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aaOl~5 33 renew comments received IlfC at.tached to find made a part of this report. The State of Colorado is in complete llb'Teement with Dill' report find urges thut the project be !luthoriwd ut. liB cnrly date. It is t.he vie\\" of the Stnte thnt lluthol'izing leg-islution should cantllin a provision thnt fillV wuler deli\'eries from the Closed BIl.sin to the Hio Grande COIlstitll-te n credit. to Colorado under the terms of the Rio Grande Compnet, as it b considen'd possible thut. importation of Closed Basin water into the Rio Grunde for the lwnefit of t.he other States might constitute H demand against the State of Colorado on~r HUrl abo,"c its prt.sent ohligutions under the compuct. 'Ve would have no ohjection to sllch proviso ill the legislution, nIt-hough we believe, as does the State, thnt the compact. is rlenr in this regard. The Stule of CoIorudo reCOmnH'JH!s that, in ordn to further insure protection of existing irrigutioll dt'velopmNlts within the Closed Basin, II t'ollllnittl'c be estnblisht>d to rl'curnmend tIle construction of the suec('ssin~ stugt's of den'lopmcllt, uftcr stage 1, if it is determined thut tlit' sIH'l'essive stnges willllllvc no IHln'rse dfed olll'xistillg irrignlion uses ill the basin. The pltlll in 0111' pI'OpOS('" l'l'port contcmplutt's de- velopment in stnges for this purpose. The State~s retommendlltion for further prot{.ctioll will he considt'r('d during advance pIulllling flftel' lluthorizlltiolllua! could be llCl'Olllllloduted in future HctlQnS itwoking tht' dt'vt'lopnwnt of tIll' Di\-isioll. At thut time the problem:-; rellltccl to the (.f[eds of pumping from the slimp un':ts on surrounding Hrens will most likely bt\ mol'C eleurlv defined. The f{'colllnWIHlntions of the Stllte of Color~Hlo are t'onsiste'nt with our rt'quireIIH'nt rhl.lt. Colorado 11180 restrict ndditiollulltgrit'lIltllrlllllscs of wntN' in the Rio Grande Busin ill Colomtlo thnt would be in conflict with the purposes of the Clo~t~d Bnsin Division. Tht' Stutp of Xcw ~l('xiro CorH'UI'S in ollr propo~pd f(~{Jort uud re- quests thut it be submitted to the Congress ut the {'lIrhest possible dute, The Sltlt-t~ strongly J't'('omnH'IHls tllllt plnlls for staged dc\>elop- lIlellt be reviewed with the oujeetin' of shol'tening I-tS mlH'h ns possible the Jl<-.riod of time I'cquirpd to put tilt' pntire Uivision in opcrntioll. The Gon'rnor of Texlls IHh-ist'S that tlH' Stute wllin~s uny and all objpetions to uuthol'izutioH of tll(' Di,-isioH, provided thllt all works shulllw constructed llnd operatpd so us to product' tilt' maximum net benefit as detcrmineu by the Seeretnry and that delh'crv of wuler Illeeting l'omp:lct pro\'i;ions from the. Closed Busin illt:O the Hio Grnndp llhon' Lobntos :-ohnll be mllintllirwd HI. H r:lte which will elim- inute Colnrudo1s deficit in th(' minimum 11lllOllut of tinH'. lIS determined by tlIP Compact Commissioll. The ratc of (.onstrllctioil is, of t'OUl~e, go\'t'rned to II 11Irgt' t'xtt'nt by ('ongrf'~~ion111 npproprilltions of con- ~truction fund:". Tlw rutl' of df'Yf'lopment willl1lso 1)(' gO\'f'rnC'd to some ~'xtf'nt by 1IllY t'fft'ct~ of iIlitinl ~tHgt'~ of d('\"e!opnwnt on groundwater ill lldjltl't'Ilt irrig'lllt.d ;lrt'U:". "... ulso ref'ogllize the nN'1i to prodde wuter tn dOwllstrf'llnl ".utt'r lISt'I'~ ll~ soon a:" \)O~sibh' to H~~ist in JJwt'ting ('xi:-oting' ~hortagtl:" in tlw Hio Grandt' Yll I('y. TIll' Chief of Ellgln('l'l'S. Dt'llllrtllH'llt of the Arm.\". ath'i~f's that OUI' propospd plnn dot'~ not conflict with ,'xi~ting or ul1thoriz€'d proj(>ct~ or pinus of tht' ('orp~ or Ellgill('~'l':-:. 'I'll(' otlu'r iIl!t'restt'd Ft'drrnl llg'CIWil's {'itht'r l'lltlol'sP or Iiun.' IlO tlhjt'l,tiolls to tht' pl'oposC'd den'lop- IIll'Jll.