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000:42 The WWDC prepared a study and report in compliance with Enrolled Act 49, entitled Cheyenne Water Project Feasibility Study (Water Resources Research Institute, 1979). This study dealt almost exclusively with the evaluation of Cheyenne's proposed Stage II water project. The study also evaluated the pro- jected needs and the existing water supplies of several southeast Wyoming com- munities. The WWDC, in its "Report to the Wyoming Legislature" (WWDC, 1979), recommended that monies be allocated to prepare a feasibility report detailing storage development programs to meet in-basin needs of the Little Snake River drainage, The WWDC, based upon WRRI's study, also recommended evaluation of the feasibility of constructing a transbasin diversion pipeline to meet the increas- ing needs of North Platte River basin communities. The 1980 session of the Wyoming Legislature, through Enrolled Act 43 (W.S. 41-2-211[b] Sections 2 and 3), appropriated monies and directed the WWDC to prepare a feasibility study and preliminary engineering plans for Stage III of t.he Litt.le Snake River Wat.er Management Project as defined in W.S. 41-2-204(a)(iv) and (v). The WWDC was also directed to study the requirements for a reservoir or reservoirs to meet in-basin needs fur the Little Snake River drainage. The WWDC selected Banner Associates, Inc., of Laramie and Cheyenne, Wyoming, to conduct the feasibility study for "Stage III" of the Little Snake River Water Manrtgement Project. Banner Associates, Inc. in turn selected specialty sub- contractors to provide expertise in two highly technical areas of the feasi- bility study. Environmental Research & Technology, Inc. was selected to prOVide the appropriate environmental expertise to evaluate the impact of the alter- native projects. Mr. William A. Clevenger, Chairman of the Board for Woodward- Clyde Consultants, supervised and conducted the geotechnical investigations of the various dam sites evaluated in this study. 1-2