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<br />---c--(l(}i;tn- <br /> <br />40 <br /> <br />\Ve recommend, howC\'cr, that whenever Colorlulo achieves dcbit- <br />free status under the compact 1111<1 use of snln\getl water surplus to <br />requinHuents of such waters for mllintellllllce of such debit-free status <br />becomes appropriate through exchange or direct din~rsiolls, contract <br />arrangem.ents be entered into between the then identifiable nsers of <br />sHch surplus water llnd the Secretary of the Interior Cor payment of <br />appropriate portions of the COllstruction, operation. llnd maintennncf' <br />of the water salvage f!u:ilitit~s. <br />As the ClosNi Basin di\'ision is "Ilginf'f'ringly feasihle llnd econom- <br />ically justified, I l'otH'lIr in the findings of the Hegional Director IlS set <br />Corth In his report-. It is recognized, however, thnt. the recomIllcndrd <br />plnn of den'lopmrnt do('s not conform to F('upml rpdumntion law in <br />respect to reimhursement us all of tlw Fedeml construction costs arc <br />considcn~d to be nonreilllLursuble und nonreturnable on the basis of <br />the forrgoing discussion. Xc\.ertheless, the results of the invest.igations <br />and the findings presented in this report should be suumittl'd to the <br />Congress for its information Hnd cOllsHleratioll. <br />I recommend that yon approve Hnd ndopt t hi::; ff'port ll.<; your pro- <br />posed report on the Closed BHsin division, San Luis Valley project, <br />Colorado, and that you Huthoriz.e IlW on your hehalf to trtlnsmit copies <br />of this report to tlw States of the Rio Grande Rusin, to the ScnctnfY <br />of the Army, Ilnd to thl' other int<'fcstNl F('derulll{!t'llcies for review llS <br />rec[llired by the net. of Dcct'lIlber 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), the Fish Ilnd <br />'Vildlifc CoordinHtion Act (48 StIlt. 401, as UIlIeIHled; 16 V.S.C. 661, <br />ct. seq.), und the pro('cdllres npproved by thc Prp"idrllt on ~lay 15, <br />1962 (S. Doc. 97, 87th Cong.). <br />Hcspcctfnlly, <br /> <br />FLOYD E. DO~IISY, Commissioner. <br /> <br />Approved und Ildopwd November 25, 1964. <br /> <br />STEWART L. UDALL, <br />Secretary oj the Interior. <br />