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<br />" <br />,S'" <br /> <br />.. <br />, <br /> <br />. <br />~- <br />. <br /> <br />, <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, <br />OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, <br />Washingt<Jn, D.C., May :e7, 1968. <br /> <br />Hon. JOHN W. MCOORMACK, <br />Speaker of the House of RepreseniatWes, <br />Washington, D.O. <br /> <br />DEAR MR. SPEAKER: As provided by section 9(a) of the Reclama- <br />tion Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), transmitted herewith is my <br />report on the Narrows unit, Missouri River Basin project, Oolorado. <br />The Narrows unit would be a multiple-purpose water and related <br />la.nd resources development encompassing irrigation, flood control, <br />recreation, and fish and wildlife enhancement. It would provide a <br />dependable supplemental water supply for 166,370 acres of iITigable <br />land along the main stem of the lower South Platte River in north- <br />eastern Oolorado. <br />The proposed report on the unit was transmitted to the affected <br />States and interested Federal agencies for review as required hy law <br />and procedures approved by the President on May 15, 1962. Copies <br />of tlie comments received, none of which are in opposition to the <br />proposed plan, are attached to the report. <br />The report and copies of the commente received were submitted to <br />the President on February 8, 1968. Enclosed is a copy of a letter <br />dated May 8, 1968, from the Bureau of the Budget advising that <br />there would be no objection to the submission of the report to the <br />Congress. <br />I recommend that the Narrows unit, Missouri River Basin project, <br />Colorado, be authorized for construction in accordance with the basic <br />plan presented in the enclosed report. <br />Sincerely yours, , <br /> <br />KENNETH HOLUM, <br />.Assistant Secreta-ry of the I_Un-. <br /> <br />,m) <br />