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<br />.. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />April 8, 1970 <br /> <br />DRAFT OF lHTHESS ST'\TEM41T <br />------.--...-----..---..-- <br /> <br />I'X<:'~"cL La":.d 110 ld i!1..&'!. <br /> <br />160::~~_gTJ!!.tation Haived <br /> <br />With the possible exception of a fe" small tracts, all of the <br /> <br />irrigable lands to be served by the Narrows unit through the LOI,'er South <br /> <br />Platte Conservancy Dt.strict are also in the Northern Colorado Water <br /> <br />Conservancy District "hich is the operating and contractual entity for <br /> <br />. the Colorado-Big Thompson project, Thus, the duplicated lands and aHected <br /> <br />villages and trnms "ill be subject to ad valorem tax levies by each <br /> <br />di.s trict. <br /> <br />The Colorado-Big Thompson project "as exempted from the provisions <br /> <br />of the 160-.acre limitation by the act of June 16, 1938; 52 Stat. 764; <br /> <br />43 U.S,C. 386 dlich states in part: "That the excess-land provisions of <br /> <br />the Federal reclamatIon laws shall not be applicable to lands "hich nrn, <br /> <br />have an irrigation water supply from sources other than a Federal reclama- <br /> <br />tion project and which will reeeive a supplemental supply from the Colorado- <br /> <br />Big Thompson project." <br /> <br />]J?S2.::Ac;:x~_1J_lJ!i t '!t_ioll..Allli..li~<.!. <br /> <br />If the Harrows Unit, Missouri River Basin Project must meet the <br /> <br />160.-acre limitation, there will be little change in the proposed proj ect <br /> <br />operation. There are several tabulations of project lands which refleet <br /> <br />.different estimates of the excess ~auds: <br /> <br />The .land classification ill the 1967 Report included a total <br /> <br />survey of 210 ,215 acres of ,,;-11ch 25, g17 acres or 12% were <br /> <br />considered e~cess lands. <br /> <br />~-9-7l> <br /> <br />~ " <br /> <br /> <br />i~; <br />