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<br />': <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />0'00884 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />..~- ..,j.... ..... <br /> <br />,I <br />I <br /> <br />,I <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br />, Ii <br /> <br />Closed Basin Division <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br />I' <br />, <br /> <br />San Luis Valley Project, Colorado <br />I <br /> <br />Background and Status, March 17, 1980 <br /> <br />, <br />Regarding item No. 9 on the Colorado Water Conservation Board's agenda, 'Water. <br />I. <br /> <br />and Power Resources Service (Water and Power) perceives riscal year 1981 funding <br />" <br /> <br />for Closed Basin as <br />I <br />tasks for the start <br /> <br />being in an indeterminate state. <br /> <br />Technical prerequisite <br /> <br />of construction have been <br /> <br />i <br />completed. Such technica1'prere- <br /> <br />f'l' flh ,11 '~1' 11 <br />1 lng 0 t e ,FlOa Envlrrnmenta <br /> <br />quisites are the acquisition of water rights, <br />, <br /> <br />Statement (August 1979), and approval of the Definite Plan Report '(DPR--November <br /> <br />1979). However, construction of the project division has not been atarted. The <br /> <br />Department of the Interior has concluded that Congressional rea~thorization will <br /> <br />be necessary before construction is started. The reasons for requesting <br />, <br /> <br />reauthorization are that major design changes have occurred since authorization <br /> <br />of the pro'ject division in 1972 (Public Law 92-514), and that estimated .costs <br /> <br />for the entire project division now exceed the cost ceiling indexed from the <br />! <br /> <br />1972 authorization. <br /> <br />The Closed Basin is an intermountain basin with internal surface drainage in the <br /> <br />San Luis Valley of Colorado. Involved in the basic purposes of, the project <br /> <br />division is to annually salvage and deliver to the Rio Grande about 100,800 <br /> <br />acre-feet of water that otherwise would be consumed by evapotranspiration in the <br /> <br />sump area of the Closed Basin. The water to be salvaged is entirely ground <br /> <br />waler. <br /> <br />Other project division purposes include furnishing water to and <br />, , <br /> <br />, <br />establishing wildlife refuges, furnishing water for fish, wildlife, and <br /> <br />... J <br />