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002575 ~lood control benefits as a dam closer to Rangely would provide. The expense of purchase and transport of water 35 or more miles (55 ~) to the Rangely area would be excessive, The above considerations coupled with the uncertainty of whether the project will ever be built are the reasons for eliminating Yellow Jacket as a potential alternative to Taylor Draw Reservoir. 2.1.1.2.4 The State of Colorado is currently funding another Yellow Jacket Project feasibility study by International Engineering Company. 2,1.1.3 Other Stream and Off-Basin Developments 2.1.1.3,1 A nurber of water projects have been proposed for the northwest corner of COlorado, sane of which could furnish water to beneficiaries of the proposed Taylor Draw Reservoir. Among them are the White River Pumping Pipeline and Reservoir Project, The Oil Shale Corporation Project, Powell Park Project, CRWCD Diversion and Storage Project, Superior all Canpany Diversion and Storage Project, Boies Project, Rio Blanco all Shale Project, Cow Creek Project, Flat Top Project, Fourteen Mile Project, Stillwater Project and the Figure Four Project, all In the White River drainage basin, and the Cross Mountain Project and the Juniper Project in the Yampa River drainage basin. In addition, there are a nurber of other future possible diversions which do not contain water storage provisions in their plans. 2.1.1. 3,2 The Wh i te River projects, except for the Yellow Jacket Project, the Flat Tops Project, and the CRWCD Diversion and Storage Project, are either in the Piceance Creek Basin or are concerned with supplying water primarily for oil shale development. Many of them will consume most of the water stored and will have very 1 ittle return flow to the streams, Of the projects named above, the nearest to the Taylor Draw Dam and Reservoir are the White River Project and The all Shale Corporation Project, both of which will be using stored waters for development of oil shale. It is not known if either will have water available for uses to be served by Taylor Draw Reservoir or if any or all of the projects 1 isted will ever be constructed. 7 ,i. "i:;