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<br />'New Start' Ban J<;mefl . . .
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<br />Curecantr;T:orida Funds
<br />Schedult!d for Next Budget
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<br />By Hi::LE~E .MOl'iBERG .":lnd ~uPDIt'mental water ~or 1:L 11;)11 ;J,'rP<; alreCldy
<br />Timf'!!I W<lshin~1on BLJ,lei'u under irrjgat".in along l e Flonda river.
<br />C0n~tructlon features indude the ~ 1{~) '4!".",-
<br />[<Jot Lemon Danl and l:'f'servoir on the F!Ol'idil
<br />river, a new diversion n::lm at the head of the
<br />exisrine Florid;l Fanners ditch. enl<'lrgemcnt
<br />and E-!xten.'ilon DC t!he ditch. and some distribu-
<br />tion and drainage fatilitles.
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<br />\, .\:;lIl:-':{~TO!'i - Ten ft'dillT ation projects,
<br />iDe1 Lldln~ tWQ (ll~l'rC\do proj('ct~ in the Upper
<br />Colorado Storage Pruject, are likf'iy to he includ-
<br />ed in [.he Pres(den{'s fiscal 1%1 budget as new
<br />starts.
<br />The two C:olorJlio proje-cls are the $1:12.450,000
<br />CurecBnti storage- unit oDd the ~llO,8iO.OOO Flor-
<br />~ irrigCltio~ p!'O:ieu, south 811d east of Du-
<br />rango.
<br />The BUC1,E:et BurC';l.l! has cleared the Curec anti
<br />project. ann the In!crior Department on July 14
<br />rf'portcd ;fJ COl1;;:'f>:i~ ~hat construction on Cure-
<br />canti clluid stan "as <;rJOn a~ fllmis are appro-
<br />pria'.ed by l'':'11~r(':~s.''
<br />Under the r~\o-dJnl pld}c-:;:! ~w'" cor.:!t'mpJated,
<br />the Blue ::'1('1._a r!<'llll would ('(,..;t $47 Y14.00ll and
<br />1he 1\.{l)rrO\\ pr)lnt dam, S~-l,53Ii,(){\l) Curecanti
<br />wouid bt' <I.,~;,c:ned .$10 mtll:CJ!l oi tile total cOst
<br />of tht: UPpt:l" Co:uJ'ad0 (r<:inSmf:--,j\Jn ~}.-;tem,
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<br />L:lst o{ 'Big ,"'0":'
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<br />Cureonli ;:_ [:1(' !ll'~t or ~he 'OUI" bi" sIOri:l"f
<br />I1nit~ CUITC!l!J\-" pl.alJOed 'lnd(>f the 'L'p~('r COli'~
<br />rado projecT, Con't ~Llction already has ~larled
<br />on Glen L'ti!1.\'on, F'l~lmlrLg Gorge and :\ava.1o.
<br />Like Cif'n C:lnY~:l (Inri FI"lllln,~ G0rge, Cure.
<br />can:] !,lU,;:rl o:er.ct'Q!.C ron.-./'. !lp.\"t';er, the Bl.ld-
<br />get Bureau h"... .,ta~ed t~ld: ";:le I-JI'(l]lCl,ed I)OWlO'r
<br />facill!le~ (d l'l.lrp(':;.nli are IlQ( t'conomica:ly JllS-
<br />tiflt.:d al ~111; : I file "
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<br />Ad\ ,:Ince t:'lalllling IJII the 1.::/XHI.<l nT"llif>r'j i::
<br />€>xpecterl to r,f' tOn1p:L'T.d lhi. fi.~cal year It
<br />would rl'.l\ ide ;\ (-j\('~' for ~l:j'cs of new land
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<br />roo pc.th...-
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<br />@ 11&0
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<br />Here Are the Others
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<br />Other projects listed by lhe !\"ational Hecla
<br />IIlalion Association and the Interior Dep<1rtn1ellt
<br />as likely "new start" c('lndida:es are the rollow-
<br />ing Missouri Basin rro.1ects' Yellow:all dJ:n,
<br />Montana, $109,300.000: Chestnllt Valley, Mont.,
<br />$2,4tS,OOO; Hardin, Mont., $14,115,000. Almen<1.
