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<br />BLACK CANYON INFORMATION PAPE:R
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<br />Oct, 2000
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<br />The Commissioner's letter of November 13, 1953, to the Secretary ofthe Interior, p, 38 provides
<br />a supplemental report on the CRSP dated October 1953, stating at p, 42:
<br />15, After reviewing the proposed report the State of Colorado recommended that the Whitewater
<br />unit on the Gunnison River not be included as an initial unit of the Colorado River storage
<br />project, Although desiring one of the initial units to be located on the Gunnison River, the State
<br />at that time had not decided which of the several possible units should be selected, and
<br />recommended that certain further studies be made of the Gunnison River units before final -_
<br />selection is made, Further stud); was given by the Bureau of Recltmiatibn to the- location of'
<br />storage units on the Gunnison River, in accordance with this recommendation, and information
<br />was made available to the State. The director of the Colorado Water Conservationjioard has '
<br />recently advised us that the board has approved a reservoir at the Curecanti site, i!it~ a storage '
<br />capacity of 940, 000 acre-feet, and has urged Ihat this project be included ~ aJ;ifii;tbJ~he initial
<br />authorization of the Colorado River storage project, Analyses of the Colorad,oRiver,storage
<br />project with both the large Curecanti (2,500,000 acre1'ee,t) and the, smaU'Curecanti(940, 000
<br />acre-feet) are included as anachments to this ;-eport, These analyses Indicate ,that power from
<br />either unit would be more expensive, under present-day estimated costs, ,than pawerfrom
<br />alternative sources, We believe that power needs of the ,western slope area can be taken care of,
<br />for the time being at least, by use of energy from the recommended units, Colorado will need
<br />more power as well as sto7{~ge capacity in the immediate future; . Every effort should be made to
<br />assure means of meeting that need, and to that end the Congress may wish to consider
<br />authorization of the Curecanti or some other storage in western Colorado,
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<br />The Regional Director's Report of December 1950, on CRSP and Participating Projects, Region
<br />4, is at page 59, This was an Interim report on the Colorado River storage project and
<br />participating projects,
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<br />2, The Colorado River storage project would consist of a combination of dams, reservoirs,
<br />powerplants, and other appurtenant structures on the upper Colorado River and its principal
<br />tributaries, Included as appurtenant structurt'S would be facilities recommended by cooperating
<br />Federal agencies for multiple-purpose development of the upper Colorado River Basin's water
<br />resources, The project reservoirs would regulate the flow of the river, assure the delivery of
<br />water to the lower basin as required by the Colorado River compact, andfurther the use in the
<br />upper basin of water apportioned by the compact, Part of the capacity of some of the reservoirs
<br />would store water for direct use in the upper basin, Revenues from the sale of project-generated
<br />power would be sufficient to pay all reimbursable Colorado River storage-project costs and
<br />assist irrigators in payment of costs of other projects that would utilize water of the upper -
<br />Colorado River system, Projects that would be so assisted are referred to as 'participating
<br />projects, ' All projects authorized subsequent to approval of the upper Colorado
<br />River Basin compact that would consume water of the upper Colorado River system are
<br />considered to be dependent on the storage project for an assured water supply, Such projects,
<br />therefore, are designated 'dependent projecls, '(p, 69)
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<br />In the plan of development for the CRSP: 10, Ten units, each including a dam, reservoir, and
<br />appurtenant power facilities, would constitl/te the Colorado River storage project, The dams
<br />would be located above Lee Ferry on the Colorado River and its principal tributaries, Eight of
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