near Durango,
Colorado:

(e) Florida Project on the Florida River near Durango,
Colorado.

(f) Two units of the La Plata Project on the La Plata
River to serve lands in Colorado a.nd New Mexico.

(g) Little Snake Project for the irrigation of lands
in Wyoming and t;olorado on the Little Snake River, a trib-
utary of the Yampa River, which in turn is a tributary of
the Green River; provided, it should be understood that
this project may be included if the status of the investi-
gation and report on such project has reached a stage where~
it qualifies under the criteria for inclusion approved by Region 4.

7. Colorado recommends and requests that the Collbran Project
near Grand Junction, COlorado, for the irrigation of land, the fur-
nishing of domestic water, and the production of hydro-electric
energy not be included for authorization in the initial list of
"Participating Projects". This recommendation is based upon the
conclusion of this State that the costs of this project are fully
repayable under the Federal reclamation law, as interpreted and
applied by the Department of Interior, and because of the further
conclusion that such project will not provide surplus revenues to.
aid in the construction of any other project. It is further here
pointed out that authorization and construction of this project
are required to meet at as early a date as possible the cr:i.tical
need for additional municipal water supplies for Grand Junction,
Colorado. Colorado does not deem it advisable to jeopardize the
chance for early authorization of the Collbran Project by including

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