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t:'" I' <'.. ~ ;)~I,,)\J . 2. Issue: One error the Project made was in no inclusion of floon control on all of its dams. Raised by: Name Representing Bernard Smith Lake County Soil Conservation District Response: The Bureau of Reclamation by letter dated August 13, 1968, requested that the Corps of Engineers' evaluation for flood control be expanded to include not only Pueblo Dam and Reservoir, but the flood control aspects of all of the eastern slope Fryingpan-Arkansas Project features 0 The following quote is from the Corps of Engineers' report, "Flood Control Fryingl'an-Ark.ansas Project," dated January 1969: . "2. SCOPE - The major East Slope features of the Fryingpan- Arkansas Project include Sugar Loaf Dam (Turquoise Lake); Mt. Elbert Canal and Forebay; Twin Lakes Dam; Otero Canal; Clear Creek Reservoir; Pueblo Dam and Reservoir; and the Arkansas Valley Municipal pipeline. All of the features except Pueblo Dam and Reservoir and the Arkansas Valley Municipal pipeline would be constructed above Canon City which is the upstream limit of the Arkansas River Basin susceptible to significant mainstem flooding. Therefore, the flood control effect of these features, regardless of their size, would be negligible. The Pueblo Dam and Reservoir will control about one-third of the Arkansas River Basin above Las Animas and will have major flood control effects. The Arkansas Valley Municipal pipeline would have no effect on flood control. Since the Pueblo Dam and Reservoir project is the only feature which would have significant flood control effects, the remainder of this report will be limited to the flood control operations and flood control benefits of that feature." The Bureau of Reclamation has complied with the flood storage re~uire- ments recommended by the Corps of Engineers in Pueblo Reservoir and will operate the reservoir flood pool in accordance with their instructions. Turquoise Lake, Twin Lakes and Clear Creek. Reservoir will be operated to intercept the spring runoff, thus trapping some flood inflows and protecting the downstream areas. Ruedi Reservoir operation at the present time is in compliance with the request of fish and wildlife interests. In order to provide maximum Ie XI-444