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<br />Ot '-.0'15 <br /> <br />to the Co~jos unit ot the San Luis Valley project beoause. <br /> <br /> <br />1. The type of land holdbg. b such that there is <br /> <br /> <br />:no justifioation tor the limitatioaa. <br /> <br /> <br />(a) There is no Federal Public le.nd; <br /> <br /> <br />Cb) The si~e of holdings has been dete~ed <br /> <br /> <br />by the play ot eoonomio foroes over the last seventy <br /> <br /> <br />years and oonstitutes a pattern that is adapted to <br /> <br /> <br />successful high altitude ta.rmiDg; <br /> <br /> <br />(e) There has been no speoulation in area <br /> <br />lands for many years and there is no olaim that <br />speculation will result from the proposed reservoir <br /> <br />oonstruotion; <br /> <br />(d) The present farms are individual enterpri.as <br />and do not constitute corporate farmi~. <br /> <br /> <br />2. The type of water supply to be furnished by the <br /> <br />project is suoh tha.t the land 11mi tatlon providons would <br /> <br /> <br />not bo workablo,. <br /> <br /> <br />(a) No new water will be developed; the <br /> <br /> <br />storage will be of water which is oovered by <br /> <br /> <br />existing deorees and will be available for <br /> <br /> <br />storage on I:," because tJle users will forego <br /> <br />diversior.s now made dur~ ~'e flush run-off <br /> <br /> <br />period; <br /> <br /> <br />(b) Platoro Reservoir with 60,000 aore teet <br /> <br /> <br />oapaoity will re-regulate an annual average of <br /> <br /> <br />about 47,000 acre feet. slightly ~ore than 0.5 aore <br /> <br /> <br />feet per acre, or leiS than one-fifth ot ~,e <br /> <br />- 16 - <br />