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<br />.jn'.... ~ <br />i.ojc.'.: <br /> <br />52 <br /> <br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />~Il'. I-Iosl\lEn. Now. sir, you come up here arguing for this project <br />and one of the two arguments you use is the rapidly growing popula- <br />tion. Now certainly you must have figures both on what the popula- <br />tion will be and how many jobs will be supplied to that population by <br />virtue of this $1(;9,500,000. <br />Mr. PALMEI<, In answer to the first. part of yonI' qnestion for the <br />eight Mountain States. including Colorado, thed,opnlation projected <br />by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of the ensns, estimated that <br />there will be nn increase of H7 percent in the popnlation hetween 1960 <br />and 1980. For the same States in question, the. increase between now <br />and the yenr 2000 the estimate is that the population will innense by <br />159 perce.nt. <br />~Ir. HOSMER. An right now, how many jobs will this project give~ <br />M,', P.\L"ER. \Ve will be plensed to sui,!']y a statemeut on this sub- <br />ject. <br />:Mr. HOSMER. All right. now, when you supply that estimate, will you <br />supply how m:l.1lY people 67 percent. mea.ns so we cnn I".valuate how <br />man)' johs will be supplied in relation to the new need for employ- <br />ment 1 Cun YOll do t.lwt? <br />~fL'. p,\~,)[En. Yes, sir, w(' will. I can gi,'e )'OU the population fig- <br />ures now, If yon want them. <br />Mr. HOSMER. Supply t.hem all atone time. <br />J\f l'. P AL..\IER. All right, si r. <br />(The following: stnte-mcnt contains all of the informat.ion re<]ue.'ited <br />aboye:) <br /> <br />ST_\TI':\fENT ON POPULATION PCOJECTIONS. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND <br />REQUlREMF.:'iTS IN THE FRYINOPAN-ARKAN8AS ARE.". COI.OI~^DO <br />According to the 1!)GO census. tIle population in thQ State of CtJlorndo was <br />1.7::i3.fl-li. The popnlation llrojeetion developed by tbe U.~. Bureau of Census <br />n!-l :-;hOWll in Committee Print No.5 of the S€nnte Select Cnmmittee on National <br />Watcr Re!;.ource!'i inr1icates t.hat. by 10.130 the 11Opulntim} (If the State of CoIOI'D.lo <br />will he 2.!15ti.OOO. or nn increase of ahout 1,:WO,OOO. To obtain a reasonable <br />stanrInrd of living for this int:r('n~ed population, t.here mll~t. be available within <br />the foltate of Colorndo ~ome 4iG.OOO additional jobs. In other words. to support <br />the:-;e 1.200.000 people. 4iG.OOO must be ,C"f1infully employed. <br />Populntion projections for the ycnr HlSO were not LJroken down into subareas <br />within Nl.ch State. Ho\X{>\,er, Imsed uJlon the lHRO relntion~hiJ1 of total ])Oflnlll' <br />tion ir! the State of Colnrndo to the seven-county area in which the Fryillgpnn- <br />Arknn~a!': projeet is locnted, it. is e~tilllated thM of the 47;'i.noo additionfll johs <br />needed. G2.000 job opportunities will iJe required in the Fr.vingpan-Arknn:saa <br />area. <br />Const.metilll1 fin/I development of the Fryin::qmll-Ark::lI1sas projed will proYifle <br />some c.t tb(>F;e jobs needed by ln80. The I)ro\'isioll of a suppl(>mc>ntal valter supply <br />to the 2RO.nOO irrigahle lUPlls in tllt~ JJI.,)ject. is. equiY!llent to about. ["14,000 3cres <br />of Tlp.w Innd equivalent. <br />Provi~ion of thi~ water supply will l'rente on the farm. in the cHic!':. find in <br />other ."eCl)IlIlary or urban areas nhollt 4.800 fJrl(litinnal job oppnrtuIlitic,<,:. <br />III :J.rlditinn to the new jol) opportunities err-Merl fJ.'l a result of prO\'iding n <br />supplementnl irrigation water supply. m;lIlY additinnal jnh npportllllities will <br />be erent{'(l as a rf:'sult of the ,generation of power and thf' (.reatinn of fl{lrlitinnal <br />nlllllichml nnfI ilHll1strinl ~llP!lIi('~. One 113~ only to 100];: ut the P:H'il1e :\'o'l"th- <br />Wf'st. rhp L(I~; Angeie8 Uletrnponlan areU. or Phoenix. Ari~. to rl'nlize what th{' <br />avai]ahility of power and watel' menll~ in terll1R of joh ollportunities. Although <br />preci~{' tools are not avnilahle to arcnrntely project the nllmber of new job <br />opportunities resulting from power and llomestie water. an irulientioD r~ull he <br />ohtainell hy reference to Sennte Sf:led Cnrnmitt.ee Print No. S. '['hi~ publkatinll <br />indicates that prnjectin!ls for inllnstrial employmf!nt uy 1080 in the project area <br />will pro,ide ahout i,OOO adflitiollul employment oppnrtullitif's. Such industrial <br />development will require water and power. It is, therefore, rensonable to <br />