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<br />The committee majority took issue with the Bureau of the
<br />Budget, which, in its recommendation that Hualapai Dam be
<br />deferred, contended that it would alter the wilderness char-
<br />acter of that part of the river. National parks, said the com-
<br />mittee, "are not-and never have been-wilderness areas." "The
<br />Grand Canyon National Park is accessible to millions by road,
<br />rail and air travel," the report continued. "A beautiful new
<br />lake, formed by Hualapai Dam, will form a 'water way' for
<br />miles through the towering splendor of the Grand Canyon
<br />National Monument and for 13 miles along the northern bound-
<br />ary of the park itself. This water 'highway' will permit hundreds
<br />of thousands of people annually to visit and view an area now
<br />open to only a handful of daring river-runners using expensive,
<br />special equipment to carry them through the violent rapids on
<br />this stretch of the river."
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<br />The majority report also addressed itself to the economic
<br />issue and the need for supplemental water to be brought in
<br />from outside the region-a need at least partially met by the
<br />legislation in question. Speaking of the Southwest's imbalance
<br />he tween water supply and water need, the report said, "It seems
<br />to the committee that this presently thriving, prosperous area
<br />of our nation is on a collision course with economic disaster
<br />unless this water gap can be closed by augmentation of the
<br />Colorado River Basin water supplies."
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<br />A minority report also was filed, bearing the signatures of
<br />nine members of the comnlittee and charging that Arizona
<br />abrogated its Supreme Court victory to win support from other
<br />states. The dissenters agreed that Arizona should "reap the
<br />benefits" of her court victory, but they didn't like the form that
<br />the bill took. They objected to making the 1.5-million-acre-foot
<br />annual water delivery to Mexico a national obligation. They
<br />disliked the provision for a water import study. They opposed
<br />the two dams.
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<br />Separate statements were filed by other committee mem-
<br />bers who supported the project but had particular views they
<br />wished to advance. Three members-Reps. Teno Roncalio (D-
<br />Wyo.), Hugh L. Carey (D-N.Y.) and Jonathan Bingham (D-
<br />N.Y.)-wanted Marble Canyon Dam eliminated. They also ex-
<br />pressed concern that Wyoming not lose its share of Colorado
<br />River water. Still further, they wanted a prohibition written
<br />into law to bar the so-called Kanab Cutoff project. This was a
<br />proposal, to cost about $1 billion, for tunneling under the north
<br />rim of the Grand Canyon and carrying the river's flow under-
<br />ground 40 miles to Kanab Creek for power generation.
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<br />Another separate view was submitted by Representative
<br />Reinecke of California, who urged that the bill provide a deter-
<br />mination of the feasibility of water importation before author-
<br />izing the two dams.
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