BOARD02250

• Board Meeting Date: 8/6/1951
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Morning Session

Monday, August 6, 1951

The meeting w~s called to order at 10:30 a.m. by George J. Bailey, Vice Chair-
man. The agenda for the meeting is inserted in the minutes as follows:

1. Report by Jean S. Breitenstein, Attorney for the Board, on the proposed
Glendo Project (located on the l~orth Platte River in 1\y-oming near the
WYoming-Nebraska stateline).
a. Statement of representative of Region 7, Bureau of Reclamation.
b. Any action Which the Board may take on the matter.

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2. Consideration of Official Comments of the State of Colorado on the pro-
'posed Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.

3. Further consideration of the report submitted by the Attorney for the Board'
at the last meeting concerning conference with Colorado Congressional dele-
gation on prospective interstate litigation which may be initiated L~ the
lower Colorado River Basin. This will include a further report on the'
action of the Upper Colorado River Commission at its mecting on June' 2-3,
1951 on this matter. (Consideration should be given to including in the'
minutes of the August 6-7 Board meting the resolution passed by the Upper
Colorado River Commission on this question.)

4. Consideration of resolution, prepared by the director, in compliance with
the request of the Board, regarding expediting surveys and investigations
in the natural basin of the ColoradO River in Colorado, ~o-ordinating East
Slope-West Slope plans of development, and providing for analysis of surveys
and studies.to afd in formulation of st~te water polic,y.

5. Considerati9n. of Proposed legislation in Con!,Tess for amendment of the
Water Power Act, and relating to the activities of the Federal Power Commission.

6. Consideration of the' so-called Dana Report (Program for basin-wide develop-
ment), referred to the States and interested water organizations by the q
Spokane convention of the National Rl'clamationAssociation. (The Board'
at its December 18, 1950 meeting requested its Attorney to prepare comments'
on the Dana report for submission to 'the Board. SUCh comments have been
prepared and, action should be taken by the Board.

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7. Report on the status of the report on the proposed Colorado River storage
Project and Participating Projects. ;

8. Report on efforts to secure authorization of the Collbran Project, and
status of efforts to secure amerrled authorization of the Paonia Project.'

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9. Report on progress of organizing a Policy and Review Committee on the Gun-
nison River storage, as part of the Colorado River Storage Project.

10. Report on Laramie River negotiations'.

11. Report concerning Echo Park trip; Granby meetings of Arkansas-White-Red
Basins Inter-Agency Committee and Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Committee;
dedication of 6ranby pumping plant, a west slope feature of the Colorado~
Big Thompson project; and dedication of Horsetooth Reservoir, an east
slope feature of the Colorado-Big Thompson project near Fort Collins.