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<br />~!)!lni2!--- <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />mated to average $26.46 per fie-fe-foot, or $2,527,000, for the estimated <br />a\"ernge unnunl 95,,500 flcre-fcet of sH!vagecl water. A.ft('r adjustment <br />for stupp eonstruction, this would he $1,870,000 nnnuully, of which <br />$J ,090,000 would represent primary benefits and 8780,000 secondary <br />benefits. <br />Area rederelopment.--Sevcrnl Colorado counties adjoining or within <br />commuting distance of the Closed Basin Division, Snn Luis Valley <br />projPct., IUt' dCi;igrlllted deprt's:;;ed llrell~ in liccordance with the Public <br />\\'urks Hnt! Ecollomie Dl'v('!opnwlll Act of 1965, Public Law 89-136. <br />These counties includl' Conejos, Costillu, Archuleta, llnci Heurfuno. <br />C'onstnwliOI1 and operation nlld 1Il11inl(>IHUlcc costs of the project <br />would J>I'o\"idt. employnH'llt opportunities for unemployed workers ill <br />th(' dej>rt-'ssed counties. It i~ e:-:;tllIHtted that unnual benefits amounting <br />to $80,000, discounted for stng-e construction, would be rcnli7.t'd for <br />thi~ purposp if pro\"ision is ll111dp to eIllI)loy semiskilled and unskilled <br />Inbor from tlw uncmploYt'd labor force () the nbove listt-'d counties. <br />Hecnatioll.-Tlw Bureau of Outdoor Rf'crention, in n memorandum <br />dnted :\Iny 5, IOG9, udvi:.wd that. rl'tTI'at.ion bendlts at Sun Luis Luke <br />would totul S17fJ,OOO unllUtdly including fishing bent'fits III the lnke. <br />Tht' net n'cTl..'ntioll bt'lH'tits l'rl'ditnbh, to the plnn of devplopnwllt lut, <br />$1:~S,{)OO. Tilt.' rt'lTI'lltio!l b1!lll'fits dis(,Olllltt't! for stage construction <br />totul $104,000 annuallv. <br />!,'i..di alld 'IJ'ildlUr.-.\. :--;t'pU'llllH'1' 10, 19GO, I"('port of the Bureau of <br />Sport FislH'rips and ""ildlifl' l'slimatml that fish lllld wildlif(~ enhan('(\- <br />1lll'llt hf'lwflh C'f'l'ditabll' t.o thl' phm of devclopmoHt would total <br />$97, I 00 nnllllHlly. TIH's!' IWllpfits illcludp $43,500 for impro\"('d str('nlll <br />fishill~, ~:W,OOO for Inkl' fishing, llntl $17,600 for wildlife hUllting nnd <br />wihllifl'-oril'lltl'd n'tTt'lltiOIl. T1H~sc 1)('IH'lit.s lldjllstl'd for stage con- <br />struetioll lotal about $69,000 unlllllllly. .:\lishl1k 0.'ntioHul \Yildlife <br />)'l'fug'l' is plnllllpd to Illitig'nt(. !ossPs of walt'rfowl hnhitat from project <br />('onstru('tion Hlld will ulso pnn.id4' for l'nhnllccment. of wildlifp. <br />Irater awl ((ir quality c/Jntrol.-AdditiollnllwJl('fits will UClTUC from <br />proj('l't. COlbtructioll llnd ojwmtion which nlllnot. 1)(' assigned n mOlw- <br />I ur.v \"nlue. TIlt' qlltllity of wllt('r which will Iw dolin'n'd to tlw Rio <br />Grnnd(' is \\"fdl within 1 h(' limits of thl' Public I1plllth Sprvicf' drinking <br />\\.ntl'l" stal1dnnls. Tho addition of wlltt'r to tl1(' low flow of the riv('f <br />will add t,(I tilt' llSlwI'ts of ~t'IH'rnl Jluhlit: 1H'ldth IUlll t\stlwtic values <br />and will W'lH'fldly impro\"l' tht> quality of tht, streulIl. It is b('lievt:'d <br />thut nil flllll'tiolll' of till. PI'opospd dl:'\"l'lopnH'Ilt would h(1 in complinnct~ <br />with air Hncl wHtt'r qlllllity I'l'gult\tiolls ('stllblished by Ex(~elltiVl' Ol'd(~r <br />:\0.11507. <br />S111umary n{ bell~fit8.-TIH' (."tilllll.ti'd HIlBunl I'coBomi(' belldits for <br />II 100-,\"t'nr pi'riod of nl111lysi~ are "llInIllnri7.t~d in tt\uh~ 3. <br /> <br />TABLE 3.-SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED A~NUAl BENEFITS <br /> <br />llem <br /> <br />Pnmary <br />benelils <br /> <br />Talal <br />beneflts <br /> <br />Water sal~aie_... <br />Reocreatioll__._ <br />Flsllalldwildlile <br />Aceadl"elapmenL. <br />TOlal.u_.- _PP_.. <br /> <br />Sl.D90.1XlO <br />10.4.00l <br />&9.000 <br />.UXX> <br />1.343.000 <br /> <br />$1.870.000 <br />104.000 <br />69.000 <br />80.000 <br />2.123.000 <br />