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<br />L.' <br /> <br />001727 <br /> <br />> ~:'. ,." <br />The Initial Development phase of the project would divert only 60';000' <br /> <br />acre-feet annually from the Colorado River Basin; consequently it <br /> <br />haa been "tudied, and described herein, in greater detail than P~s <br /> <br />the second phaSp.. The Initial Development has engineering and <br /> <br />economic feasibility, its reimbursable construction cost can be re- <br /> <br />paid fully wi thin bg years, and the benefi ts exceed its cost in the <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />to 1.00. Inasmuch as the Initial Development is a <br /> <br />ratio, of <br /> <br />complete project, its authorization and construction would not imply <br /> <br />a commitment for the authorization and ~onstruction of additional <br /> <br />facilities or of the second p~ase. <br /> <br />In recognition of public benefits whjch the Initial Development <br /> <br />would create, nonreimbursable allocations of construction cost should <br /> <br />be me.de to nood cont.rol, to recreation, and to eedime';'t control, and <br /> <br />possibly to etra&m pollution abatement and to fish and wildlife if the <br /> <br />full benefIts CM be evaluated. Continuing expenses incurred in the <br /> <br />maintenance of such benefits likewise would be treated as nonreimbure,r- <br /> <br />able. <br /> <br />Detailsd investigations on the Initial Development by the ~~eau <br /> <br />of Reclamation and by cooper~ting agencies shOUld be inaugurated to <br /> <br />provide data adeQu~te for designs and construction. General planning <br />pt........ {,..... 'II..:.......,,'.."., . <br />investigations on the ~til1:ll'ii-Gr!lrtty-Diver...ion should be continued <br /> <br />to acquire information and data leading to the preparation of a report. <br /> <br />It is estimated that such feasibility investi~ation of the second phase <br /> <br />would require about 7,300 man-months ~t a total cost of $4,425,000. <br /> <br />67 <br />