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<br />. <br /> <br />on""'" - i:: <br />I" /'<1 JJ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />PACIFIC SOUTHWEST INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE <br />Quarterly Report for Colorado <br />65-3 Meeting <br /> <br />Construction <br /> <br />At Blue Mesa Dam, CURECANTI UNIT, a major portion of <br />the work is being concentrated on concrete placement in the <br />powerplant structure and the outlet works stilling basin, and in <br />placing earthfill and rockfill in the dam embankment. With over <br />90 percent of the work finished, it is expected that the prime <br />contract will be completed early next spring. Initial filling of <br />the reservoir is scheduled to begin this fall. <br /> <br />Construction at Morrow Point Dam is about 28 percent <br />complete. The contractor has finished excavation below the stream- <br />bed for the dam foundation and the first concrete will be placed <br />about September 1. Other work includes drilling operations in <br />the tunnels and work on the crest access road. <br /> <br />Crystal Dam, third of the three major dams of the <br />CURECANTI UNIT, moved into the construction stage with award of <br />a $936,000 contract for construction of an access road leading <br />to the damsite. This contract is now approximately 50 percent <br />complete. Award of the prime contract for the dam is scheduled <br />next spring. <br /> <br />The contractor for construction of Rifle Gap Dam of the <br />SILT PROJECT is making good progress. Principal activities in- <br />volve excavation for the dam embankment foundation, the spilling <br />structure, in the Rifle Creek borrow area, and a portion of the <br />relocated state Highway; placement of dam embankment; and place- <br />ment of concrete in the diversio~ tunnel invert. The contract is <br />approximately 27 percent complete. <br /> <br />Feasibility Investigations and Reports <br /> <br />A meeting was held in Cortez, Colorado, on June 28, <br />1965, with the Ute Mountain Tribal Council concerning Indian <br />participation in the DOLORES and ANINAS-LA PLATA PROJECTS. The <br />Tribal Council appeared to be interested in participating in the <br />projects. <br /> <br />On the UPPER GUNNISON PROJECT collection of agricul- <br />tural, economic, and irrigation data is in progress on representa- <br />tive farms selected for evaluation in determining the scope of <br /> <br />:. ,: <br />