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<br />- <br />001031 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Flaming Gorge is steadily dropping and now stands at about elevation <br /> <br />5,940 feet with slightly over 970,000 acre-feet in storage on February 1. <br /> <br />With releases averaging about 3,200 c.f.s., we expect the reservoir to <br /> <br />drop to about elevation 5,908 feet (580,000 acre-feet) in May, then rise <br /> <br />to about 5,930 feet (898,000 acre-feet) in J~. <br />Glen C~on remains at its mini:mum power pool (elevation 3,490 feet) <br />and will remain at about that level until spring runoff of 1966. This <br /> <br />will require some very high bypasses in the spring months. We will forego <br /> <br />further storage in Lake Powell until we restore Lake Mead to its rated head. <br /> <br />If our 9,OOO,000-acre-foot forecast materializes, we hope to reach this <br /> <br />level in J~ 1965. <br /> <br />We will initiate storage in Blue Mesa in November 1965 if runoff is <br /> <br />sufficient and if construction progress will permit it. <br /> <br />Lake Mead now stands at elevation 1,090 or about 1 3/4 feet higher <br />than the minimum elevation it reached on December 30, 1964. We expect <br /> <br />the lake level to remain essentially constant until the spring snowmelt <br /> <br />runoff begins in late March. <br /> <br />General Investigations <br /> <br />Feasibility Investigations <br /> <br />The AnilIlaa-La, Plata project feasibility report was transmitted to the <br /> <br />Bureau of the Budset on April 10, 1964, to obtain views of that agency rel- <br /> <br />ative to submittal of the report to Congress. <br /> <br />The Dolores project feaSibility report was adopted by the Secretary <br />on October 2, 1964. The report has been sent to State and Federal agen- <br />cies for formal review under Flood Control Act of 1944. The Secretary <br /> <br />4 <br />