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<br />1- <br /> <br />..... <br />--.l <br />IJJ <br />C' <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />1. Savery-Pot Hook Project <br /> <br />The project was authorized as a participating project of the <br />Colorado River Storage project by Public Law 88-568 on September 2. 1964. The <br />authorization was based upon a Feasibility Report prepared in 1962. A <br />Definite Plan Report was prepared in June 1971, revised in January 1972. and <br />updated by an Advance Definite plan Report dated May 1977. Stream depletions <br />in the 1977 report are 11,900 acre-feet tor Colorado and 10,500 acre-feet for <br />wyoming. The President's Water project Review in 1977 resulted in deletion of <br />funding for the project, and no construction funding has been provided. The <br />project was not deauthorized. It is, therefore, considered to be on a <br />deferred status until funding is provided. For planning purposes an <br />administrative decision was made by the Bureau of Reclamation to defer <br />depletions until after <br />2030. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />m. San Miguel Project <br /> <br />A Feasibility Report was prepared in 1966, and the project was <br />authorized as a participating project of the Colorado River Storage Project by <br />the Colorado River Basin Project Act (Public Law 90-537) on September 30, <br />1968. Advance planning studies have continued and various plans have been <br />considered, but none is feasible based upon current policies and procedures <br />for planning water and related land resources. A wide array of development <br />plans has been investigated including a mix of agricultural, municipal, and <br />industrial uses. A Planning Report has been prepared by Reclamation <br />summarizing data avai:able. This included data from a large acreage <br />alternative, a small acreage alternative, and a conservation alternative. <br />Figures for depletion were selected from the small acreage alternative which <br />included depletions of 12,000 acre-feet for irrigation, 12,000 acre-feet for <br />industrial use, and 1,000 acre-feet for municipal use. For planning purposes, <br />an administrative decision was made by the Bureau of Reclamation to defer <br />depletions until after 2030. <br /> <br />n. ~per Gunnison River Basin Projects <br /> <br />Water rights with a priority date of November 13, 1957, for the <br />Wayne N. Aspinall Unit (formerly Curecanti unit) of the Colorado River Storage <br />Project were granted by the State of Colorado to the Colorado River Water <br />Conservation District. These rights were assigned by the district to the <br />United States in January 1962 subject to the condition that the unit would be <br />developed and operated in a manner consistent with beneficial use of the <br />waters in the Gunnison River Basin. In order that future developments in the <br />Upper Gunnison Basin would be assured of rights to use of water, a formal <br />contract ,...as developed for execution among the United States Government, the <br />upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, and water users in the upper <br />Basin whereby the diversion and storage rights of the Aspinall Unit were <br />subordinated to future developments upstream, both private and Federal, even <br />though the rights of the upstream developments might be junior to the Aspinall <br />unit right. The aggregate amount of upstream depletions for which the <br />priority of the Aspinall right may be waived has not yet been detenmined. The <br />authorizing legislation of the Colorado River Storage Project listed the five <br />projects in the upper Gunnison River Basin for priority of investigations: <br />(1) Bostwick park, (2) East River, (3) Fruitland Mesa, (4) Ohio Creek, and (5) <br />Tornichi Creek. <br /> <br />VI-14 <br />