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<br />n-iU ~ l~v U ~;;'~J\j ~~;\.I.\JI;\:~I!~lt:r\l U. ':sif!J.. V ~ ~'\hW!.HUI:,'3 <br /> <br />C; R <br />r, -1'i~.' 1~".:. <br />~ fiJ rt:J!J Ii 01 \i;;; 5 <br />>2J <br /> <br />J.,i-';;::''lV-~ -. -";'1 <br /> <br />-'""''/ " <br /> <br />JVff(OJ()fe ;51 Plans\ ror Crysy'oJ D(Q]uff] <br /> <br />VI P,SHINGTON-Environmental consId- <br />eration alld a lower cost facto!' havt: <br />TI2SLlted in a change of plans for a dam <br />I site on the Gunnison River to be con- <br />struct'2d by the Bureau of ReL:!amation. <br />Interior Department officials annoullced <br />Jvronday that the E:rystal Dam near Mon- <br />!rf);:'p rn!n will hi> ':l rln11h1.CL""........+.".... <br />, _ ___., ..on __ .. ~u_~.... _...~...."........ <br />Hlin-arch concrete dam rather than th~ <br />earthen dam orIginally pl8nncd. <br />The change is expected to save about $7 <br />million in construction costs, Commis- <br />siOller of Reclamation Ellis L. Armstrol16' <br />:)aid. The concrete dam will also greatly <br />red,lce the environmental impact in the <br />IJJ.rrow canyon because it will require lc:-;s <br />../oiL:me of construction m2te:-iab and C.?11 <br />be built with much lc:ss excavation work <br />and defacement of the nearby area, he <br />Said. <br />The dam site is upstream from the <br />boundary of the Black Canyon of the GUll- <br />ni~on National Monument where tbe <br />canyon walls tower more th3n 1,000 feet <br />~-lb')ve the Gunnison River. The concrete <br />dam will be built 1,630 feet upstream frorn~ <br /> <br />- "' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the originally planned earlh,filled struc- <br />tUre. <br />First work on the project will be con- <br />. slmction of a I,OOO-foot-long tunnel <br />through which the river water will be <br />diverted around the dam site. Bids will be <br />;.!r1'JpT'ti<;:f'rl Trlr fhp. tllnn"] in ';;::r>nhHnhor <br />. . --- --.- .-....y. ... -~%"".~,..~~., <br />Armstrong said. Construction bids for the <br />dam itself will be advertised probably in <br />January 1~73, he said, with completion <br />scheduled for late 1975, dependent upon <br /> <br />PEN u<:d<- Pos-+ <br />,- 5 - 7 I <br /> <br />the availability of construction funds. <br />Crystal Dam and Its power plant will be <br />the third and IInal leatures of the <br />CurecantI Storage Unit of the Colorado <br />River Storage Project. The two other <br />dams already. completed upstream Irom <br />1\'", rr..d-::ll r1-::lTYl cifo "l"O llhu. lI./I"ac", ""'N <br />"'~ ~'J~.~. ~~... ~'.y ~~~ ~.~... -,~...-.... ........ <br />Morrow Point. <br />A si.x-mi!e reservoir will form behind <br />the Crystal Dam up to the base of Mor. <br />row Point Dam, which is also a double. <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />curvature thin-arch concrete design. It <br />will serve as a reregulating pool for the <br />120,OOO-kilowatt capacIty Morrow Point <br />power plant which is designed for opera~ <br />tion as a peaking facility. <br />When water is releDscd from Morrow <br />Point Dam, it can be recaptured and used <br />,,"'<>;,., fro ",,,,,,,,,,,,+,, ",,,,,,,,,, "f th" ("...,,,..t.,l <br />....o....u ". o........~.....y t'''...... ....~ ...... .....J..,.<<~ <br />Dam. This is reregulating. A .peaking fa- <br />CIlIty is a plant that Is used l."hen peak <br />demands for power occur, suth as just <br />after sundown. . ... T <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />(- <br /> <br />-, <br />1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />., <br />