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<br /> <br />32 <br /> <br />CO~ORAPO RIY~R S~ORAGEPROJEQT <br /> <br />'EXHIBIT C.-OoMrado River storage project units and participating projects which <br />were substantially ,completed_as of June 30,1966 ' <br /> <br />FLAMING GORGE STORAGE UNIT, UTAH~WYOMING <br /> <br />Construction started: September 1957,_ <br />Substantially completed: June 1964. <br />Interest rate on COS~B allocated to power: 2.875 percent. <br /> <br />. Power production' <br />Initial: Novell\ber 11, 1963. <br />Kilowatt capaQity: 108,000 kilowatts. <br />Number of units: 3. <br />Net generation: to date: 996,533,843. kil(jwatt~hour8 <br />Full: February 12, 1964. <br />Size units: 36,000 kilowatts. <br />Primary-project ~ostB other than sec. _8: <br />Flaming Gorge Darn and Re8ervoir~______~R_"___________-_-- <br />Flaming Gorge powerplant and Bwitchyard_________________ <br />General property ___ __ __ _____ --- - -- -- --------------- ----- <br />Interest during constructioll_ _ ___...._______....;..____...._____~---- <br /> <br />Total, costs other than sec. 8_d__________n______n___n <br />Seo.8.costs: i <br />Fish and witdlife__ _ _ ____________________________________ <br />Reoreation_i_ _ _ ...."'" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.... -.. - - - - - - - -.. - - - -.- - - -- <br />Total, see; 8 costs__.-..:------nn----n----n-----,------ <br />Total, estfmated project,cost__",:_ __.._,____ __.... ------ ------'-, <br />Tentative allocation (excludes sec. 8 'costs): <br />Reimbursable: <br />Irrigation___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.. - - -.;. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -;.. - - - - - - -.. <br />Power_....___.... __ __ __ ___ __ __ --..:. - --..- --.- ------- --------- <br />Other (contributions and CRDF)______________________ <br /> <br />Subtbtal_______c__________________________________ <br />Nonreimbursable: Fish and wildlife________________________ <br /> <br />Total___~--------------------------------------~----- <br /> <br />Probablerepay~ellt: , <br />Power reveuues_ _ _ _ ___ ___________ ----<..-------- -.;.- - --- --- <br />Contributiop.s and CRDF _ _ ___n_....__n__~____....__;.._.____n_ <br /> <br />Total__"___________________________.__________~_____; <br /> <br />E8tjmatedcoit~ <br />$46,407,000 <br />15,302,000 <br />3,530,000 <br />3,427,000 <br /> <br />68,666,000 <br /> <br />1,439,000 <br />9,821,000 <br />II, 260, 000 <br />79,926,doo <br /> <br />16,101,000 <br />44,861,000 <br />309,000 <br />61,271,000 <br />. 7, 395, 000 <br />68, 6.66, 000 <br /> <br />60,962,000 <br />309,000 <br />61, 271,QOO <br /> <br />Fla1TJ.ing Gorg:c Dam is located on the Green River in northeastern Utah, abQut <br />40 ,road miles n:orth of Vernal, Utah, and 32 rivor miles downstrea,m from the <br />Utah'" Wyoming :State line. The dam. is a concrete thin-arch structure rising 502 <br />feet above bed~ock., The reservoir has a capacity of 3,789,000 acre-feet and, <br />when full, wHl extend upstream 91 miles, nearly to the town of Green River, <br />'Wyo. The Fla:ming Gorge storage unit has two principal functions-develop- <br />ment of water resources in the upper basin by providing long-term storaKo regula- <br />tion of the flow Of the Green River and generation of electrical energy. Revenues <br />from the sale oC;power will be used to help pay construction costs of the dam and <br />reservoir and assist in repa~ment of irrigation costs of participating projects. , <br />The National: Park SerVICe and U .8. Forest Service have cooperated closely in <br />developing recreational sites on ,Flaming Gorge Lake. Recreation facilities have <br />been developed:at Lucerne Valley, Antelope Flats, Buckboard Crossing, Dutch <br />John Draw, and Cedar Springs, where boat ramps, picnic and campground areas, <br />concession facilities, etc., are available for publiC use. .Boat ramps.are in use at <br />three other sites on the central and upper portions of the lake. A visitor cente r <br />at Flaming Gorge D~tm .is operated .jointly by the National Pnrk Service, the <br />U .8. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Reclamation. <br />