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<br />plan at this time to serve by the Lower Yampa project. Also, the <br />features which Ed will cover a little further are shown in red. <br /> <br />~k. Wiscombe: Jake will follow along as I go through this plan and <br />point to the features. The Lower Yampa project is composed of the I <br />Maybell and Craig areas in northwestern Colorado. The Naybell area was <br />originally called the Juniper Project while the Craig area was known <br />as the Great Northern unit. Both of these units were investigated by <br />the Bureau of Reclamation in the late 1950's. On April ll, 1956, the <br />Colorado River Storage Project was enacted and named the Juniper Proj- <br />ect as a potential participating project. On September, 1968, the <br />Colorado River Basin Project was enacted which amended the Colorado <br />River Storage Project Act to provide, among other things, for the <br />investigation of the Lower Yampa Project to include both the project <br />areas in the Juniper and Great Northern area. Feasibility investiga- <br />tions were initiated on this project in January, 1969. Because of fund <br />limitations imposed in fiscal year 1974, these studies have been abbre- <br />viated with the results to be published and distributed as a status <br />report. This report is scheduled for completion this year. <br /> <br />Investigations for this project have been conducted using our new <br />planning procedures called multiobjective planning, commonly called <br />MOP. Under this directive, the project has been planned to outline two <br />plans. One based on promoting national economic development, locally <br />and nationwide, and the second to protect, maintain, and enhance the <br />environmental quality of the area. The project status report will <br />recommend two plans to meet these requirements. <br /> <br />Although the Lower Yampa project was originally conceived primarily to <br />provide water for irrigation, this objective has now been reduced in <br />scale because of the national priorities. The Lower Yampa project <br />could make a significant contribution to the development of natural and <br />energy resources in northwestern Colorado for the area and the nation. <br /> <br />In Craig, the Great Northern area, Pilot Knob Reservoir on Elkhead <br />Creek could provide at least 10,000 acre-feet of water for municipal, <br />domestic and industrial purposes. The town of Craig has officially <br />requested water from the project to improve the quality of the water <br />supply and also to provide for anticipated future growth connected with <br />construction and the coal production in the area. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The Colorado-Ute Electric Association has also requested water to be <br />used in its new coal-fired powerplants. The first unit of this new <br />construction will be in operation in 1978 and the second in 1979. These <br />are proposed as two 400 megawatts steam generating units. There is <br /> <br />-24- <br />