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<br />. <br /> <br />JUfJGi:. 3T ...,r III (;olorado, the only project that has reached any stege of <br />consideration is the. Weminuche Pass Diversion to the San Luis Project. This <br />involves the transmo'\lntain diversion of an average of 21,000 acre-feet annually <br />in Colorado. The others are included as potentialities. <br /> <br />MR. EDMOI'J1lS; Would the San Juan-Chama be a transmountain diversion? <br /> <br />JUDGE STONE: Yes, New Mexico can answer this. <br /> <br />MR; hILSON: The San Juan-Chama would be a transmountain diversion. The South <br />San Juan would be a within basin project. These studies are being conducted for <br />Regions 4 and ~ of the Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />MR. TIPTON: Th;i:s is not entirely a New lVlexico problem because some water will <br />come from Colorado. :The Rio Grande Compact states that transmountain diversions <br />must be made without injury to Colorado users. <br /> <br />JUDGE STONE: If there are no more questions from Colorado, New Mexico is next. <br /> <br />MR. BLISS; We h'ad a meeting at Fa!'ll1ington last night to discuss the storage <br />project. We included; the La Plata, Pine River and Hammond as participating <br />projects. TheShiprock Project is of Serious concern to New Mexico. It could be <br />of such unreasonable .size that it could injure other state developments. We are <br />working closely With the Bureau of Reclamation and the Indian Service to see if the <br />State and Indians cannot agree on a reasonable size project. The storage report <br />mentions 9 reservoirs, to control 48,000,000.. acre-feet. These are the most <br />efficient reservoirs ~o far found, I suggest that it might be desirable to construct <br />a less efficien~ reservoir such as the Bluff Site on the San Juan so that Glen <br />C!lnyon would not fill. up With silt when first built and would thus have a longer <br />life. <br /> <br />MR. IARSJN: Thi$ is a detail which shollld be considered. There is a technicaJ. <br />question involved heI'$ which l will be glad to explain to you lS.ter. The finaJ. <br />selection of particip~ting projects is up to the states. I do not want to infer <br />that the Bureau is selecting the participating projects. <br /> <br />JUDGE STONE: BrElitenstein, I wonder if you would review the motions and <br />resolutions at other meetings in the state. At Craig they adopted three resolutions. <br /> <br />MR. BREITENSTEIN: (Mr. Breitenstein read the resolutions passed at Craig <br />and Grand Junction. '!lhese resolutions are not given verbatim, but the gist of the <br />resolutions fo1J.ow). The resolutions; adopted at Craig, Colorado, were: <br /> <br />1. Approved in principle the Colorado River Storage Interim Report. <br />2. That tJie fi!'Sit unit of the holdover storage reservoirs to be constructed <br />should be the Echo Par~ Reservoir. <br />3. That some revision be made in the boundaries; of the Dinosaur NationaJ. <br />Park Boundaries; by exchange of lands or otherwise to permit building of <br />Echo Park Res~rvoir. <br /> <br />At Grand Junction. the resolutions were: <br /> <br />1. Agreed With the Craig resolution that Echo Park be built first but modified <br />it so tpat th(l Gunnison River Project would be on a par with Echo Park. <br />2. That cotlStruc~ion of Glen CSl'lYo!l Rel,lervo:l.r be deferred until Eoho Park <br />and Gunl1illon River Storage proved to be inadequate~ <br />...5... <br /> <br />j <br />