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<br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />(e) A definite pl:>!l be mllde for tbe rcpl1.vl1lcnt of defel'red
<br />1l11l11icifJtll nntl indusLritll water supply allocu.t.lOl1 In Rucc.h DllIll
<br />and Reservoir.
<br />The studies l1re summurized. in the supplcmcnt[d feasibility analysis,
<br />}'ryingpnn-ArktlllSltS project, Colom~o, ?\'l:11T.h 19tH, iL tupy of whit.:h
<br />is n.ttached t.o :Iud made n, part of this letter.
<br />The opl'l'uting principles referred to in sc(~tion ;3 of the bills were
<br />first. printed in House Document IS7. They hn,ve since been modified
<br />and tlmcndud to conform with cllIlnges jn t.he. plan ltllU (,0 accom-
<br />modat.e t.he pluu of repayment for Ruedi Reservoir disellsscd above.
<br />The modified operuting pl'inciples, us htst amended on December 9,
<br />1960, fl.nd printed as House Doc-umcIlt 130, 87th Congress, lU'C ac-
<br />cept.a.hIe to t.his Dl'.partmcnt :18 tL basis for project opcri1,tion. J
<br />The iLrea I1ffcct,ed by tile proposed projeet is ~Lfl 1'Ll'C:L contt1ining l
<br />out.st.tl.lHling fish Hnd wildlife resuurces. The operat.ing principles ~
<br />will stl.feguard l.he higl.1ly import.IUll, sport nshery all t,he. west.ern slope
<br />bY'providing for et~rt.ilin specified minimum flows in lhe ROHring Fork
<br />and Fryingpiiri Rivers. This Depn,rtment expect.s :'1.150 to work out
<br />operlt1.illg pliLlls to prated, to the fullest. extent pract.icfl.ble, t,llc poten-
<br />t.inlly import.ant sport. fishery resources in t.he hefLdwfLters of t.hc
<br />Arkl\n~llS River on the east.ern slope. This tU'elL is relllt.ivcly dose
<br />to popuh"':tion centers in enst.-centl'ld Colorado nnd is subject to helt'\Y
<br />use h.v sportsmen. The inclusion of conscrvation and development
<br />of fish alld wildlife us one of the purposes of the project ill seeLion I
<br />of the bills, Logethel' with t.he ,wthority provide,l in section 4(n) Ilnd
<br />in t.he Fish tllld \Vildlifc Coordination Act" will permit. rCllsonnblc
<br />modifications ill the project plan for tlH~ consen~tLtion and develop-
<br />ment of fish nnd wildlife resources as t,he DepaI't.nlCl1t nl!'LY find desir-
<br />ublc t.o m:1kc under t.lw n.uthnrity of the proposr,d lcgislllt,ion. Such
<br />modifications will he principully in the plan of opemtion find not in
<br />construction of the projeet.. The bills pro\'ido the Ilexibility needed to
<br /><:fl.rry out the invcstigat.ions ft.nu plannillg for tlle con:iervation and
<br />development of fisu ~tnd wildlife reSOl/rces that ure reqllil'cd in the
<br />post.l1utllOriztttion stnge.
<br />The pending bills would nlso provide for the const.rudion. opel'ilt,ion.
<br />and JIlail1tel1l1IlCe of puulic rccrcnt,ion facilities on J.wds withdrawn
<br />or Itcquirntl for the FryingplllI-Arkl111SUS project. The costs nssociuted
<br />witb such bcilit.ies would he Jlolll'eimblll's:'Lblc. l\~c- ~lwollrilge de-
<br />vrlopment of public recreation facilities on 1unds wil.,hdrllwn or
<br />ucq'lircd ill connecLion with t.he development of Fedoral rCChllllut,ioll
<br />projects. In t.lw absence of one uniform nl1t.ir)ll111Il'Lw governing trhe
<br />dc\"eloplllent of recreation resources, it is desi"I'Lble t.lmt -t.he merits of ,'I
<br />recrf'll.t.lonal development be considered ill' connect-joll with ell,ell
<br />individu:lI pl'Ojl'et. ' I
<br />In our opinion cert111n provisions of the billl'equire modifiClttion and
<br />we recommend t.he ndoption of Ilme.ndment,s suhskwt.ially as set fDrt,11
<br />below. 'V(,_ further point out. some provisions of the hill which, while
<br />not essentinl, fire not ohjedionallle:
<br />1. III line I on pnge 3 of H. [{, 2207 l1nd H.R. 2208 :Iud inliue ~ on
<br />pnge 3 of H.K no!) ,wd H.R. 2200, t.he wmds "Castle Creek,:I t,ribu-
<br />tIll"}" of" should he insert,ell between the words "on" Hnd "the".
<br />2, The lllst sentence of section 1 (I>) hll~ h~en llddcd to t.he se(~t.ioll
<br />'requiring t.he Se.cretllry 1,0 expedite tue phultling report 011 the BllSIllt
<br />project, Colorndo. 11S a Pllrtie.iplll.,ing project or the Colorado River
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