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.. - ST\.TEMENT OF THE STATE OF COLORADO BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION AND CORPS OF ENGINEER PROJECTS IN COLORADO FOR FY 1996 APPROPRIATIONS Washington, D.C. March 28, 1995 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: I am Daries C. Lile, Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, I appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today on behalf of Governor Roy Romer, James S, Lochhead, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, and the Colorado Water Conservation Board--the state agency charged with the protection and development of Colorado's water resources, SUMMARY OF REOUESTS Colorado supports the Administration's budget requests for FY 96 for funding projects and activities of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers in Colorado with emphasis on the following projects and activities: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation . Animas-La Plata Project - $14,0 million for construction, The Administration's budget recommends $4,879 million for initial project construction and $250,000 for construction of Recreation and Fish and Wildlife facilities. In order to satisfy the time schedule in the Indian Settlement Agreement, the State of Colorado requests that the budget be increased by $8.871 million, . Upper Colorado River Basin Endangered Fish Recovery Program - $6.373 million for construction activities and $100,000 for General Investigations. . Dolores Project - $3.47 million for continued construction. . Eastern Colorado Projects (Fryingpan-Arkansas, Colorado-Big Thompson and Arkansas River Water Quality Improvement Program) - $700,000 for Arkansas River Water Quality Improvement Program construction and $11.594 million for operation and maintenance of the Eastern Colorado Projects. . San Luis Valley Project, Closed Basin Division - $3.195 million for continued construction, operation and maintenance. . Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - The State of Colorado supports the Salinity Control Forum's request of $18.6 million for construction and general investigations under Title II of the program. This is an increase from what was proposed in the Administration's budget. . Southwest Colorado Rural Water Supply Study - $75,000' to initiate the investigation. . Continued funding for operation and maintenance of existing Reclamation projects.