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\, I . I j , I I , { -,", tV ~ ~ -2- 0376 PARTICIPATIOn OF FEDERAL AGENCIES It is proposed that the Bureau of Reelama.ticm will oonstruot the dam reservoir. inlet canal. and outlet oanal. The present plan. subjeot to obange. is that the Bureau also wl1loperate the irrigation works after they are built and negotiate oontraots with the water users for tOO're'" payment of construction oharges. The ~partlnent of Agriculture plans to ID!Ike a detailed study of the agrioultuJ11l pattel'n of too projeot to deter- ml.ne too part it oan take in too rehab~Utation of the erea. It also plans to aoquire and develop landlS and to take other BPtion ",hioh is indi- cated by too study to allsist in aoocmiPlishing suoh adjustmed:osas are shawn to be tlIIoesse.ry. The NatiOlia1 Park ,Service expeats to partioipate in the oonstruction prcgrlllll. by making avs.ilable a Civilian Conservation Corps oamp whioh would be used on the construction of the dam when suitable conditions perm1tted. and at ather t1m911 on the installation of the pipe line. The Qork Projeots Administration and the Civilian Canservation Corps BJ'e llXpeot- ed tc provide IjIOSt of the labor and a relatively s_ll amount of materials. supplies. and equipment. A repert to you tran the Work Projects Administra- tion on tbe extent of its proposed partioipation is enclosed. TheDepart- mant 01' Agrioulture has advised that its proposed part:ioipe.tion is discussed in a letter to me dated .September 19, 1940, and that this letter, a oopy of whioh is enolosed, _y be used as its report to you. Until appropriations BJ'e _de to tbe Department of Agriculture for its participation. 1t is planned t:tat a11C1C1atione t'l"an appropriations ma<'8 under too authority 01' the BPi: of August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1418). will be nade to the Bureau 01' Reola- _tion. and that the Department 01' Agriculture will be reimbursed tor ser- vioes by th$ Bureau of Reclamation through transfers or advs.ncsllElnt of tunds trOlll the e11ClClations. ESTIMATE COST The total estimated 00s1; of the project is liI'.600,OOO. 01' whioh $680,000 is expeoted to be obtained fran appropriations nade under the authority of tbe act 01' August 11. 1939. and the aroandments thereto. end $920.000 through work aooanplishec:!. by the Work projects Administration or the Chilian Con- servation Corps. or both. The construction of works by the Bureau of Recla- mation is estimated to cost $1.475,000 of whioh approxi_te1y $600,000 is expeoted to be spent on the dam, reservoir. and appurtenant works from ap- propriations nade under the authority of the llllt of Augus1; 11. 19;9, and its amendments. The program I:lf the Department of Agrioulture is estimated to cost $125,000. A tabulation giving the esti_tsdbreakdown of expenditures is attached. Out of the $3.500,000 made available by the Interior Depart- ment Appropriation Act of 1941, it is estimated that $200,000 Will be needed for work to be aocomplished in the fisoal year 1941.