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<br />Local sU!1port a,,:d participation in the water salvage pror;ram have been <br />expressed by the Pecos River Com~lissi'm throur,h its policy in support <br />of "such action as ',ould seem to be indicated to provide state and <br />local agency support an:! financing of such part of the costs as is. <br />deter'llined to be reimbursable by them." <br /> <br />I concur in the action taken by the Acting Regional Director <br />in transmitting this report to the Pecos River Commission and in addition <br />recom~end that you authorize me to: <br /> <br />Transmit copies of the report to the States of N"w !.lexico and <br />Texas, particularly to ascertain their views on their willing- <br />ness, and the p.xtent thereof, to participate in the project in <br />terms of repayment, construction by them of any part or all of <br />the project, assumption of annual operation and maintenance <br />costs, responsibilities of division of the salvaged water, and <br />amount of reimbursable costs if unuertaken as a Feder~l project; <br />and to Colorado, and to the Secretary of the Army, all in <br />acccrdqnce ~~th the requirements of the Flood Control Act of <br />191,4 (58 Stat. 887); to the st" te of New Eexico for the views <br />and r2commend"tions of the head of the agency exercising ad- <br />ministr,~ticn over the wildlife resources of that Sto.te in <br />accordance with the provisi~ns of the Act of August 14, 1946 <br />(60 Stat. 1080); and to other interested Federal a~encies for <br />their comments. <br /> <br />Respectfully, <br /> <br />(Sgd.) E. G. NIeLSEN <br />Acting Commissioner <br /> <br />Att~.chment <br /> <br />Apprc,~d: June 13, 1955 <br /> <br />(Sgd) Clarence A. D",vis <br />^ctin~ Sp.cretary of the Interior <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />iJ20IJ-7 <br /> <br />Interior Dunlicating Section - "Iashington, D. C. <br />