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<br />348.3 <br /> <br />HOMESTAKE PROJECT <br />H..-I..- S..-T..- 0..- R..-Y <br /> <br />1954 - <br />Original water rights filing by John C. Elliott and Edgar C. <br />Weers. <br />1956 - <br />Aurora and Colorado Springs purchase share of the <br />Homestake Project <br />1958 - <br />Water rights are denied by the district court. <br />1961 - <br />Supreme Court rules in favor of Aurora and Colorado <br />Springs. <br />1963-64 - <br />Construction for Phase I contracts awarded. <br />1967 - <br />Initial delivery of Homestake water to Aurora. <br />1968 - <br />National Environmental Policy <br />Act passed. <br />1971-73 - <br />Environmental Impact Report prepared for Homestake II. <br />1971-80- <br />Federal management and U.S. Forest Service studies. <br />1980 - <br />Holy Cross Wilderness Area created by the Colorado <br />Wilderness Act <br />1982 - <br />Draft EIS published, application for Eagle County 1041 land <br />use permit <br />1983 - <br />Final EIS and U.S. Forest Service approval issued. <br />1983-86 - <br />Additional wetlands studies at request of Corps of Engineers. <br />1988. - <br />Eagle County Commissioners deny 1041 permit for <br />Homestake II. <br /> <br />JULY 1992 - <br />District Court orders Eagle County Commissioners to issue <br />1041 Permit <br /> <br />8149.700 <br /> <br />MAJOR <br />FEATURES <br />OF THE <br />HOMESTAKE <br />PROJECT <br /> <br />\ <br />I <br />; <br />i <br /> <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />! <br /> <br />Homestake Reservoir <br />Capacity: 45,000 acre-feet <br />Surface area: 344 acres <br />Homestake Dam <br />Height: 225 ft. <br />Material: rock fill with <br />asphaltic concrete face <br />Cost: $7.9 million (1964) <br /> <br />Homestake Tunnel <br />Length: 28,522 feet <br />(5 1/2 miles) <br />Size: 9 ft. 6 in. <br />Cost: $4.3 million (1963) <br /> <br />Missouri Tunnel <br />Length: 6,800 feet <br />(1 1/2 miles) <br />Cost $1.8 million <br /> <br />Diversion Structures <br />"East Homestake <br />"Sopris <br />"French <br />.Fancy <br />"Missouri <br />"Sopris Tributary <br /> <br />Otero Pump Station <br />Cost: $2.5 million <br /> <br />Delivery System <br />Length: 50.5 miles <br />Diameter: 66" <br />Cost: $14.9 million <br />