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<br />0800 FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />'Vit,h respect to t.he decision as to the t.ransmission facilities to be <br />provitled. who should provide them, une! how t.hey should he operated, <br />the position of the cormnittee is the snme us it has expressed preyiously <br />ill connection with other proposols of prinlt.e utilities. The decision <br />should be based upon t.he most economie and efficient, developmellt <br />from the standpoint of both the Federnl Govemment, and the eus- <br />tamers. Accept,ance of the compnnics' proposal must be contingent <br />upon compliance \\ith t,he power preference Inws and upon the finding <br />thltt. project rcpannent und COIlSllIller power rlltes will not be adversely <br />afreeted. - <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLY <br /> <br />The Slo te of Colorado is a party to the Colornoo River compact of <br />1922 and the Upper Colorado River Basin eompnet of 1948. The use <br />of Colonldo River Witter for t.he Fryingp~\l\-Arkansas project.. is well <br />\\~t,hin the atlomtion to I,he State of Colorado under I,he provisions of <br />these t..wo compacts. The amount of Colorado HiveI' ,\~u.l(':r t.hat <br />would be diverted by the Fr)'ingpan-Arkllnsas project is onl)' about <br />2 perc~nt. of ColoT'llClo's 5harc of the lIpW'-f hnsill 's cxpi:'ded i:'llt.itklllf'Tl t. <br />SI,lIdie~ hy hot.it the Burea.u (If R('e1alllal.iolJ amI the Colol'lldo <br />WllJ(,f Con:::.ervation Bou.rd. inoicnle tllt'l'e is 110 quest.ion as t.o the <br />phy~jcul It\'llil:lhilit.y of thl" llllllunlll\'(,I'ngc amount. of wllt,er phumed <br />to he rlivertNI to t.lIl' A.l'kunsas Basin through the project works. <br />AJso, eXfiminati<'H1 of the Burea.u's operation sludics indicate t.hat <br />tbt'.re is 110 q\le~t,ion but. that the addit.ional water in tllt) ArkitH~aS <br />Bnsin cnll be mnde usable tmder the project plan of operat.ion. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~ECTlON-BY-BECTIGN ANALYSIS <br /> <br />Sect.ion 1 authorizes the Secret.ary of t.he Int.erior t.o construct and <br />op('rutc the Fryingpnn-Arknnslls project pursuant to the Federal <br />rc('llllHfltlon laws. It. fluthol'jzcs JIlodifi.clltion of the original plan <br />foJ' t.he project, se.t out in HOllse DoctlIllent H;7 in the 83d- Congress, <br />to include t.lH' HUfloi Dllll1 ItIld Reservoir ns proposed in House Docu- <br />ment. 35:3 of the t:Gt.h Congl'ess. Subsection (h) also l'eq\lll'es the <br />SeCI'p.t,HI'.\. of the J nteriol' to lIlvcst.ignte t.he fefLsihility of an ndditiollaJ <br />SJrlllll reservoir t.o ofrset possible aon-'I'se strcnrnflo\",. conditions on the <br />ROllring Fork River ill the \"icillit,\' of Aspen, hut. prohibits its con- <br />strue-tion until it !tus heen npproyell hy the Congress. Sullsect.ion (c) <br />prohibits t.he Sceretury from const.l'uet.ing t.be municipal wnter de- <br />Ii\'l'I",y facilit.ics unless he determines that it would hc inl"ensible for t.he <br />commul1ities involved to const.rlle-t, the works themselves tllHl sets out <br />t\ie repn.Ylnent requirements for such facilities in tlle event the Federal <br />GO\Terrmwnt should cnnstl'uet. tuelll. <br />Section:2 relates to project rf:payrnent. Subsect.ion (u) defines the <br />orgl1ni7.l1tions which would be eligiLle to contrnct. wit.h the Federal <br />Govcrnment and est.ablishes n IlItsic repayment, period of not. more than <br />5.0 YCfifS a{te~: compl.etiOl.l of coll~tl'uctioll fur r~pl\yment of t.he irriga- <br />tIOn eosts. ~llhsectlOJl (h) l'cqllIl'CS t.he cst,ll.bltshmr.nt. of conunereial <br />power rat.eg anu Bllmicipnl water rates which would repay t.he eosts <br />allocat.ed to these purposes with. iutercst within a 50-year period and, <br />in addit.ioll, provide financial flSSlst.nnce town.rd repfl.,ying the irrigation <br />costs. Suhsp-ction (c) gives tIle interest formula which is to be use.d <br />