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<br />1 <br /> <br />1 7 r~ ~ FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />36. Stream pollutrion has not rctu:herl dangerous or Sp.rlOUS pro~ <br />portions in the Al'knnsas Valley, The most not,;eeable effects of <br />industrin.l pollution arc fOllnd below Lend\"illc fiS 11 result. of mine <br />dfllinage lwd tailings. <br />:37. Fishill~ is 11 summer ~port of considcl'rlble finl111cil11 significance <br />in thr diversion arCH and in the lippcr Arkn.IlSI1S VnlIey. The Fish <br />and '\VBtHifc Service hus l>n~pfi.l'('d n pl'elirninary report on the subject <br />and hilS nlade tentative rceomnwndnt.iolls eoncerninf! minimum ftOWR <br />needed to preserve fishery vll.l!lCS ill the diycrsion ld~a. The projcet <br />has been so plaJ1ned and opcr~tillg rules hu\"c been so forIllulntcd as <br />to prevent t.h\~ din~rsioH of wuter which would reduce t.lle flows below <br />the specified minimum. Cont.inued st.udies of the requirements of <br />the fishery r~SOllrGeS arc needed to develop refinement.s under the <br />terms of t.he operating rules. <br />38. The mountainolls portions of both slopl's of t.he project areR- <br />and cspceiully t.he diversion UJ'('I1- combine ~uch desirable qunlities <br />as scenic nU.nH,.tiveT\css, wildel'lws'3 character, rCllloteness, wnter for <br />fishillg~ nnd skiiJlg faeilit.ies. Consequently, tlley arc import.ant <br />reereutionul ill'eftS nt nil seasons. The Nllt.ionul PHl'k Service has <br />made a pl'chminury report on the }ll'Ojeet. area and Oil the recreationul <br />aspects of the initial de\'I~Jopment. Its recomml'-Ildnt,ions "".-ill be <br />fo\lowetl to the fu\lest extent possible. <br /> <br />PLAN OF DJ,~\'ELOP;\[r:NT <br /> <br />39. The illit.inl dcvc\opHlent is keyo\\ to trwnsmountllin diversion of <br />water from the Colorado Ri\'cr drninnge f:'llst.wnrd to llw upper <br />Al'knnsus River Valley. Thc din~rted wuteI' 11ml rert'-gulntcd Tlntive <br />eastern slope wnt.(T ""mLld pl'o,"jdc fol' SUpplf\1ll€11till irrigM.ion. furnish <br />supplenwnt.ul find new supplies of municiplll wat.er, unci enuhle the <br />generat.ion of hydroelectric power. Other mult,iple-purpose nspect.s <br />of t.he project include. flood find sediment. cont.rol, st,renm pollution <br />ablltdnent, tllld fish uut! wildlife cODsel'nJtion. All t'st.jmn t.cs, specifi- <br />cnt.ions, ond description of fCilt,lU'es nre neccssnl'ily prelimillnr.r and <br />subjcct. to some modification filld I'Cflnenlcnt when dctnilcd data <br />beeonws H.voilnLle. <br />40. As n ff~sult of the diver3ion of wnt.cr from t.he Coloroclo River <br />Bosin, tltis pot.ent.inl initil11 developmcllt, is consistent wit.h the pur- <br />poses of t.hc Colorndo HiveI' storflge projeet.. '1 he extent of its reIa. <br />tionship to the lippeI' ('010l'l1<.lo Ri\~er .Basin d('n~Jopment. and to t.he <br />upper Arkullslls Rin~r Basin development, cnu be mort'- firmly p$t.llb- <br />lishc(l us those de\'clopments proceed. In it.s plun for the ColonHlo <br />River stomgc project t.he Burenu of RednnHltion eonteIllphltes ot <br />Il'ilstr six mnjol' regHln.tol'Y resel'voirs in the upper Colomdo H.in::r <br />Bosin. The Jlee<l for the storage projl~ct. st.ems from t.Ile compncls <br />pert.ninillg' t.o Colorado River wot.ers. The Colorfldo River tompnct <br />o.pport.iun~ thc lise of 7.5 million uere-feet of water annually to t.he <br />upper Colorado River Bn~in. It 0150 provides thot. the Stlltl'S of <br />the UppCT' division (Colorndo. New :rvlexico, Utnh, and \Vyoming) <br />will not cause the flow of Lhe river nt, J..ee .Ferry, Ariz., to be depleted <br />uelO\I,." fln nggreg:lte of 'Iii million Here-feet fo!' nny period of ]0 COII- <br />seclltivl~ years. This compnd. wus signed No\'cmber 24. 1H22, and <br />mach- ctfef't.ivc pllI'SlIflnt. to the terms of t.he Boulder Cunyon Ad. <br />The upper Colorado River compact in turn apportions tl,e llse of <br />Coloratlo River \Vutel' to I,he four St.ltes and A6zona, and provitles <br /> <br />j <br />