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<br /> <br />UNITED STATES <br />DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />8UREAU OF RECLAMATION <br /> <br />REGIONAl... OFFICE - REGION 4 <br />p, O. BOX \1$68 <br />SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH 84111 <br /> <br />IN REPL Y <br />REFER TO' 4-730 <br /> <br />February 28, 1966 <br /> <br />To: Commissioner <br /> <br />From: Regional Director, Salt Lake City, Utah <br /> <br />Subject: Transmittal of feasibility report--San Miguel project, Colo. <br /> <br />TRANSMITTAL, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Transmitted herewith is my report on the San Miguel project in south- <br />western Colorado which has been investigated as a potential participating <br />project of the Colorado River Storage project. The project would provide <br />irrigation water to stabilize and expand agriculture and municipal and in- <br />dustrial water for industrial growth and community expansion expected in. <br />connection with development of the area's extensive coal and other mineral <br />and forest resources. It would also benefit recreation, fish and wildlife <br />conservation, and flood control. The project is one of 25 potential par- <br />ticipating projects that were given priority in the completion of planning <br />reports by the Colorado River Storage Project Act of April II, 1956 (70 <br />Stat. 105). <br /> <br />Construction of the San Miguel project is advocated by local residents, <br />western slope interests in Colorado, and State officials. They see it as <br />an essential step in transforming a lagging economy into an expanding one <br />that will provide opportunities for more people through the development of <br />valuable natural resources. <br /> <br />Plan of Development <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The San Miguel project would provide an average increase in irrigation <br />water of about 77,800 acre-feet annually for use on 38,950 acres of land, <br />including 26,420 acres of full service land and 12,530 acres of supplemen- <br />tal service land. Municipal and industrial supplies in the San Miguel River <br />and at delivery points on project works would be increased by an average of <br />44,000 acre-feet annually, and 500 acre-feet would be provided for the main- <br />tenance of the planned Radium fish and wildlife area. In the generally <br />arid project area where water-oriented features are a rare and particularly <br />valued attraction, stream and reservoir fisheries would be maintained, a <br />nesting area for waterfowl established, and important new opportunities <br /> <br />