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<br />The nCi,tionnl P""Tl~ S.::r-,.ricc fi:1ds n0 significrcnt rccrcn-
<br />tion,'~ bcn<efit '."rhich might c.ccruo from th,' proposr.d ':mtcr s"lv:!ge
<br />ch"nncl. The Fish rend '1ildlife: Service roports th:lt the' 1,lcHill:m
<br />Dc1.t:o.. c~r,':O'. includes 1'.!'t.::.'si;--.. '9o::.s, ant...: of trL8 bost rc;m~.irLing ".:ff'.tcr-
<br />fOYll ,,:rcp.s in i'Jc;,'[ !.lexico p.nd ;")n import,",nt link in th,.-: Centr2,1 Fly-
<br />~r{c:.y, ;'.nd th~t unl,: 55 Cldcqu'''.tl."": d:"'m.~gc pr~ vcntion !T1..2.::!.SUr8S .'l!":~ pro-
<br />"ilidcd, thr: ch.':::l...nncliz,...._tion "rill r..2VC '.... sr--riOllS effect 0D vl,....t..:rfonl
<br />h.,bi t'lt. Dofi'"ite: rocom'"cnd.....tions "-nd cost c:stimr.tc's for I:'i t.ig"tinc;
<br />wildlife loss:~s :nust [1,~'r.:tit furtt..)!' cnoperf'.tivc: surveys. Such studit-;S
<br />will bo continuod :!s nccc8scry, in nccordo~c~ ,dth section 2 of thc
<br />Act of ilu<,ust 14, 1946, (60 St.-.t. 1030), nnel prior to construction
<br />such re;.,son:tblc :"odifico.ti0:',s in th" proposed c'L velo:,ment '.!ould be
<br />ffi"dc by the Sccr~tcry of thG Interior ns ho m~y find nppropri~to to
<br />pres'Jrvo ~nd propo.gntc fish rend ,.,ildliI" n,sources,
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<br />TLc csti",,,tcd construction cost is '::,2,161,000 or, the, b::sis
<br />of ScptGmbGr 1954 prices. Tho :lvGrc."o "Mu,o.l opor::eti""cnd :n.,i,"te-
<br />no.nC8 cost on tha bcsis of projected long-term prices is Qbout
<br />f>52,800. All of the costs ,,~ ~llec"blc to irrig~tion.
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<br />Potentinl users of th8 s.~l wh;8d ':':\tcr supply do not ~.ppe"r
<br />to h"vo thco ,,-bility to rc.p.'\y ths constructicn costs. .:Jl ",n"lysis of
<br />th~ fin2nci~ conditinn of thc ":."ter us:rS on the Cor13b"d c,nd Red
<br />Bluff projects indie ,tes the, t existinr:; indebkdmss pr' ,cludus th8ir
<br />further ."bili ty to r,opcy costs of the "!,O t,~r sc.l':c.gr, progr om. Tho
<br />Cc.rlsb"d Irrigr.tion District ho.s r':.pnid th8 Government for its initial
<br />project Horks ,'.nd in 1946 st"rted the rep!WlIlent of ~,2,600,OOO for the
<br />construction of i,l.1ffiOROrdo D!'JTI,nd oth,;r minor "fOrk. In .'lddition tha
<br />District is providin", funds for :r:chobEitr.tion c,f its distributinn
<br />systc!'l on n "peey :\s Y'O'l go" b.,sis. Th" R.d Bluff "V.,t'cr Pa:..-r Control
<br />Dis trict, compris- d of SC"I<:..n irrig.,tion districts, h,on " bonded in-
<br />doL:t'.cdn.Jss nf .1,817,000 on J::nu:\r:r 1, 1953, y!ith ,~ll current oblir:;n-
<br />tions p,...dd. Due to shr"Jr:. '.'r.':'.t,:ll"' SU f)',ly in r:;ccnt yc~rs m,~ny irrig.,'ted
<br />f.1.rIDS h."',7C bc:::n ......b,'1ndoncd .:lnd !nost l<:~ndorrnc:Y's i<1. th2 sc"\~cn irrigr'.tion
<br />districts ~rr, raported te ')e in fin".nei,".l distress. It '.'Iould sLc,m,
<br />thereforu, tho.t r.;p.".Yr.Jent e,f th'.: rcirnbursoc)le costs "'o'.l.2.d necod to
<br />corne froI'l Q[,cnci,~s such .:,S th~ 02!1cfit,;d St~tcs ')r tho Pecos River
<br />Commission.
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<br />The intcr.- sts of th: FGdcr".l i~OW;r!1Y.'lent, tho St.J.tcs of
<br />Tcx.1.s G.nd n".;J H:xico, r'nd th("; othc.r lc8,...1 t',i!.oncic)5 in the '.TCr'/ s(~ri-
<br />ous Pecos !1.i vcr pro1)lc!":l5 ,",Y'G r:"cl),(nizcd, C',nd he:.-'fC oeen c:xC'!:1plificd
<br />by th8 numerous c'cncy invostig~ti0ns of, ::end efforts to effoct,
<br />the optimUM cnnscrv'"!.ti0D <".nd use; of the ',n~t.:;rs of the, b....sin. The
<br />Pecos River COffil:tissi0n, in co')pcr~,tir~..... ~:.i th thOSe? ,"l_gencil:;s, is con-
<br />tinuing the progr.or,lS on ",QtGr s"l V:l:;O :md s:\lini ty c.llcvio. ti on.
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