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<br /> <br />. 000332 <br /> <br />- 9 - <br /> <br />among the pa,ticipating projects for initial authorization. This project <br />is desperately neQded to provide a dependable '.Tater supply for lands <br />lying in the La Plata Valley and located in both Colorado and HeYT i.Iexico. <br />The limited and erratic water supply of the La Plata is apportioned be- <br />tween Colorado and New 1,exico by the La Plata River Compact, This compact <br />was recognized and approved by the Upper Colorado River Bastn Compact. <br />The La Plata Project is of relatively small cost and does not materially <br />or adversely affect other proposed developments, or materially disturb <br />the economic feasibility of the entire basin development, At the request <br />of the States of Colorado and New hexico, the Bureau of Reclamation <br />commenced investigation of the La Plata Project nany years ago, At least <br />two reports have been issued by the Bureau, The CCllorado land oymers <br />have organized a district under the Colorado Conservancy District Act. <br />The La Plata Tfator users have expended considerable money and put forth <br />every effort to obcain a project only to be f~ced ,"ith years of delay <br />and disappointment, Fair treatment of the La Plata farmers requires <br />the inclusion of the La Plata Project for initial authorization as a <br />participating project under the Colorado River Storage Project plan, <br />Attention is directed to the fact that the Paonia Project, which <br />is included in the list of participating projects recommended for initial <br />authorization, has twice been authorized by Congress. The increase in <br />construction costs, the addition of certain acreage, and the relocation <br /> <br /> <br />of the proposed storage reservoir have resulted in substantially increasing <br /> <br /> <br />the project cost, This necessitates either reauthorization or amended <br /> <br /> <br />authorization. The report on the revised project plan has been pending <br /> <br /> <br />before the Bureau of the Budget for some time. A bill has been introduced <br />