BOARD02144

• Board Meeting Date: 8/14/1947
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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call to his assistance in 1:his mat1:er the Attorney for the
Board and such rrembers of 1:he Board as may be able to aid in
. the matter.

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After vote ~'as duly taken the motion was unanimoosly
carri ed and declar ed adopted.

Jean S. Breitenstein, Attorney for the Board, repor1:ed on S. 912,
pending in Congress for removing; the land limitation provi. sions of the
Federal Recl amation Law on the San Luis Valley Project in Colora do, the
Central Valley Project in California, and the Valley Gran ty Project in
1:he Lower Rio Grande in Texas.

He stated tmt extensive hearings on the bill before a subcommittee
of the Public Lands Cormdttee of the Senate had been held. He further
explained that he, George M. :.Corlett end water users from the San Lui s
Valley had appeared before the Sene te subcorr,mi ttee and 0 ffered testimony
in support of "the Bill. He further stated that the first session of the
80th Congress had adjourned ~'i thou t any report having been made by the
subeommittee. No information i8 now available as to when the report
will be made, but it is anticipated that action on the bill veill 'take
place during the second session of the 80th Congress.

The Director informed the Board thay various persoTIs and interests
in the Craig, Colorado, area hed taken steps to urge the Army Engineers
to undertake a flom con tro 1 inve sti gaUon in the vicini ty of Craig.
Sane years ago 1\he Army Engil13ers had held a preliminary hearing at
Craig to ascertain the occurreIXle of d8ll1aging floods in that area and
an estimate of .d8Jr>lges. Since then no intensive investigation has been
undertllken.

Colorado' 8 Senators and CongresSIT.en had been urged to induce the
Army Engi ne ers to proc eed wi th suc h further inve sti gat ion 8. In line
with this request the Director had corresponded with the Army Engineer's
office at Los Angeles requestin('; that e reconnaissance be undertaken in
the Crai g area at an ear ly d ate in order tha t a basi s rray be laid for
the eu tilorization of intensive flood control investigetioll'ls in that
section of the State. The Director had been assured by the Los lulgeles
office of the Army Engineers that representati ves would be sent into
the area at an early date in cOlTIpliatlCe with his request.

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Jean S. Breitenstein was called upon by George Bail ey, Vice Chair-
man, to report on the status of the v,urk v'hich had been undertaken by
Colorado in compiHatlCe wi th the Uni ted States Supreme Court decree
rendered in the Nor"th Platte case. Thi. s involved the ascerteinID9nt
end record of acrea!';e irrigated in Colorado in North Park, the amount
of water stored each year, and the emoun t of v'ater transported from the
Basin. He explained that the Boa.rd had maps and records on Nllrth Park
irri g;a ted acreage, table s on the reservoir s showing the capa city and
amount of water stored themin, and records of exportations in Colorado
from. North Park.