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<br />90C't21 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />federal appropriation of $900,000 was made available to commence con~ <br /> <br /> <br />struction of the Closed Basin Drain. Apparently there were fears <br /> <br /> <br />that the type of drain proposed at that time would create unaccept- <br /> <br /> <br />able salinity conditions. and construction was not started. <br /> <br /> <br />In a report to the Colorado Water Conservation Board under <br /> <br /> <br />the title of "San Luis Valley Project," dated March, 1939, prepared <br /> <br /> <br />by R. J. Tipton, consulting engineer, the construction of the Closed <br /> <br /> <br />Basin Drain was again recommended. This report was included in a <br /> <br /> <br />report to the Congress by the Department of the Interior entitled <br /> <br /> <br />"Reservoirs on the San Luis Valley Project, Colorado," and sub- <br /> <br /> <br />sequently published as House Document No. 693, 76th Congress, 3rd <br /> <br />Session. The Congress subsequently authorized the construction of <br /> <br /> <br />the San Luis Valley Project by the Interior Department Appropriation <br /> <br /> <br />Act of 1941. However, the report and authorization made the con- <br /> <br /> <br />, struction of the Closed Basin Drain contingent upon a finding of <br /> <br /> <br />justification for the drain on the basis of cost and the quality and <br /> <br /> <br />quantity of water to be obtained. During the subsequent period of <br /> <br /> <br />World War II and the ,Korean War almost nothing was done concerning <br /> <br />the project. <br />During the past twelve years, with some financial assist- <br /> <br />ance from the State of Colorado, the Bureau of Reclamation undertook <br /> <br /> <br />the task of satisfying the contingency requirements set forth in <br /> <br /> <br />the 1941 authorization. All previous plans concerning the Closed <br /> <br />-4- <br />