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- -iHlfJl ,1\- _-r:l 36 available to the proposed Alamosll. National \VihUife HeCuge, and the remaining 90,400 llcfc-feet annually would ht' H"llilnble for deli,'crv to the Rio Grnndt, Cor use unll distribution ill uccordance with tile provisions of the Riu Gnllld(' ('omptlet. The ll.vailability of this snlvuged wuter supply would contribute substnntinllv to alleviation of the nitklll water ~h()rUlges which have prcvulIed in the Hio Grande Basin for mUll} .venl's. In nddi- tion to supplying \\-ater to the AhllllOSll Xatiollul ".ildlife Refuge proposed hy the BUf('l\1l of 5/)ort Fislll'ries llnd \\~ildlirc, the plan also would providt. for the den': opment of the proposed ~lishnk Lukes :\Uti0I1111 \Vildlife Refuge, tilt' cOllservntioll llnd di>\'('lopmellt of fishery resources, und ('onstruction of recn'lltioll fucilities. All inflow into the ~lisll!lk Lakes Kational 'VildJifc J{efuge, nbout 5,000 ~lCrl'- feet annually, would be resl'rn.d for use in the rpfug'e IUlll is Tlot ineluded in the project totals fur salvl1ge wlller. Fl'dl'rlll, State, nnt! loelll interests hun~ for nlllny ypars ('onh>mplnt(.(l tlw sulvugl' and IISe of thc~w IIH,s(.ntly w<lstl'd wuters. Thl'.' interim Rio Grande Compnct of 1929 H'tWl'('1l tll(' Stutt'S of tll(> Rio Gnlllde Husill conh~ll1plllt('(1 the dcn.loJlment uf tl1(' Closf'd BH:"in nt, J.\'dj'!'al f'xpense nlthough Conhrf(~SS, in t'onJ';idt'ring lIpl'ro\'al awl COIlSI'Ilt. to tIll' compuct, disdninH'd llny intention to commit. thl' UnitNl St.ates to responsibility {or construction or finllllcing at that timp. The suh- sequent 1938 Compllet, which stlpersl'df'd till' 1929 Compact. nbo eontemplutf'd sllch den.lopml'nt but Congress, ill llppru\'illg the COJII- pact, llguin did not commit the UnitNI Stnh's to l'oBstruction or finuncinl responsibilit.y for the Clospd Ba:-:;in dnliIlHgl'. The llttnclH'd r('port J'{'presellts the culmination of invl'sti~ntiolls whil'h were summllrized in Il report datNI ~ll1reh 19:19 to the Colomdo 'Yuter Consf'rvntion BOllnl; I'l'flt'ded in our rl'port to tlH' Congn'ss Oil <lResef\"oirs on the Sun Luis Vallpy Projt'('t, Colorlldo," publislH'd as House Doc.:ument Xu. 693, 76th Congre:,s. third ~wssioll; lult1 n'('ognizt't! in the uuthorizlltion o{ tlu' Sun Luis Y/lIlt.y projt'et hy the Intl'rior DepartIlH'llt ApproprilltionAct of 1941 (54 Stitt. 406. 4:37, 438). which pro\'idpd: HThat CnmllH'nCellH'llt. of eonstruction of the Closed Bll::>in Drnin feature shull be contingent on (n) II cont'iusiv(' finding of justifi- cation for tlll'- druin on the basis of l'ost nnd the quality filld qUllntity of water to be secured. * * ." Tht' State or Colorado contributrd $25,000 toward the cost of tlH'st'. inn.stigutiolls. III Utlditioll. the Sun Luis Ynllp,. 'Yater COnSl'n'Hllev District contrilHltf'd 85.000 tmnlrd tlH' cost I~f this llnd othl'r n,illt('d Wlltl'I' ::;l1lnlg'I' inn'st"igl1tiolls ill Colorado. 'I'll(' findill~s ft'~ultill~ from tlll'sl' stllllie~ W('l'(' ill{'ondusin' and inrlicut('d 1.hn1. lilt' Snl\'llg'l.tl wntl'l' rni~ht lit, of lill1H'l'l'ptabk qunli1.y. :-;ubs('quPIl{ studies, hO\\"I'\'I'r, 1111\.(' diminuwd such doubts. tlS is shown in the nttnclH'd ft.port.. B;v rl'soIUlion adopted in Sunta J.\., ~. ~Iex., 011 February 20, 1964, the Hio Gmnde Compllct. Conllni~~ion fl'quf'stp(1 tlUlt the fl'port of lhe Secretary of tIlt' Interior on the ClosNI Basin Di\'ision Ill' completed us quickly ns po:"sible 1UHI ~ubmith'd to the 1_ffpcted Statl'S for rc\'ipw l1S pro\'id'ct! }n"law. TIll' Clo~pd' Basin Division water ~lll\.ug(' fu('ilitit.s would ultilllt_telv t'onsi:;;t of a svstelll of SOl!W 129 \H'lI~ 100~ntl'd in spkl'tl'd l1fl'tb withiil thl' entin~ wnip!, slllnl~l' Hl'll of ;'o.OIlH' lOS.GOO naps. TIll' quality of tlJ(' wnter in thest' areus \'Ilries considernbly 11l1d sonw of it is of unll{'-