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<br /><;:; August 1980
<br />Issue /f4
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<br />Name
<br />Change
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<br />Wilderness
<br />Inventory
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<br />Power
<br />Transmission
<br />and
<br />Marketing
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<br />Dominguez
<br />Designs
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<br />Rim
<br />Basin
<br />Design
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<br />Recreation
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<br />Cultural
<br />Resources
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<br />Railroad
<br />Relocation
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<br />Flood Control
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<br />Benefits
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<br />.' ).':';J_\i'''i 7'D9-~NGUEZ RESERVO I R PROJECT
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<br />On NovembeJr. 6, 1979, Re.c..e.ammon ehange.d .i..t6 name. :to WateJr. and POWeJr.
<br />Re.MWteu SeJr.v.i.ee.. Th.i..6 ne.w name c..e.eM.ty .i.den.t.<.Mu WateJ1. and POWeJ1.' II
<br />pJUnupa.e. nuncUOY!!l--llupply.i.ng wateJ1. and POWeJ1..
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<br />TheJ1.e ..u., a boundMy oveJ1.lap, eOY!!l..u.,:t.i.ng On app/Wx.<mate.1.y 2,000 aeJLu,
<br />betwee.n :the VOm{,nguez Canyon PltopOlled W.u'.deJ1.n.Ull S:tudy Mea and :the
<br />Vominguez RueJr.vo.ur. Pltojec.t. V..u.,euM.i.OY!!l between :the BWteau an Land
<br />Managemen:t (BLM) and WateJ1. and POWeJ1. have bee.n he.1.d and il appeaJl.6
<br />:that w.UdeJ1.Y/.Ull .inve.n.:tolty potiey pltoeedWtu do no:t a.UOW Mea boundaJl.y
<br />mocU.Memon6 dwUng BLM'll .i.nven:tolty p/WeUll. Howe.veJ1., boundMY adjw.d-
<br />me.nt:!l IA.lU.e. be eOY!!l.i.deJ1.ed dwUng .the. ll:tud.y phMe. when a eomplteheY!!l.i.ve
<br />land U!le plan ..u., de.ve.1.oped. In .the mea.n.:t.i.me, .the oveJ1.lap IA.lU.e. be
<br />addltulled .i.n :the VOm{,nguez Pltojec.t Env.ur.omnen.ta.e. Impac.t S.ta:temen:t M
<br />an "LlY!ll.uolved IMue." Fait 6Wt.theJ1. .inilol1.mmon eon.tac.t .the Gl1.a.nd
<br />Junc.:t.i.on BLM W.u'.deJ1.Y/.Ull Co OItcU.n.a.:tOIt , Wade. John6on.
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<br />Bec.aU!le. 06 a Iteeen:t nOI1.ma.e. aglteemen.t between .the Wu:teJ1.n Mea POWeJ1.
<br />Aclm.i.rUt,:tJr.a.:ti.on (Wu.teJ1.n.) and WateJ1. and POWeJ1., Wu:teJ1.n. hM Mllwned :the.
<br />ltupoY!!l.i.b.u'.Uy nOlt p1.an.n.i.ng llw..UehYMd and .tJum.6m.i..6ll.i.on .t.i.ne 6aeililiu
<br />:that eou1.d be U!led by :the VOm{,nguez RueJ1.vo.ur. P/Wiec.t. Wu.teJ1.n...u., a.t60
<br />ltupon6.i.ble 601t pltOv.i.cU.ng mMke.t.i.ng cJL.Uew .to be U!le.d .in poweJ1.plan.t
<br />be.ne6il ana.e.Yll..u.,.
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<br />FeM.i.b.u'.Uy du.i.gn6 and eOll.t u.t.i.matu 601t VOm{,ngue.z Vam, PoweJ1.pla.n.:t,
<br />and mwt.i.upa.e. and .i.ndU!l.ttUa.1. pwnp.(.ng 6aeililiu have. been !teeuved
<br />6/Wm WateJr. and PoweJr.' II Eng.i.neeJr.i.ng and RueMeh Cen:teJ1. .i.n VenveJr.,
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<br />The HMza Eng.ine.eJr.i.ng Company an ClUeago, IWno..u." hM been eon..tJr.a.c.ted
<br />.to pltepMe. :the 6e.M.i.b.u'.Uy du.i.gn 06 R.i.m BM.i.n 6eatWtu. HMza Itep!te-
<br />lle.n.;f:.a;ti.vU WeJr.e. :taken an a Me.1.d :tJUp :to v.i.w :the. R.i.m BM.i.n Vam and
<br />PoweJr.p1.a.nt llilu .in May 1980. Vu.i.gn6 Me expec.ted .i.n Sep.tembeJ1. 1980,
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<br />AeJUa1 Pho.to SeJ1.v.i.ee 06 TulM, Oklahoma, hM eomple.ted and de..UveJ1.e.d
<br />aeJUa1 pho:toll, g/Wund eon:tJc.ol llWtveYll, and .topoglUlplUe mapll 06 .the We.U!l
<br />Gu1.eh Mea. Th.i..6 da:ta ..u., now bung U!led .to du.i.gn :the We.U!l Gu1.eh Ree-
<br />Itea:t.i.on Mea, wlUeh ..u., :the pita pall ed oveJr.n.i.gh:t eamp.i.ng and lteeJLemon
<br />llile. TopoglUlplUe llile mapll have. a.t60 been eomple.ted nOlt .the Kannah
<br />Clteek ReeJLemon Me.a, and du.i.gY!!l a.n.d eOll.t u.t.i.matu 601t .th.i..6 p/WpOll ed
<br />daY-U!le llile Me. ne.aJUng eomple.t.i.on.
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<br />The GlUlnd IUveJ1. In6.til.ute hM eomple.te.d :the 6.&ta.e. eu.Uwr.a.e. ltuoWtee !te-
<br />poltt 601t :the pltojec.t. Cu.UUJta1. ltuoWtee pla.n.!l Me bung de.ve.1.oped 601t
<br />:the plto j ec.t a..UeJ1.n.mvu.
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<br />The Venve.1t and lUo GlUlnde Wu.teJ1.Y/. Ra.ilJr.oad Company hM appltoved .the tr.a..U.-
<br />/Wad lte.1.oemon ll.tudy, and 6eM.i.b.u'.Uy du.i.gn6 have been eomple.ted by
<br />WateJr. a.n.d PoweJr.. The eOll:t u.t.i.matu Me llehedu1.ed 601t eomple.t.i.on by
<br />Sep.tembeJr. 1980.
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<br />The COltpll 06 Eng.i.neeJr.6' eva.e.u.a:t.i.on llhowll .that .the Iteeommended plan wou1.d
<br />p/Wv.i.de annual. 6lood eontJtol bene.6.i..t6 on about $5,000.
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