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<br />conductro anaty..es, and prep.nro
<br />comment...
<br />The federal ..tudies reviewro and
<br />commentro upon bv the Board were:
<br />1 Thf' Dt'partnwnt of the Interior'..
<br />luly, 1974, re-port on water for energy
<br />In the Uppt.'r Colorado Rive-r Ba..in,
<br />2, Tht' Water Rf"XlurCt>.. Council's
<br />report "WatN for Energy
<br />Self. Sufficiency", AURu..t, tg74,
<br />3_ The Bureau oj Reclamation'..
<br />September, 1974, report on alternati\'e
<br />source<, of water for the prototype oil
<br />..hale developm€'nts in Utah <md
<br />Color ado, dnd
<br />4. A draft COPy of the Froeral
<br />Ent'fl'lY Administration'.. rt'port
<br />"Project Independence
<br />Blueprint-Water for En€'rgy",
<br />S€'ptpmbt>r 5, 1974
<br />In addition, drait environmental
<br />impact ..tatement.. ior indiyjdudl
<br />energy development proje-cl'> \\'€'r€'
<br />re-cel\ro and reviewed_
<br />The We..tern Sldte<, Water Council,
<br />working through Its Water Reo;our("E'<;
<br />Commitlft'", ..tudied the water
<br />r€'SOurce aspects of the enet~W
<br />situdtion in the we~tern ..tale<,. The
<br />Board's ..taff prmided input to the
<br />..tudi€">. A report on the water
<br />requirE'ment.. for future energv
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<br />development.. In the 11 we..tern ..tatf>S
<br />was completf'd by the Watpr
<br />Rf''iOurces Committee, adopted by the
<br />Council, and relpased l,uN in the
<br />\t'<H.
<br />DraWing upon the anal\se~ made in
<br />revlPwin~ the<'t' studie.., Ihe Board'",
<br />qaif ("oncluded that the Colorado
<br />B,1sln's water re<,ourc('<; would be
<br />ddf.'quate 10 ..upport thl;' future
<br />de\'l>lopmenl of the Bd..in's pnergv
<br />resources whi("h would be reasonably
<br />ellpe<tro to occur through the ypar
<br />2000_ This condu..ion and the bdse..
<br />thereior wpre pres-pnted by the Chll~t
<br />Engineer in an addrE'<,S to tht> P<lcific
<br />'\Jorthv.-est Watt'N.-dYS A....ociation
<br />,mnudl convention in Sednle on
<br />'ovembt:>r 1, 1974
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<br />UplX'r 8,Nn Del elopment_'
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<br />An S8.440, 170 contrdCl was
<br />aWdrdt>d during 1974 b\ tht> Bureau of
<br />R€'Clamation 10 (ontmu€, comtruction
<br />of (he mdlO canal of the \'dl'JjO
<br />Indl.ln Im!UflOn Projeel. The contract
<br />call~ for earthwork and structure.. for
<br />dbout nlOe miles of concrete-.llned
<br />cdnal, 10 miles oj open drain and 10
<br />mile" of road When the '\iavajo main
<br />candl is compll:'tro, II will be <lbou( 72
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<br />mire~ long ilnd suppl\ irrigation water
<br />10 110,000 acre.. of tribal land.. If1 Rio
<br />Arriba and San Juan Counties in New
<br />\.1p~ko. Completion of work under
<br />this contract dnd other work under a
<br />",pp,Ha'.' contrdCl for a di..tribution
<br />w..tem ..hould enable irrigation water
<br />to bt> dt'livered to the first block of
<br />10,000 dUes b\' the targt't Vt'<lr, 197&.
<br />The W~tern GaSIfication Company
<br />plan.. '0 construCl and operate the
<br />~ VESCO C 0,,1 CJ.~iJi"calion Plant
<br />con<,i..lin!<'l ot four units, edch with a
<br /><:apability of 250 million cubic loot a
<br />d<l\' on thl:' ~avalo Rpservation, 35
<br />miles southwe<,t of farmlOgton, ~ew
<br />\11'xico utah International Inc will
<br />c;upplv COdl to the pl<lnts bv
<br />I-'xpanding th€' PlIisting Nav<ljo \1ine.
<br />Dt'partment oi the Interior approval
<br />will Ix- r~uirt-d lor an amended
<br />W<ller conlra("!. mining <lnd re..toration
<br />plan.., a pipelmt> righl+of-way and a
<br />lpas<' bet\\ft'n the ~av<ljo Tribe and
<br />thp company for the gasification plant
<br />~ltt'_ The iir..t unit is ..chedulf'd to
<br />Ilf-'come operational in latt' l'l77 and
<br />the 1<I<,t bv l'la3. Watf'r use is
<br />t'qlm,lIt>d <It 30Joo acre-Ift'! <lnnuilll\'
<br />A draft environmental impa<l
<br />..tatt'menl on th{' propoc;t:'d complex
<br />has been iiled with Ihe Council on
<br />En\'lronmentdl Qualitv.
<br />Thf' Bureau oi Reclamation
<br />a\\-ardt>d an $IB,347,000 contract for
<br />tht, construction of the Currdnt Creek
<br />D<lm, a feature of the Ronnel'llIe Unit
<br />Of the Central Uldh Projecl. Thf'
<br />re<,ervoir cre.lteO bv the dam will
<br />rpguldte the flow of ....dler through the
<br />Strawberrv Aqueduct, a ..ystem 01
<br />conduits and tunnels which will
<br />iott-reept runolt from streams in the
<br />UintJ \10untilins for storage in an
<br />enla~ed StrJwberrv Re..ervoir for use
<br />10 populdtion center~ dlong the
<br />\Vasd!ch front and jor Irrlgation_
<br />A concluding rf'port, d<llro
<br />5f'ptembt'r, 1973, on the Grand ,,,"'esJ
<br />Prolffl locatl-d in w(><,t central
<br />Colorado .....1.. released bv the Burf'au
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