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<br />Of!"'-- <br />_ ..J..L.i._~_"\.__ <br />. t., ...V," <br /> <br />44 <br /> <br />wnter supplies to about 271,000 acre.;;; of irrigated lands in the Slll1 <br />Luis Valley. It proposed supplementallluthorizution of its eonstruction <br />!l-S n unit of the SaIl Luis Valley project. The Stutes of Texlls Hlld Xcw <br />~lexico, in their comments or; the report., indicated un\\'illingness to <br />eoncur in its construdioIl uTltil Colorado is in f1l1l compliance with the <br />Rio Grande Compact. Further processing o( the report to Congress <br />has. been deferred for resolu tion of this matter. Accomplishment of <br />delnt-free stntus by Colorado is d~irab]e to remO\"c the expressed <br />objections of Texas ilull X ew ~lexico to construction of the \Y u!ron <br />\Vheel Gap Dam llnd Resen'oir. <br />The plan of dt>\'clopmcnt fepn'S('nts tht' l'ulmiul1tion of inn'stigll- <br />dons which were Sllrnlllurizt~d in u n'port to till' Colorntlo "'ateI' COIl- <br />scrvlltion Board datNI ~Inrch 1939; n>ftl'cted ill tlw r('port of tlIP <br />Bun'all of J{ec!al1lutioll entitl('d "J{pflort on San Luis Y nlley Project, <br />Colorndo," dated Januury 1940, nnd Jlublisllt'd as HOllst'_ Doculllellt <br />Xo. 693, 76th Congress, :ld St>SSiOlli llnd n'('og'nizpd in the llllthorizll- <br />tioTl of the SUIl Luis \~ulley projet't. by the Illtprior Approprintioll Act <br />(If 1941 \\"hieh ilwludpd tlw Ill"o\"isn: "Thllt {~tlmnll'nt'L'Jlll'nt tlf ('011- <br />stmction of t.he Closed Bnsill Drnin f('allln' shall }w ('ontingellt on (n) <br />n conclllsin~ finding of justitklltioll for tlH~ drain Oil tl1{' bllSis of ('ost <br />nad the quantity nud liuulity of wah>r to lw st'ctlred, * * *." In lille <br />with this requiremellt further in\"('stigations of water snh'llge plnlls <br />for the Closed Ba,-~ill were lllldertllkl'1l and a r('\"iscd plan dt'velopj'll. <br />This plan was pn>st.mtf'd in a ri'coIlllllisSllllt.(, n>llIJrt dntl>d August <br />1956, which was elHlorsed bv till' San Luis Vallev \Vutt-'r Const'rvlUH'Y <br />Dist.rict. n.ud tlH' Colorado" 'V ll.t()r C()n~('fnttio~lI BOlli'll. I II t urn, ~l <br />pn.rtinl drnft" of a f(.ltsihilit.y rt'port on tIH' plan WIL"- fnrwnrdt'd to tlH' <br />Board, 11l110ng: othpl':->, in August 19t'iO. TIl(' "In.n of dl'\'t'lopnlPnt WI\.S <br />then modified to {'onfnrm to till' \'il'w~ of tlH' Bonrd. <br />TIi(' pltm of den.JoJlIIIPnl pnwidt'~ for sui ntgl' of II ntilllblt' slIrfllct, <br />flows as originally ('ontelllpll1.ted; hut its principal purposp is to :->lll- <br />Yllgt', without ndverst' pffed 011 surrounding irrigutl'd H.r('l1~, shallow <br />~round watNs whi('h pn)sl.'ntly un' nOllbt'Il(,ti<'illlly consumed by <br />('\'upomtionllIHI trallslliration. It ('Olltt'lIlplllll'S Ileli\'PfllIICt' of sulnlg{'11 <br />Wll.tt'rs to tIlt' Rio Gfllnt!(' to impro\'(' Colorado's d{'hit status undf'f <br />thl' Rio Grandt' Compact. It rt'('oglliz('~ till' il1lportlll1c(, of tht' SIll! <br />Luis \'nlJt'y ill tl1(' Xatiollnl :\ligTlllnry Bird prog-ram. It induc!f'S <br />lIlt'asun's for t1f'Yl'lopnwllt of th(' optimulll fish ulld wildlifl' llnd rt'Crt'. <br />l1tioll ht'n('fib. It would authorizt. dl'\'plopml'nt of tilt' IH'opost'd <br />:\Iishak L:lkt's and AllllTlOSlt XlltiollUI \Vildlife Ht'fllg'e:", tllt' former as <br />II pari of thf' projl'1't ('onstrul'lioll. - <br />Thp pllUl pro\'idt.s for lIlaintHinin~. hy YPllr-round pumping', ~rnund- <br />Wlltl'r 1(,\"l'ls tIt l('ll"t S f(-'('I Iwlow till' ~rolllld SllrflH'1' o\.('r st'l('d(.d nr('lh <br />tntllling- ilbollt 10S.600 :l(Tl'S, wilh n'sult:lTlt watt'r ~llh"llg1' of ahout <br />~ti.500 11('rl'-(('l't 1111 III I ill h,. .\n :l.\'t'rlH!I' ],5.200 a<'fp-ft't.t also would lw <br />suh"ngt'c1 nlllllllllly by providing" tllltlt'h for ~lIrfllc(, wutt'f:-:. 'I'lli' hy- <br />drologic Hnllly~('s indicutl' that. undl'r flu' pl:l.H ant! 011 tht' hll~is of <br />r('cords to dntt', t1t'liw'ry of :"lllnlgt'41 \\"ater to tht' t'olllplld station at <br />Lollatn.; o\'('r a :35-p'IH pt'riod \\"mild jlt'rlllit ColoflHln to :h'hit'\"p II <br />dphit-frf'(, l'llmpad ..;tutu.;; bllt IlO firm fnrC'cllst of thl' lwriod whid, <br />w01lld hI' r(-'quirt'li l'llll lit' madp. Tilt' studit''; fllrtlwl" intli(-'lItt' thul. at <br />I lit-' t'ne! pf thnt Ill.riot!. t11l1l'sS Cnlllntdo's llbility to dl'lin'r Hin nl"tllldf' <br />flow=-, J1l1s illlpro\-pd. UlI 1I\'PrlU.:'(' of :'l!l.200 al'rl>-f('t't nnnllnll~- of tht' <br />