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<br />LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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<br />XI
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<br />pic'.. ;l('~:S (If the recommended plan \vit.hout the inclusion of !~:~'~"sllres
<br />for cont,fal of soil erosion und for retardut,ion of nlll-off in the wl1h.rshcd
<br />alld thllL tbe ngl'l'-ClllC'Ilt mak('s provision for inclusion of t.h()~t' lllCfisures
<br />when t.hey l1l"C finally developed. It. is suggeste(l t.lllIt. careful ntt.cu-
<br />t,ion he given to t,11C plnns of t.he Dl~p:lrl1l1clIl- of Agl"ic.uIt.ul'e and of the
<br />other' 1lg'p.Ill'ies conet'-I'Ilcd, Tcgnl'dillg 5ll('11 upstl'enm flood-cont.rol
<br />nW:lSlII'eS, when tbe,v are completed, in Ol'tlt.'l' thiLt the oH'r-nll program
<br />for the basin !llny hu\'(' !wlxinlU!ll eA'cctiv('IH'SS. \Vith l\~spr('.t. t.o the
<br />lwnefits ascrihed t,o the flood-conlrol phuses of the pl:ln~ it is Hot,cd
<br />with ~11t.isflldion tLat silt. control has been e"l1luuted in f('rms of t.he
<br />specific bCflI..'fit.s t,o the lll'en reslllting from sue!l eont.rol, mtl1(~l' tlH1n n8
<br />fl bpnefit. or elld produet, in it.self. .
<br />Certain quest.ion!" nllJ objcet.ions 1111\"1.'- ht~cll raised b,Y t.he Stnt,cs of
<br />Tcxas nnd Colorado r{'garding the. need for tlie fllllOllllt of st.orage
<br />propos('d in tlte plnn tlnd also respecting the plan of operation of the
<br />scn~rrd rest.'rroirs aftcr complet.ioIl. Ot,hel" prlllJlem.::; al'c point.ed out
<br />by tbe Stille of New ::\h'xjco regnl'ding the rights to exeess stored
<br />woter wbieh, in tile I1bSt:'I1C('_ uf ChI..' proposed dams und prior to comple~
<br />tion of \.lJe SUIl Luis V nIley project. in tlte llppl'l' Rio GrnIHl(' llnsin in
<br />Colorndo, would be spilled from Elepbant. Butte and Cflbullo Reser-
<br />voirs. The first. of th{~se ohjl'ct.ions n-ppf'nrs to 1l!L\"{~ beell pro,-idrd
<br />for. I1t least lempornrjl,y, by CongTL'!"s whell iL exellldC'd the Chifto
<br />Dum from tllC approved plan, Tile mu t.tl'f of oWIlI~l'ship of l~xee~s
<br />wnter must be settled in any case in nccordn,nev with the pl'Oyisions of
<br />the Hio Grande (~OmpH(,t. On this point., it. j~ noted fhot crrtoin
<br />oddit.ionnl rest.rict.ions Oll construction of the project. Hrt~ contnined in
<br />the congressional net. ftnd nlso thnt. tlte joinl. agreement IH'oyides that
<br />coonlintltcd operation of t.la' works t.o be provided undcI' the plnn be
<br />in st,rid 11t'cordallce with the compnet find t.hat. adjustments in t.he pIon
<br />of operalioll cun be mudc in nccordnllce wit.h this ohjcctin~.
<br />The comprehensin..' plnn propospd in the report. of the Chid of
<br />Enginecrs lins alreudy Iwen f1,pproved by Congress in the Flood Con-
<br />trol Ad of 1948, with the exception of Chiflo Dflm which has been
<br />deleted from the approved phHI, und with the llddition of certain
<br />minor restrictions t.o insure compliance with the Rio Grande compact.
<br />You un' accordingly advised that, while thcre ',,'ould be no objed.ioIl
<br />t.o the submission of trhe report to Congress, authoriznt.ion of the
<br />Chiflo Dam would nut be in accord with the progmlll_ of the President
<br />at this t.ime-.
<br />Copies of this letter arc being sellt to trhe Seeretury of the Interior
<br />a.nd the Secretary of AgricuJt.ul'e for t.heil' illforllul.t.ioll.
<br />Sincerely yours,
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<br />FnANK PACB, tTr., Director.
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<br />COM.\lENTR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 1NTERIOR
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<br />Lt, Gen, R. A. WHEELER,
<br />Ch;~f of Eng':"eers, War Department,
<br />My DEAR GENERAl, WHEELER: By letter dated November 21,1947
<br />(file ENGWF), you transmitted for the information and comments
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<br />DEPARTMENT OF THE J NTBRIOR,
<br />OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
<br />lVashillgton 25, D. c., lifarc" 31, i.948.
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