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6 COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT "Permanent.dperating facilities, inclnding ,a combination 'garage, shop, and warehouse, and a caretaker's residence at Lemon Dam, were completed. Mjnor construction work continued on the enlargement and rehabilitatlOJ:! of existing laterals and structures and will extend iJ:!to fiscal year! 1965 under a contract with the Florida Water Con- servancy Distri~t. HAM~OND PARTICIPATING PROJECT, N'EW MEXICO The Hammopd proje~t, located in northwestern New Mexico, was essentially completed in fiscal year 1963. The principal features of the project consist of the Hammond diversion dam, the Hammond pU1,llJ'!ng plant, the main canal,laterals, and permancnt operating faCilIties. The transfer,of the project to an operation and maintenance status is dependent on cessation of subsidence on the main canal and other factors whic~ ~re necessary to insure a ~ontinuous delivery of project water. Addltlpnal work IS scheduled m fiscal year 1965 for mmor construction add repairs to the main canal and laterals. The project is beingoperat~d by the Bureau ,,;nd irrigation water is. being furnished to the HammoI;1d Conservancy Dlstnct on a rental baSIS. LYMAN! PARTICIPATING PROJECT, UTAH AND WYOMING Funds were ~ppropriated in fiscal year 1964 to begin construction of the Lyman project, the second participating project to be undertaken in Wyoming. [The project will Impound the water of a small tributary of the GreenR,iver. Principal features of the project are the Meeks Cabin Dam a$.d Reservoir, which will impound 33,000 acre-feet of water on the Blacks Fork, and the China Meadows Dam and Reservoir on the Smiths li'ork with a capacity of 13,000 acre-feet. Project activity during the year consisted of collection of design and specifications data! acquisition of land for the camp at Mountain View, Wyo., and contmued negotiations that led to execution of a repayment contract with the Bridger Valley Water Conservancy DIstrict on April 8, 1964, NAVAJO INDI+N IRl.UGATIO:W PARTICIPATING PROJECT, NEW MEXICO ConstructiOl) work started on the Navajo Indian irrigation project in San Juan <jJounty, N. Mex. The first segment of construction underway incliIdes work on the headworks at the Navajo Reservoir and a 2-mile t\lnnel section of the canal leading from the headworks, The project Will utilize the existing Colorado River storage project- Navajo unit reservoir for storage purposes. Water will be diverted from the reservoir and carried approximately 150 miles to the Navajo Indian lands. BAN JUAN-CRAMA PARTICIPATING PROJECT, COLonADO AND NEW MEXICO Construction was started on the San Juan-Chama project in south- central Colbra~o and north-central New Mexico. Work began during the fiscal year 'on the 12.8 mile Azote.. tunnel through the cont, inental divide. Othe~ work consisted of collection of field data for desigJ:! and construction specifications for the' other project features including