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<br />0'311 <br /> <br />-7- <br /> <br /> <br />5. Examine and approve tenure arrangenents. a,dequaoy. and oondition <br />of home and farmstead buildings and other struotures. and the oondi- <br />tion and ability of land to llBet debt and rent payments and provide <br />a decent living for the tenant families. With approximately 43 per- <br />oent of the lend under this project operated ,.by tenants tba need for <br />this servioe is apparent. It is reoommended that delivery of storage <br />water to tenant-operated units be conditional upon this approval. <br />I understand that water will not be delhered for use upon lands of <br />one owner in ,exoess of an adequate siZed unit. Excess lands to be <br />eligible for the delivery tlf water must be sold at not to exoeed the <br />GoveJ'1llD8nt appraised price, end in -the event that the owner of' ex- <br />oess lands has a water right whioh plrtially sstisfies his needs for <br />an adequate-sized um:t. he will be delivered only suffioient addi- <br />tional water to fully satisfy his needs upon bis specifioally desigXJat- <br />ad unit. <br /> <br />"- <br /> <br />Af'\:;er oomplstion of eonstruction. a development period ot'savere1 years <br />will he neoessary 1:0 oomplete unit reorganillation end organille and stabilille <br />produotion before returns will perm1t repayment of oonstruct1cn oosts. <br /> <br />;Juring this period. use and distribution of water should be carefully <br />eupervised. The Department of Agriculture will maintain supervision of <br />operatiuna of flU'1l1 borrowers tbrough its rehabilitation program. Supervision <br />of' use and distribution of' water oan well be consolidated with t'nrm super- <br />visilmJ hems the Deplrtment of Agrioulture is vdll1n& to asmme this res- <br />ponsibili ty. <br /> <br />OUr estimates indioate t!et the Deplrtmant of Agrioulture will require <br />approximately $80.000 for its partioipation. in addition to a WOl'k projeots <br />Adminie-tration oontributian of' approxi:ately 1145.000. These funis WllUldlB <br />upd primarily for field investigations and surveys and planning fur the <br />entire projeot and for land d011elopment of not more tha:n 2.000 aores whioh <br />might be purobased to effeot unit reorganizations. <br /> <br />Sinoerely yours. <br /> <br />/s/ Paul H. Appleby <br />Aoting seoretary <br /> <br />"'~ <br />:>> <br />