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..J..J"":-:E" Engineer in Denver for preparation of feasi- bility designs and estimates. Preparation of feasibility designs and estimates on the remaining project features is being accom- plished in the Grand Junction office. The I drainage and water supply appendices are com- pleted. preparation of the plan Formulation and Agricultural Economy Appendices is continu- ing. We now anticipate the proposed reports will be completed in the fall of this year. Land classification and drainage field work on the Basalt project, a project in the vicinity of Carbondale, will be undertal,en wi thin the ne},t 30 days. This work ",ill be accomplished with funds contributed by the Basalt Water conservancy District. We have tvlO projects under advance plan- ning. These projects are the Fruitland Mesa and Savery-pot Hook projects. Our Definite Plan Report on the Fruitland Mesa project is well along. We have just received our last estimates on this project and we will have our Definite plan Report out within a very short time. The Fruitland Mesa project will develop presently unused flows of Soap, Cure- canti, and Crystal Creeks for irrigation, fish and wildlife, and recreation. The project will provide a full irrigation supply to 15,870 acres of land and a supplemental supply for 7,010 acres that are not now adequately served from Crystal and Iron Creeks. The plan of development is essentially the same as for- warded to Congress in the February 1962 Feasibility Report. Flows of Soap Creek will be regulated at the 48,235 acre-foot soap Park Reservoir located about 10 miles above the creek's junction with the Gunnison River. Water will be released into the Slack Mesa Conduit and transported to crystal Creek, pick- ing up unused flows of Curecanti Creek en route. These flows and unused flows of Crystal Creek will then be diverted into the Fruitland Canal, which will extend northwest 22 miles, for dis- tribution to the project lands. Laterals and I