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<br />.~ <br /> <br /> <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION <br /> <br />IN REPlY <br />REFER TO, 730 <br />500.- <br /> <br />SOUTHWEST REGION <br />HERRING PLAZA BOX H -4377 <br />AMARILLO, TEXAS 79101 <br /> <br />~ <br />~ 4i;l:~', <br />"''*d,' <br />~"~,,.. <br /> <br />MAY 2 3 1975 <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />MAY 2' 7 1975 <br /> <br />Mr. Felix Sparks, Director <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Attention: Mr. Robert D. McCabe <br />1845 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />COLO, WATER <br />CONSERVATION BOARD <br /> <br />~, <br />...Jt.,;J~ <br />~~:~-:~. <br />~ <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Sparks: <br /> <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. <br /> <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. <br /> <br />;:-'~;:~.:.:~ <br />r-:'->. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />f' <br />: <br /> <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). <br /> <br />.. <br />t <br />I <br />~ <br />" <br />:f:;P 1.:..... <br />f '."5- <br />.....,. .,: <br />- <br /> <br />~ ".. ~: "",~ <br /> <br />In regard to your specific question relating to administration of State- <br />owned lands within the project area, we offer the following. <br /> <br />~_. <br /> <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 <br /> <br />" <br />. <br />~ . <br /> <br />1iIoo&-_: <br /> <br />~';\'i HO~/ <br />~~ <br />~Vz <br />'76 <br /> <br />r. ,... /-,...,. ,'..., <br />';.1""",1_ . <br /> <br />r:;-::::- <br />~;W:.~ <br />t-';:.1 ,.' <br />,........:, .~. <br />- <br /> <br />Let's Clean Up America For Our 200th Birthday <br /> <br />- <br />'..... <br /> <br />,M'.r'O"-.' <br />~ '- - ;'- <br /> <br />.. ,":,-r\ <br /> <br /><:.~.~.:;. <br /> <br />',-"', -~ . <br />, ' <br /> <br />,,~, ,'~ <br />" <br /> <br />. , . . . <br />,~_,,~., ,:.~",t~~'~~~~~~~,:~~~~~;~:~~:?~:":'l~.~+~-.~'~'-,- . . <br />, , ' <br /> <br />?~-~-.~ .;-~~~\~~~:~.~ ,,~::'>.~:?J~~..:~~:~, < >-" <br />