BOARD01502

• Board Meeting Date: 4/22/1948
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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peculiar nature or the embankment material. To date the contractor
has dismantled the old trommel plant, which was unsatisractor,y and is
erecting a new plant with a maximum capacity or 800 cubic yards per
hour. Work on the canals will be reswned by the contractor in a few
days. Due to excessive moisture conditions.in the earth borrow pits,
work on the dam embankment will not be started until after the first
of May. No unusual deIa;}' is anticipated due to the deliveljl of
materials or equipment to be furnished by the United States.

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Status of Paonia Project. Information for the preparation of
designs and specifications for the Spring Creek Dam has been supplied
to the Chief Engineer and the estimated date for issuing specifications
.covering the construction of Spring Creek Dam is about June I, 1948.
The storage capacity of the reservoir will be 14,000 acre feet. Fonn
of repayment contract is being reviewed by the Commissioner and depart-
mental approval, as to fom, is expected in a week or 10 days. The
fom of repayment contract as approved by the Secretary and the Com-
missioner will be submitted immediately to the water users for con-
sideration. Upon approval of the form of repayment contract by the
water users association, awards will be made for construction of 12
Government housing units at Paonia and for .sewerage, water distribu-
tion and drainage systems and street and sidewalks for the Government
Camp from bids opened March 12 and MaI'l::h 19, 1948. It is anticipated
that specifications will be issued about August 1, 1948 for co~st:r:uction
of Schedule No. I of the Fire Mountain Canal.

Status of Pine River Froject Extension. The field draft of the
report has been completed and is now being reviewed in the Regional
Office. It is expected that the report will be rorwarded to the
Commi~sionerls office for consideration within the next 30 days.

Status of La Plata Project. All basic data for the economics
study have been assembled. Two chapters of the substa,ntiating materials
on "Designs and Estimates" and "Alternative Plans" have been revised in
preliminary draft fomi. It is anticipated that a field draft on the
La Plata units will be completed this swmner.

Status of Collbran Project. Geologic studies, reservoir operation
studies, power stUdies, and economic studies of repayment ability have
been completed. Preliminary designs and estimates for the Bonham
Reservoir, pipeline collection system, and Southside Canal are being
reviewed.

Completion of the field draft of the project report is expected by
the end of May.

Status of Silt Project. A report on the Silt Project was submitted
to the Commissioner in September 1947, with a finding that 86 years would
be required to fully repay construction costs, for which reason construction
under existing economic conditions was not recommended. Since the indicated
re~ent period is not greatly in eXCess of the indicated period for some
other projects which have been authorized by Congress, it is now intended
that economic studies and land classification will be further refined when
funds become available in the next fiscal year, with the view that
it might be possible to submit a report recommending project authorization.

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