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<br />~~~ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />need for channel storage; that it would repay a large propor- <br />tion of the cost if properly designed and located and that <br />it merits a comprehensive study as soon as possible by the <br />Bureau. <br /> <br />Mr. Christy asked if the Narrows Project had been <br />authorized to which Mr. Walter replied the Narrows Unit was <br />authorized in the Flood Control Act of 1944, Senate Document <br />191, and that money was appropriated for construction. The <br />Bureau built a camp and made foundation exploration but when <br />it was found there was no backing for the dam, the work was <br />stopped. The Narrows, he said, is actually an authorized <br />project. There is a tendency now in Congress in order to <br />reactivate an authorized project, to have it reauthorized <br />but when a specific project is not the same, they have had <br />to go back for new authorization and the status of this <br />project might be considered that way and have to have the <br />definite plan report accepted through the regular process. <br /> <br />Mr. Miller asked Mr. Walter if the Narrows Unit <br />would not fall outside of a "new start" since it has previous <br />authorization and was told that it would not, that it would <br />have to go for reauthorization. Mr. Miller then asked if <br />reactivation was requested, would the Narrows lose its status <br />of an authorized project. Mr. Walter said it always helps to <br />have prior authorization; that the Narrows was one of seven <br />on an emergency basis which Congress ordered to be started <br />before repayment contracts were required but this time it <br />would probably have to have a repayment contract and that re- <br />authorization would probably not mean much more than a form- <br />ality. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Mr. Walter said, in answer to Mr. Miller's query <br />as to how soon the Bureau could start work if the Board pro- <br />vided funds, that there had been no incentive for speed on <br />this project but that there might be a possibility of a sup- <br />plemental request although the program had already been sub- <br />mitted for this coming fiscal year. Mr. Walter said he was <br />quite sure it was too late to get funds this year and that <br />the only action needed from the Water Conservation Board was <br />the usual request to make further studies on the Narrows. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton asked how a recommendation to the <br />Bureau on this project would effect any priorities already <br />set up by the Board to which Mr. Moses replied that outside <br />of the Fryingpan-Arkansas there were no other projects in <br />Colorado in this region. <br />