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<br />it. <br />! <br />~ <br /> <br />,.., <br />I",. <br /> <br />. __l-_ <br />.\",,~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />1036 <br /> <br />LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL <br /> <br />U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ~'HE INTERIOR, <br />OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, <br />Washington, D.C., March 4, 1960. <br />Hon. SAM: RAYBURN, <br />Speaker of the II Ollse of Representatives, <br />Washington, D.C. <br />DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Mv report and findings on Ruedi Dam and <br />Reservoir, Colo., are transmitted herewit.h as provided by the Federa.! <br />reclama.tion laws. <br />The report presentE It rlan for construction of Ruedi Dam and <br />Reservoir as It feature of the Fryin€;pan-Arkansas project, in lieu of <br />the Aspen Dam and ReseI"Voir descrIbed in House Document 187, 83d <br />Congress. The attached report presentE the physical pln.n of develop- <br />for the Ruedi Dam and ReservoIr a.nd a justification for the. inclusion <br />of re~ulatory storage capacity for the purposes of municipal ",nd in- <br />dustl~al water supply or imgation, flood control, fish and wildlife <br />preseI"Vation and propagation, and recreation in the Colorado River <br />Basin. <br />The proposed storage capacity of Ruedi Reservoir is greater than <br />would be necessary solely to perform the replacement storage flUlC- <br />tion for the Fryingpan-Arkn.nsas project. For this reason, only t.hat <br />portion of the CQst which is in excess of t.he CQst. previously justified <br />for replacement st.orage at the Aspen Reservoir site is considered <br />chargeable to Colorado River Basin uses. <br />It IS [mtici pated that t.he reg'ulatory storage c"'pacity in excess of <br />that necessa.l}' tQ serve the Frymgpan-Arkansas project function will <br />be required to provide municipal ",nd industrial water supply 1lSSO- <br />ciated with the oil shale recovery industry. In the absence of fiI1\l re- <br />qUlninient.s for such water at this t.ime, it is proposed tQ apply the <br />provisions of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-500) <br />to repayment for the storage capacit.y so allocated. <br />Copies of my proposed report on Ruedi Dam and Reservoir were <br />tmnsmitted to the affected Stat.es, t.he Secreta.r} of t.he Army, and to <br />interest"d Federal agencies for comment. Copies of the comments re- <br />ceived as a result of that review are attached to the report. <br />The report and copies of all comments received were transmitted <br />to the President through the Bureau of the Budget on February 25, <br />1960. A copy of the letter from the Bureau of the Budget dated <br />March 4, 1960, indicating there would be no objection to submission <br />of this report to the Congress is attached. <br />Sinc~rely }Olll~, <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />ELMER F. BENZ'I.'"ET'l', <br />Acting Secl'etrtry of the Interior. <br />(Ident.icrtl letter to Hon. Riel",rd M. Nixon, President of the Sen- <br />ate, Wnshington, D.C.) <br />m <br />