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:If 8 00 FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO STATEMENT OF HON, J. EDGAR CHENOWETH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF COLORADO Mr. Cm:Now>OTH. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you and the chairman of Ihe full cOllUnittee, Mr. Aspinall, for setting these hearin!!S today. I think the presence of this large number of witnesses from Colorado, mostly from southeastern Colorado, and some from the western slope, present.iRg a united froRt, as Mr. Aspinall men- tioned, is indica!ire of the intense interest in this project among the residents of the Arkansas Valley. I join with tbe chairman of the full committee in eXJlressing the hOJle that we will be able to obt.ain authorization of 1,lllS project at thIS session of Congress. I feel in many ways we now have the best bill we ba,'e ever submitted to this committee. The agreement that has been reached between the east and west. slope brings us together now so we. aTe able to present a united front so far as Colorado is concenlCd. Mr. ASPINALL. Will t.hegentleman vield! 1tfr. CHENOWETH. Yes, certainly. ~ Mr. ASPINAI.l. Let us be sure we understand each other. I did not say this session of Congress. I am hopeful, but I am more hopeful it will be in this Congress. MI'. Cm:NOwF.TH. Yes. I am hopeful it will be this session, but at least in this Congress. Mr.A'PINALL. Yes. lIfr. Cm:NO\\'l:TH. Mr. Chairman, and fellow members of the com- mittee, I am happy to again appear in support of the bills before this commHte.e. aut.horizing' the construction of the Fryingpan-Arkallsas transmounta.in \\rater diversion project in Colorado. This is the fift.h t.ime t.hat I have appeared before this committee in support of this project. Hearin~s were held in the 83d, 84th, 85th, and 86th Congresses on similar bills. This corrunittee has three times favorably reported bills authorizing the project. The last hearings were held in June lOGO. No further actioR was taken at that time as it. was decided to defer consideration of this legislation until this year. lIfr. Chairman, I call attention to the large number of witnesseB present today from Colorado, who come from both the western and eastern slopes. Thei r presence demonstrates that Colorado is united on this project. At, t.he opening of this session each member of the Colorado delega- tion int.roduced a bill authorizini! t.his project. 1I1r. Aspinall, Mr. Rogers, 1I1r. Dominick and I hare introduced identic"l bills. Similar bills h,we heen introduced in the Senate by Senators Allott and Carroll. The Colorado congressional delegation is. presenting a united front in support of this project. The.re has bel'" no major change in the project since the hearinA"" last June. The princjpal chnnge. is concerning the R~ledi Resel"~oir on the western slope.' It. has been agreed t.hat the Frymgpan [n'oJect will bear the entire cost of this reservoir. This reservOll" '''"US sub- sl,ituted last. year for the Aspen Reservoir which would have cost $7,600,000. The cost of the Ruedi Reservoir is $12,831,000. Under the bills before the committee last year the difference of $5,231,000 was to have been allocated to the power rerenues of the Colorado . ,