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<br />FRYINGPAN,ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />east.ern slope for the waters thus imported i\lld~ ill nddit.ioll: for {~Ilstl'rn
<br />slope. flood wllters and winter flows uv('rllgillg ;IO,OllO ilIlllIJ3,OOO ucre-
<br />feet pCI' anllUlll, respedi\'"(~I.r. This plaIl will pw\-ide supplclIl(-'.l1tlll
<br />irrigation water for :!80~OOO /laCS of irrigllLed Ii/lid in the ArklUlsas
<br />Rin~r "llHey whieh do not flOW have till lIdequat,e, water supply, and
<br />will supply expanding needs for municipal. domestic., ~U1d illdust.rial
<br />\"'ater 011 Loth si.ocs of t.he Cont.inental Dividt'. The project will prc-
<br />YCllt a large part of tllc flood chllllllges lllong the .Al'kt1JlSHS River whi~h
<br />occur~ under present cOIldit-ions, Letw(~('n Puehlo and ~lol111 ^lnrtlll
<br />Reservoir. III ll(,l;ornplishillg these prilllary purposes of the prujl~ct.1
<br />wl)rk~ win he lWl)v\dN\ for t.he gN1Crilt.ion of nbnut 41.)9 mi\\ion kilowatt..
<br />hours of hydroelcdl'it: energy nnllu<ll1y.
<br />As previously noted, the pluII dl'st'['ibed in HOllse DoeumcnL 187
<br />involved (~onstl'uction or ASP(~1l Dlun Hnd Resen"oir on t.he Roaring
<br />Fork River 011 t.he westCl'lI slope or the Cont,incntnJ Divide. This
<br />resen'oil', t,11C cost of whicL WllS included ill the eost of the projcet,
<br />\"'-IIS designed to protect the water supply of pn'sellt lllHI prosped.ive
<br />west.ern slope \\"llt,p,r users from Hny impairment, t,hrough Ji\rersioll of
<br />westCl'll .slupe wa tel'S t.o t.he Arkausas HiveI' Basin. Furt,lwr sLudies
<br />lI:l\'\ l""\'(_,:\kll lll:\\. \.lll' ;'.lllll(' ]1mjed pllrJH)~t'5 cuuld h~ ~('rvl:d frolll
<br />(,lie propo~('d R1IPdi Dnlll alld Ht'~er\'oir on thC"Fryingpiln H.i\-/:r ttllll
<br />L1wt Lllal, n''''l'r\"oir 1_'uuId :d.-:o perf 01'111 :L Illrr,!lp.r rf'g-ul!l(.OI''y flllldioll
<br />011 (,Ill' Fr.\ illg[Jllll I{i\'(,r. Tlll'J'f'fnrl', t,he plaIt now proposed includes
<br />Hlll'di l{('::;l\I'\"oir ill lil"ll or '\~lll'll Ill':--"l"vuir.
<br />,\ l'L'POI' I , c]l~lItnll~j I'nl!llg (,he J\\:t3ihili[y ;llld jus[,jfication of pl'o\'idillg
<br />I'cplaCl\IlIC'.Jlt storage Ilnd reg-ulnlor)" stOl'llgC for COIOI':ldo Rivcr Basin
<br />uses, hils heen t.nmsmlt.ted to t,he Congress t),ttd prinLed as House
<br />Dot:ument. 3!):3, SOt.h COJlgrcss, 2d session,
<br />The priH(~-il)al dla1\g~ in thesl' hills fronl prior bills is trllt~ eliminfLt.ion
<br />of seet.ion 2 (d) or prior bills. Thi5 scct.ion would lilt \.e pl'Ovidpd for
<br />the ret.urn of a port.ioll oj' t.Ilt~ ~ost or RlIedi Hesl\n'oil' alld Ashcroft
<br />RCSl'("\-oil', or suhst,itlltC5 t.lwrefor. us if t,ll(-'s(' I't\sen-oirs \\'l~rc pllrt.ie-
<br />ip:lting jJl'ojcets lindeI' t.\w Colorado Ri,.cl' St.ol'lIge Project. .:\et of
<br />Apl"i) 11, )');)[1 (tll ~t.!ltr. )05), lllltl for all net. rCVellUt'S (lcl'i\"c(\ from
<br />t.heir opemtion to I)(~ pllid int.o the Upper Colomclo Ri\'e!' Bllsin fund.
<br />'Vithout. such pI'fH.isio!l, thcst-' hills mulw t.lw t~lltil'(' cost, of Ruedi
<br />Reser\'\)il' :\. part of t.he Fry\ngp:Ul-Arkansl\~ projel;t, 1\n(\ the reim-
<br />burslthlc e05~ tlH~\'eor ret.iHll.l\hh~ from project I'cn~nucs, Stllllics
<br />complckd in :;\'llll'l~h lfH>l ~how t,hat. t.he expl'-et.(~d I'L\\.PIllH'S of the
<br />Frying:pnn-L\.xkans:ts pl'OjecL :ue sllffil~icnt, to rMllrn thr. l'I~illlbllrslLhlc
<br />costs of the projectr, induding all of the reimhurslIble cosls of RUl.di
<br />Re:-;(~I'\'oir.
<br />These studies clemollstrr:lt,(~ the e-tfeet, of cC'l'l.:till cOIl,lit.ioIl5 of repny-
<br />ment that. were discussed during_uearings lwfol'e l.Iw Subcommitt.ee
<br />on IlTig.lt.i('!1 Hncl Rt-'('bmlltioJl, Commit,Lee Oil Illt.l-'rior lllld lll!:'ulllI'
<br />Aff:tirs, How;;c of Hcpn.sentat.ives, on H.R. 0229 Hnd compnnioll ffiellS-
<br />Ures to ilut.horiz~ the l;r.vingp:m-ArklHls:lS projt't'-L'1ll the Slhh Congre~s.
<br />Tlwse condit,ions were--
<br />(n) TIJ(~ int.(,l'('~t r:ltl~ fOI"IllUllt t'ont.ainrd in t.hl' \Y1ltCI' Supply
<br />Act of lU58 he l\pplicl\ -ill \,he, i\I1lol't.izl\t.\On or ill\erest-hc I'ing
<br />iIlVl'st.]llents. (Th,~ Sene-tlll'V of t,he 'I'rl':1.SUrv 11I1S ct'r[,ifit~.d tIle
<br />r~lt.c of 2.o~)2 pf'l'ccnt as bcini"llpplienhle fol' fis('-IlI.vt~Hr H161.)
<br />(h) Repllyment, of liB reimhursahle projee~ cost,s be uecom-
<br />p\ished within 50 y,w's.
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