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<br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
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<br />REFER TO, 730
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<br />SOUTHWEST REGION
<br />HERRING PLAZA BOX H -4377
<br />AMARILLO, TEXAS 79101
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<br />MAY 2 3 1975
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<br />MAY 2' 7 1975
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<br />Mr. Felix Sparks, Director
<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board
<br />Attention: Mr. Robert D. McCabe
<br />1845 Sherman Street
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
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<br />CONSERVATION BOARD
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<br />Dear Mr. Sparks:
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<br />Thank you for your letter of May 2 concerning the rights-of-way for State-
<br />owned lands in connection with the Closed Basin Division, San Luis Valley
<br />Project, Colorado.
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<br />The Closed Basin Division was authorized by Public Law 92-514 dated
<br />October 20, 1972, for the principal purposes of salvaging, regulating, and
<br />transporting salvaged Closed Basin water to the Rio Grande to help meet
<br />the United States' obligation to Mexico under the 1906 treaty and provide
<br />additional waters to Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas for irrigation and '
<br />municipal and industrial use. The division will provide a water supply to
<br />the Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge and establish the Mishak Lakes National
<br />Wildlife Refuge.
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<br />Further study and data gathering are awaiting the appropriation of precon-
<br />struction planning funds. Exact locations for wells, laterals, and trans-
<br />mission lines will be determined in those studies. The latest information
<br />available concerning the number and location of wells is that presented in
<br />our July 1963 report (House Document 91-369, copy enclosed).
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<br />In regard to your specific question relating to administration of State-
<br />owned lands within the project area, we offer the following.
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<br />The major part of the project area would be used for location of production
<br />wells and associated buried pipelines. For this purpose, we anticipate
<br />securing easements for construction and maintenance of these facilities.
<br />The authorizing act requires that the operation of the project shall not
<br />cause the water table, available for any existing irrigation or domestic
<br />well, to drop more than 2 feet nor affect existing artesian flows. The
<br />act also provides for an operating committee which shall determine that
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