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<br />~ f"'.~ ...... <br />'.1."~ !. ;J <br /> <br />implication from the title of the project--that--tnrs-diversion-ts-but-a <br /> <br />stage of a larger development, the name of the project should be changed <br /> <br />to "The Roaring Fork-Arkansas Project" or "The Frying Pan-Arkansas <br />Project." This point was diseussed at length'in Committee deliberations <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />but no formal action was taken thereon. <br /> <br />Messrs. Delaney and White have <br /> <br />requested that these comments contain a statement of their position on <br /> <br />this point. <br /> <br />In line with this thought, it is noted that the discussion on <br /> <br />Pages 58 through 60 of the speeial report dated September 1949 concerning <br /> <br />-~- -- <br />'" '~:~,pian~Xor-futus~"':e!pariston-6fthe initial~phase,devel~p~~:~~~~i v~rsi~_,_ <br /> <br />--. -- - <br />,_" "n~~~' from"oth:.r ,~t~i~t;ri;q 'oi- the Wiioarlng' f;r}(Ri ver,~an.d :fron(tn~Gunn.i~~ ' <br />-~----~-----~ - -- -- - ---- --- -;-:: --~ ".--- -- - ~ - - -- --- ----"- . -- -- - -- ------ - <br />::- -". uRive'Y'@.!l=-de~'cii.~d~ ',..:-'.To'carry out 'ther.ecoinrnehda:~iol}.s 01'~~hiB COiiiiiif~t"i~~..: <br /> <br />--~ <br />--- <br /> <br />in this regard, it is recommended that the discussion shm'm on these <br /> <br />pages be deleted from the final draft of report. <br /> <br />Relationship to Green Mountain Reservoir <br /> <br />At the meeting held January 6, 1949, in Grand Junction, Colorado, <br /> <br />'i <br /> <br />the Committee passed a resolution to the effect that' the benefits and rights <br />of the Western Slope in the Green Mountain Reservoir of the Colorado-Big <br />Thompson Project as defined in Senate Document 80 (75th Congress, 1st Session) <br /> <br />'I' <br /> <br />shall not be impaired by the Initial Phase of the Gunnison-Arkansas Project. <br /> <br />More Efficient Use of Arkansas Itiver Water <br /> <br />Review of your reports discloses the fact that in the winter months <br /> <br />part of the Arkansas River streamflo" is diverted to irrigate4 lands in the <br />I <br /> <br />valley. The tentative plans for the project contemplate the proviaion of <br /> <br />storage capacity that can be used in many years to regulate such ..Tinter <br />