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<br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ROCKY MOUNTAIN CENTER ON ENVIRONMENT <br />4260 East Evans Avenue <br />Denver, Colorado 80222 <br />303/757- 5 4 39 <br /> <br />Apri I 5, 1972 <br /> <br />1.~~ <br />\. <br /> <br />RDMCOE INFORMATIONAL ALERT <br /> <br />U.S. SENATE BILL 520 -- TO AUTHORIZE CONSTRUCTION, <br />OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE eLOSED BASIN <br />DIVISION, SAN LUIS VALLEY ~ATER PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />Introduced February 2, 1971 by Senators Allott and Dominick <br /> <br />Environmental ists are urged to communicate with the Water and Power Resources <br />Subcommittee of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee regarding <br />this bill. Communications should applaud good points and call attention <br />to defects in the bi II or the project, as discussed below: <br /> <br />Members of the Subcommittee: <br /> <br />Anderson, Chairman (N.~exico) <br />Jackson (Washington) <br />Church (I daho) <br />Moss (Utah) <br />Burdi ck 01. Dakota) <br />Metcalf (Montana) <br /> <br />Allott (Colorado) <br />Jordon (I daho) <br />Fannin (Arizona) <br />Hansen (Wyoming) <br />Hatfield (Oregon) <br /> <br />WHAT ARE THE PROVISIONS OF SENATE BILL 520? <br /> <br />Section I would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, <br />operate and maintain the closed basin division, San Luis Valley project, <br />Colorado, including channel recti fication of the Rio Grande between the <br />reservoir point of the project and the Colorado-New Mexico State Line. <br /> <br />Secti on 2 provi des for a contro I system of observati on we II s des i gned to <br />provide positive identification of any fluctuations in the water table <br />of the surrounding area due to the project. Channelization may proceed <br />before this observation system is operational. <br /> <br />Section 3 states that United States, Texas, and Mew ~exico's right to <br />water shal I be subordinate to the needs and rights of water users in the <br />basin of or!gin. A committee shal I oversee the requirements of this <br />section and of section 2. <br /> <br />Section 4 makes project costs nonreimbursable. It also establishes the <br />priority of water availability from the project. First priority is <br />delivery of water required by the Rio Grande compact. Second priority is <br />to make up deficits that may exist in water delivery per the Rio Grande <br />compact. Third priority is for irrigation or other beneficial uses in <br />Colorado. Last priority is for maintenance of the Alamosa National <br />Wildlife Refuge. <br />