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<br />1000163 <br /> <br />be given to fUture upstream Aqu1rements before a eOllllllitment such <br />aa this is maCie, <br /> <br />In the .in!1:ial phase the net aep1eUon of the Colorado <br />aiver is esUmated at. 4B~ SOO f~~!!!m!!eU.~!~S: ;?} :: =~:ih <br />only 14.500 aCl'e-feet would result f:tom u$e on 1.niga1:eCl landa. <br />\'he balanca. 34.000, WOUld bE,) lost in r$servob evaporaUon <br />(30,000) and in other uses (4,000). 'l'bb reservob evaporation <br />SEl.elllIII to be a high price to pay for the lniqation use. !n <br />this area of allllOSt: unlWt:ed coal reaow:c:es steam-electric <br />plams could generate el.ec:tricit:y with much less water. <br /> <br />In the comprehens.lve phase of the plan the power <br />features do not proQuce sufficient: revenue to pay for themselves <br />in a SO-year periOd, rather e,8 years would be required for payout <br />(page 55) unless c.a.s.p. revenues ar:e U8$d for this purpose by <br />pooling costs and rev~s. It appears that suoh pooling may <br />violate Section 5 (e) of, ~l1c taw 485. 'l'he last: paragraph of <br />this section suggast:s 'that c .a.s.ll'. revenues appoxotione<i 1:.0 the <br />states shall be pata into the general fund of the Treasury for <br />the .. costs of each part:1cipa1:1ng project . . . or any separable <br />feature thereof whieb are allocated t:o 4rd.gaUon . . .". P. 1.. <br />485 also requires that :r.>>Wer feature <:0$1;$ be repaid in 50 years. <br /> <br />..~ '" __-....;....___.....-1_.. _ _ _. . ._ <br />,- in' the e~'l$1s1ve ,phase of the plan _ the relQa8i;!s <br />for power and for s~ lItiebery avera9El 420.000aere"'feet per <br />Year. A eommitment 'fol: sueb a rel.ea$e eo near t.be Utah &tata <br />line may be unWise at 1e~t until ClOll\PletJ.Pn of the dver basin <br />inventory studies now in progress aJ:'e comple~d. <br /> <br />It appean that. In l1ght of all ot the llIhove ClOIl!!Iidera- <br />tions that feasibility grade imresUczat.ions of the Juniper projeot: <br />eould :be deferred for at lQaet. 3 years W.i.t11ClUt: any adVerse effeClt <br />on the projeClt. Such 4e~t wouleS ~i.e the staff. thEl BOaJ:'d <br />and. the Bureau of B.e<::l_Uon to evaluate the questiOns and pr~ <br />10111$ raiaed and perhaps 4evelop a plan WhiCh would. eliminate the <br />quesUons and. problems raiaEld in this one . <br /> <br />LaK# lk <br /> <br />Memo <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />Deeember 11, 1963 <br />