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<br />Federal Power,'Commission. These allocations should be reported in advance:q;'
<br />the sttlft oC COll5tn~ctioll of any group of related features. _'.
<br />3. In plannillg the control and utilization of the waters of the MisSOllri ~asirl.~
<br />the widest. range of mult,iple benefit.s should be sought in each feature or groUJ'?
<br />of features. . All' reservoirs included in the comprch~nsi\"e piau, including F9.~t'
<br />Peck, should be ope.rated to obt.ain the maximum lIenefits in common for ~oQd
<br />control, navigation. irrigat.ion, pmver generat.ion, and other water-conservatiQp'
<br />actj,..ities, inc\ndit~g. but lIot limited to, utilizat.ion for fish and wildli.fe prescr....it:.
<br />Uoo, recreat.ion, pollution abatelllent~ maintenance of surfacc and ground wa~er~
<br />lcyels, silt control, Rnd domest,ic and industrial pllfpOSCS. To the ext.ent., hO'Y'-
<br />eycr; that. several fLlI.1ctiol1s of wa1.er ~on.t.rol and utilization are conflictin!;,;, pr. ~~:.
<br />erellce should 1)1) given to functions. which contri_bute most significantly ~o t~e
<br />welfare and livelihood of the largest number of people, It is, for example, th~
<br />view of the Bllreau ()f Reclamation, than.he waters of t,he l\Iis.':iollri River and ~t8
<br />tribut,aries wcst of or ent.ering above Sioux City are'more useful to more people
<br />if utilized for d_o.Q1es~ic, agricultural, and'filldustrial pWfPoses than for navigntioll-
<br />iml~ro\"~ment pllfp'IJSes. '1'0 the extent ~1\~t, these uses a-rc <;ompet.itive, domestic,
<br />agncult-ural, and 1.l}dust.ri!t1 uses sh()lild JIve preferclJce. .
<br />.' 4. The Corps d( ,Engineers should con u<;t'l.SlJlcrat.e, and maintain an)' feat.ure
<br />1I1 \\'h., ieh flood cor\1.tol and lfa\"jgatioll are OIu.!l;lJtnt. <;qlls.idcrnt.ion$.. and ~he B.ureall
<br />of H~91al)lati~:m. ShQ.'.U!~~ ,1:0. nstrll~.t, operlJ"t t!J.ln~" ai,lJ. t..:l.. in fLl.l~' fCfl,~u.r.e in 'which- the
<br />fllI1C~IO\l~ 'Of IrrlglLtl(~ll',.l,.r~.:;tora-~lOn o~ sl,(.rfa~e , "rQuqQ ;'tYlltcr.1~}".ef~\ lfru;l.power
<br />are rlpJUlIlant, To.t.ue<p.;te~)t ~hn.t'" lr,r,lflntJCI.n, F_~~ o.~a;~~Ov Q( Sll.1"!aco p.n(;t-;gr?und
<br />water leycls IllJd J!owe('-;.t1'i'i::S.IIVo.1Yed. 1I1 the cons~r~c_t:HYHi'ol}qr,n.~~o'~J lilJ-d H}8,lIlte-
<br />Ilance of features III wJllch'~00.d cqr'ltrol and nllvlgaholl ,flre;.rlomlliAllU, 'the Corps
<br />of Engineers would a.d\'i5q Rt\Q,',consJ.,11t- ~'it,h the Bl~r~.l}u' .of Reclq.~I}.,at,ion ~n the
<br />COrls.tr.llctiO.I.',. operation, 811d. nln.,jqtCllal'i' 'of ~l.lCh fCl1t.llfes; and to t.he.r:;oi..te.nt .tb..R.....t
<br />flood c:ontr,{ll and nu\'ignt.ion are iTl\'o'lv~ ' ill rent.ures in which irriga~ioT), restora-
<br />tion of Sllr[a:ee and grolllld \vater level lJd power are dominant, the BlIr~~u' '9f
<br />Reclamatioll wOlllrt call suit and art\"is~ 'ith the Corpg of Engineerg in t.IW'..con:..
<br />st.rllction, operat.ion, and muintenlltlCe' '~~I..ch featllfcs. fl" 'I:' .
<br />5. The main-stem reservoirs below F. i.t'.~ck dam as described in (he ,d,Qf
<br />the Board of Rive~~. And ,Harbors all.,:!. 'finally lI.nt,horized, because' ffie~r
<br />peculiarly close re._t.," J11ihip with flood c n~.~Ql:,and l1a\,.jg[l,t.io~ 1.)(l!OW Si?lIX;-C!ty,
<br />should be comitruc. ' ~ operated, and mal!!, n.ed hy the Corpg of Engmecr~_.
<br />The ~orps shollld, h ver, cono:ult, with t eau of Reclalll~~!OI,l in au;'ancc
<br />of desigtling or cOllstrlJCLing the necessary dam ' ,~:..O.Jicjer that the pU!,l.l, .purposefully
<br />rendered flexible in the report of t.he Board of rti"6~, il;1}d JIarborsj WJjl be adjusted
<br />to the needs of irri~atiull and power, as they are developed b)' the fl1:t:reitu- of Rec-
<br />lamation in North. Dakot.a. and SOllth Dakota n'":nd, if and when appropriate, other
<br />States of the arid and semiarid zope.' .
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<br />RECLAMATIO'N.'S .INTERE::;lT
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<br /><" ,(u.For th~ )lUrpo,se of indicating3ll,e e"te~t ,of .th~ intcrests 'of the
<br />1 . . 'HI of ReclaIl)(1t\Qn'JI\ tIle. J\{j~sonrI R,l\'cr :Bti~m,. yoy llH!'y find
<br />. ,c,.' '"' . hmting dat" :<{cye)0ped by' o,nr studies, At the present tUI\e
<br />. \,:.;t ,.~I1I'C 4,185,000 lter'is or ]an<nrr~galed in the ent.ire basi", of .which
<br />" : .555; ,QO aTe ,in ~1'cderul vroject.s. . The irrigl!-t,ioll \\'01'1\5 serl.ing this
<br />'Juw! ,n'pJ,:~cab lI1yestment,s totl~)Wg a.pproxHllU.tely $200,000,000 . of.
<br />Whir.], . ':F.i 8,000 are ..I'a Fe,!enll' proj":ets:.. A.., t ,prcsctlt lh.e. rc.,..!tr:e
<br />1,34 ry r-st.oruge reservOIrs. m the baSH .:;l(\fl1.l\hn::;., 11 thn t pbncl-
<br />pull. ",e fOT J!ower genemtJon,Exe~ '~jpf the ~ort Peek res~r-
<br />VOIr;, ,.' ~ll .lul$ fl CN?{lr~t~y of 19,412 . -;~cr!-3-feet, these res~rvgJr:s
<br />have a'combll1c<!.c . If.\ty:of 8,116,00 r '-leet of w~ltrr, . A~pr~~~'1t.
<br />there are hYdro. ::pI~. n.ts 1Il the b 1\ of a ~o. tal m. stalle~li1li'll. I1G:lty
<br />of 461,:383 kIlm, . 'Juehabout 100,000 kilowatts are In' ederdl
<br />power plnnts, ',; . - .:'
<br />Onr stud.ies indi. . l\!j. .a(I~it.ionl1] 4,1JlQ,0~O acres..of I 1l<;Hn.
<br />t.he.basul, cap be irl'! 9;;,QOO acres fliOn' th~ l)lllia,strell)p .iMI~
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