<br />Kan., $1.1,420000; Kanapolis. Kan. Sl1.032,(fI{l:
<br />A:n~'."ortl-" ~eh.. $2:),4~Ll,OOO. Also llsted arl' the
<br />big SJIlO,480,OOO Canad;an river projE"Ct in Tcxa.:i
<br />and ~he $3.32fUJI)(I Bully Creek project in Ore-
<br />gllrl ..
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<br />The east vi tile l~ new re,:iam<l~ion projecfs,
<br />when cllmp;eted, is currently estimated by the
<br />BllreJu oj ReclCimat ion :0 be $374.893,000. (,If
<br />thi~ sum, the MissO\1t'i Basin prujects account
<br />for $!;'7.,6i,OtJU a,lc' t,he Upper Colorado pro;eL!.5
<br />for S93,:l:!'U,OOQ. However, a budget reql<('st for
<br />the.;e ]0 pr())N:r~ would nor likel\' exceed more
<br />'han ]0 per cfnl of tht.. total co~:;trllction cw;t.
<br />Thi',; Y"':J~ p.l-tU.l.'iO fjflall~ w,,~ appropmnerf
<br />by C'ongre<:~. O\'1;r the Pre."Jdel\1's veto, to :,ldI't
<br />ei:;ht ,ne',\ rec]<l.n1illioll project.os,
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<br />..'ieatotl SlaLement
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<br />Inlerio,' St'C'rel<:lI'Y Frt:!d A Sea~un ~ald at
<br />j,i<: 1ll0~t ]'€'cent iJre.:;s conference lll3t we a'.e
<br />recommending certalll sp&tfic and arp\'0prid~e
<br />new Sf arts In reclamation" This wac; the fll'.'l
<br />indlc3tion th:ll the Adminl:,tratlon hJd h(-jt~\.:t'd
<br />olf from its all.;>mpl to enforce a b;'ln 011 ;:l'W
<br />...3:-15.
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<br />For the pa~t : NO years Congref's hJ<;; i~nored
<br />rlw Adm)[]:slr,l~ion's "no-new-slan" ooli<:".. How-
<br />e\~r, 1he ;\dminr'itration's rlecl~lon. [Q . recom.
<br />mend new st:Jrt'i lhi~ next fl:,cal Veal" wa,;; not
<br />unE'xpecte(J. It would ha';p. been i~ a J)1Jllt:c<J!!Y
<br />unLen.:.tl>le lJo::.illOli in :.J[tt:'mlJ'in,~ to lifeD the lid
<br />Oil nf'\\ l.:ur.~truction in ::Lll eJNtiun vrJr
<br />~l:"J!(1Il also s(:11....d al [1I~ p['e'~<., cO, .~" L.t.;.!! tha~
<br />lht' Adminislr~tion's 1960 budgt't reC{lmmenda,
<br />lion to start new prQjt'c~s would inclclde only
<br />"pr.oj~ct.5 that Con~ress has au~horizeJ. This IS
<br />pr~c-is('ly the mandate which the {H'-ill,e\ Ap-
<br />propri<l.ti0n COJl1mit~t,L' r:llce~ q;)on us, out which
<br />t"ollgre~s Itself dOL'S 110~ 3Iw~,~_~ (One......
<br />ThiS means 1113! tht'rt, will be n~ monev ill
<br />1i1e 1%0 budget fOf two hig prGjects (Jof vita'l III
<br />tere::;: to Colorado and r\€'\ Mexico. Thev art"
<br />[h,.' $1,0 millIOn FI'~,lngp(\n-Arkansa<; Pi'()j~('t in
<br />Co/(){".:.do and the $:!2_ m;l!io'" ~a\'JJo lrriga:wn
<br />c;nd San Juan-Chama projeCt in !\ew MeXiCO.
<br />:\either has been authorized by Congre.,s as ;'et.
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