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. . UPPER COLORADO R.EGIONAL OfFICE P ,0. BOX 11568 SALT LAKE CITY , UTAH 84111 April 25, 1975 United States Department of the Interior BUREAU OF RECLAMATION IN kULY REFER TO, 730 500.2/123.8a Memore.ndum To: Commissioner of Reclamation From: Regional Director, Upper Colorado Region Subject: Transmittal of Status Report--Basalt Project TRANSMITTAL . Transmitted herewith is my report summarlzlng results of studies made to date by the Bureau of Reclamation of a potential Base.lt Project in west-central Colorado. The report is presented as a status report in order that results of studies made to date may be preserved and made ave.ilable to interested agencies and individuals to determine if one or more of the plans presented meet the present needs and priorities of the area. Investigations Investigation of the Basalt Project was authorized by the Fryingpan- Arkansas Project Act of August 16, 1962 (Public Le.w 87-590). That act stated the.t the Secretary shall expedite completion of his planning re- port on the Basalt Project, Colo., as a participating project of the Colo- rado River Storage Project under the Colorado River Storage Project Act of April 11, 1956 (P.L. 84-485) and said report shall have the priority status of the reports to which reference is made in Section 2 of said act. Feasibility investigations of a Basalt Project plan were well along on the basis of traditione.l methods of ple.n formulation and evaluation prior to October 1973 when new ple.nning procedures, "Principles e.nd Ste.nd- ards for Ple.nning Water and Related Land Resources," became effective. Since funds were not available for a re-evaluation of the data compiled, the feasibility studies were completed on the basis of the traditional planning methods. Some additional reconnaissance studies were made to Save Energy and You Serve America!