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<br />Questions concerninJ>; t"e study and interest in participation sltould "e <br /> <br />directed to the Water and Power Resources Servi ce, Durango Pr-o,;ects <br /> <br />Office. P.O. Box 640, Duranll;o, Colorado 81301. telep"one 303-247-0247. <br /> <br />Purpose of tlte Jnvestill;ation <br /> <br />Feasibilitv level i.nvestill;ations of oea'<ing power were autltorizerl bv <br /> <br />PubH.c Law 89-561 rlated September 7, 1961i. C'le Dun"am Point Unit Study, <br /> <br />initiated October 1980, is J,einll; conducted to investi.gate t"e enll;ineerinll; <br /> <br />and economi.c feas ibi 1.:i. tv and the associaten. envi l"onmental impacts of the <br /> <br />Dunltam Point Uni.t. Tlte feasiJ,U ity level investill;ation wi 11 address pro'>- <br /> <br />lems and needs, evaluate resources avai.lahle, evaluate alternati.ve plans, <br /> <br />select a plan, connuct specific evaluations of t"e plan, address environ- <br /> <br />mental impacts, and produce tlte aporopriate reports. <br /> <br />scltedul.ed to take a1:>out five years. <br /> <br />'1'~e s tudv is <br /> <br />T"e reports <br /> <br />would <br /> <br />provide information for tlte Administration, <br /> <br />Conll;ress. and the public to deci..de w"et"er to fund tl,e pro.iect for ad- <br /> <br />vanced planninll;, <br /> <br />Administration of t"e InvestiJ>;ation <br /> <br />T11e directive for performinll; tlte stuny came from tlte Conll;ress of tlte <br /> <br />United States tltroug" tlte Secretary of tlte Interior. The Water and Power <br /> <br />Resources Servi.ce under the direction of its Commissioner is responsible <br /> <br />to tlte Secretary for completion of tlte study. Tl,e Commissioner Itas, in <br /> <br />turn. cl,a"ged tl,e Director of the Upper Colorado ReJ>;i.on of Water and Po"er <br /> <br />to supervise tlte study. Tecltnical direction and assistance are to 1:>e <br /> <br />supplied by Water and Power's Enll;ineeri.ng and Researc" (E&R) Center in <br /> <br />Denver, Colorado. Proll;ram pe"formance, includinll; all field level work anrl <br /> <br />caorn; nati.on 1:Jetween government, ori,vate, and contract entiti es, loT;' 1. be <br /> <br />accomplis"ed 1:>y Water and Power's Puranll;o Projects Office under tlte <br /> <br />~upervi.sion of tl,e Projects Manager. <br /> <br />4 <br />