BOARD01820

• Board Meeting Date: 4/14/1965
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR. GEISSINGER:

MR. STAPLETON:

be - the water stored in Green Mountain - put
to uses other than for the generation of power.
So the theory behind a contract such as was
entered into with Crown-Zellerbach and the pro-
posed contract with the Colony Development
Company is that those people who take water
from Green Mountain must reimburse the federal
government for the loss of power generation,
plus sufficient charges to pay for the operation
of the reservoir in connection with the specific
request.

In our planning we have changed our think-
ing considerably on such projects as the Yellow
Jacket and the west Divide to the end that
significant amounts of water can be planned in
those projects for future oil shale develop-
ment. The project planning on those project~
has been changed to provide in the case of the
Yellow Jacket close to 100,000 acre-feet of
water for the potential oil shale industry in
the Piceance Basin area and in the case of the
West Divide some 50,000 or 60,000 acre-feet
of water, or perhaps greater, depending on how
the plan goes, for development in the Colorado
River Basin. In addition, Ruedi Reservoir, now
under construction, could supply within the
next three years a small amount of water for
the oil shale industry.

This industry is now moving as has been
reported by Mr. Tweedy and the need is almost
immediate. There is not sufficient flow in
the Colorado River during the summer and fall
periods to supply the direct diversions needed
by this development. vIe have, therefore,
recommended that the proposed contract between
the Colony Development company and the Bureau
of Reclamation be approved. We think this is
one of the best uses of water that can occur
any where in the State of Colorado, and cer-
tainly it is a proper function of Green Mountain
Reservoir to supply this water."

"Mr. Chairman."

"Mr. Geissinger."