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. t \J P- I J.l. , 1041 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF RECLAMATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, B URE.o\ U OF RECLA::\fA TION, WlUJhington, D.C."February 16, 1960. THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. SIR: This is my report on a plan of develol?ment for t.he Ruedi Dam and Reservoir, Colo. It is based upon and mcludes my proposed re- port of October 23, 1959, which you approved and adopted on October 27, 1959. Copies of the proposed report were transmitted to the affected States of the Arkansas and the Colorado River Basins, the Secretary of the Army, and to the int.erested Federal agencies for review as required by law and by interagency agreement. An those who received the re- port officially ha,'e replied except the St.ates of Arizona and Nevada, which would not be substantially affected by the proposed develop- ment. Copies of the letters of comment received are attached. The proposed project is supported by the State of Colorado and has its full and unequivocal approval as evidenced by the letter of No' vember 24, 1959, from the director of the Colorado Water Conserva- tion Board. In that. letter, the State of Colorado also furnished as- surance of its willingness to assume the ,repayment obligation for the portion of the cost of Ruedi Dam and Reservoir which may be al- located to deferred municipal and industrial water supply under pro- vision of the Water Supply Act of 1958, as follows: Should sllch a market, however, not develop to a degree sufDclent to return the costa allocated to municIpal and industrial water supply, the State of Colorado will undertake repayment of the portion necessary to 8!5Sure full re- payment of municipal and Industrial water supply costs. - As contemplated in-our proposed report, certain'inconsistencies in the operating principles for Ruedi Dam and Reservoir set forth in the attached regional director's report of September 25, 1959, were discussoo with officials of the St.ate of Colorado. By letter of January 15, 1960, t.he director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board t.ransmitted a fully executed copy of the operating principles as amended 011 December 30, 1959, by the several int.erested State organi- zations to eliminate those inconsistencies. A copy of the amended principles is attached to and made a part of this report. These amended principles hereby supersede t.he operating principles set forth in t.he regional director's report, as well as t.hose set forth in House Document 187, 83d Congress, on t.he Fryinwan-Arkansas project. The comments of t.he State of California are concerned more di- rectly with the amendments it wishes to ha'-e incorporated in legisla- tion to aut.horize the Frying-pan-Arkansas project t.han with the report on Ruedi Dam and Reservoir. The St.ate concluded that our proposed report does not appear to be an adequate project planning report 1