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,~ " O~0124 . . Mr. Warren D. Fairchild August 19, 1974 Page eight unit would conserve and regulate water for the Denver metropolitan area, develop peaking power, and provide significant recreational benefits. The Regional Director's Draft Proposed Report is scheduled for completion in September 1974. d. Narrows unit - The unit will provide supplemental irrigation, flood control, recreation enhancement, fish and wildlife conservation and development, and potential future municipal and industrial water supplies. The Environmental Impact Statement is currently being rewritten and is scheduled for filing with the Council of Environmental Quality in April 1975. Execution of the repayment contracts with the Lower South Platte and Northern Colorado Water Conservancy Districts and the State of Colorado is expected in the spring of 1975. Beginning in FY 1973, the Corps of Engineers initiated a study of the water and related land resources problems in metro- politan Denver and the South Platte River and tributaries in Colo- rado, Wyoming, and Nebraska. The goal of the study is to develop an integrated water and related land management program within the South Platte River Basin. The study is scheduled for completion in FY 1977. Smail Watershed Projects (PL 566) under way in FY 1974 by the Soil Conservation Service included the f11owing: 'a. Handy Ditch Watershed - The Preliminary Work Plan Supplement received technical review and is being revised. b. Boxe1der Creek Watershed - The Project Plan was approved for 'operations, and design investigations are in progress. c. Sedqwick-Sand Draws - The field review was com- pleted, and the final draft work plan and the environmental state- ment were approved for a public information meeting. Principles and Standards requirements were developed. d. Henry1yn watershed - The watershed investigation report was completed. The preliminary investigation study is under way.