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<br />tfI;e.g1s1Ation baa beea .nact.d 'b7 {.longX'd. <br />ex..ptlng three project. from the .xc... acreage <br />11~tatlons where peculiar clre~.tanee. were <br />involvEJd whIch made appl101ll.tlQn of the pl'Ovtslon8 <br />~onomleally un~om1d. In 1938. the exeesa-land <br />provistotl. W01:"e l!lQ,de inapplicable to land 'which <br />.0.0111' hav'" an lrriell.t1on WlI.tep supply f1'1)llI SOU'l"e.. <br />other than 11 !l'ederal Reclamation pro jeet and which <br />w111 receive a lupp1elllental supply from the Colorado- <br />Big ~hompson projeot" (52 Stat. 764). The Acting <br />Secretar}' of the Interiol" rf!;c_el'lded the eX!llllption <br />to the chall"!llaH of the aous~ COlllmittee c>n Ir:r1gatiQI1 <br />and Reole.'l!lltlon.. $8id Acting Secretary r3u.rllJ. (l~tter <br />dated Jlme 6, 1'958, Hou.~ Repo!'t; }(o.. 2510, 75th Cong.., <br />3d Sen.) <br /> <br />... The Galoradc-BiB Thompson proj~et will <br />tul"nlsh II. sa'Pplecmental Wlltlt!' 1Jupply to Approxi- <br />lIlately 616,000 aGree of land on the eaetern <br />dope. ot Oolo'M\d~h 'I'M,s laM has been ..ttlEriI <br />fo!' lIIQl!'O tlun 60 yea" and ia al1'&l!l.dy being. <br />irrigated and ia .t pres&nt ~ivfded into more <br />than 5,400 _~rate r"MII unit., the average <br />individual landowner~hlp being 96 acre.. Al- <br />though there are. of eOll,!'IJ<lI. .0II'le fa__ 111 th. <br />area or ael'eagtU;1 extul!edin,g 160 acres. thlllya.re <br />reht1.'\I'l!lly few in n1.illlbel". ~any of the.. large <br />farms lIU'. held by loan e$lllpanl.s aM Federal <br />credl t agMle:!,es which in time will p1'Qb&bly <br />liquidate t,heir holtUngs in ....n p.areala. u <br />lIlore intl'lnsiv$ cu.ltivation in tne area de'YelopllJ <br />wi th the inereluled water slJPply furnished by the <br />Colo:r'!).(\o-r\1~ 'l'ho~p.l'lon project. 'The._ tenunoy <br />tOWllN th. .ubdiv1.1l1on will p1'Chaoly ocour wi t11 <br />rel!lpetlt: t0tne&<lI larger flllrma held ':ry individual.. <br /> <br />On tho.. landlll in thla pre Jeet; which are already <br />aettl..d and irrigated there 1s, there:f'ore. no <br />pracUcal need for ..tllbUahlng the .111411 of taN <br />units and ,roteetln8 ..ttleP8 Ilgainat the danger <br />of' land aj)eeullll.tlon. The propo.ed le"l.lati". <br />IUlllIIlIlptlon Will .ave the Gover_nt. tnu eonlle~" <br />yaney district, and tbe aupplA>_ntal water 01861". <br />considerable legal and admini.trative. e:'lpsnae... <br /> <br />Agaln, no pl'Oj.et.a in H.vad., 'l'ruell.. IU.... <br />St.Mge an. RUlIlbelllt f were- eS8'111lpted tl'lJII thAI .s....- <br />lItJil4 provtllllll1aa \:I)' act of Congre.., BoveDlbel' 1$. <br />1'40 (54 It&t. 1219). .1\u.t1flut!on fa1" tohe lIUap- <br />ttOD 1JllS .tate. 'bY' Rep...s.ntat1.. S.1"lJIil'Wll of leV", <br />.athotl' or thAI leg!.8lat101U <br /> <br />- BI - <br /> <br />('.~ ..,... '"' <br />" '. ... l. .; v <br />