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<br />FRYL~GPAN-AR~SAS PROJECT, tOLORADO
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<br />N. Suit.ahle 1anguage he included in the nuthorizil1g document
<br />dearly stnting f,hat. authoriznt.ion or nppropriat.ion of funds for tJ~e
<br />project or for the cont.inued investriga.t.ions sUIted Rbo\~e shall not. III
<br />tW,'! wuy const.it.ute n commit.ment., real or implied, to further import.ll-
<br />tlons.
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<br />AVERY A. BATSON.
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<br />DEPARTME,NT OF THI'; INTEnIllH,
<br />BORE:\ U OF RECLAM.\TION.
<br />IFa.shill{j(nll 25, D. c., April 16, 1051.
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<br />The SECRt;T:\RY OF THE INTLRIOR. .
<br />SIR: This is IllY proposed report. on the iaitinl devc.lopment., Roaring
<br />Fork diversion, of t.he potent-inl GUlluison-Arl{().Ilsfls projed, Colorado.
<br />~J'y report is bused on und incorporates t,he a<:compnnying' I'eport. of
<br />the regionnl dil'~d.ol', Bureau of Reclamation, Denv('!'! Colo_, dated
<br />}I~ehrllnry 2:3, 1951.
<br />The pot.ent.inl Gllnnison-Arkrmsns project. is fI. mnjor unit in the
<br />comprehensive plnn of dc\"e1npnlC'llt of t.he water reSOUfees of t,he upper
<br />Arkansas Riyer B~lsin. The init.inl development. (Ronl'ing Fork
<br />divPl'sion) is a muhiple-pul'pose project involving Lfa.TlSIlH>unt,nin
<br />diversion of water from t.he Roaring Fork Ri\"('x, [1, trihutnry of the
<br />Colofndo. This development, is designed ns u self-cont.llined unit" nnd
<br />it.s constmet-ion would Hot imply n commit.mcnt. fol' de\"eloping fut-ure
<br />Wl1tcr supplies in the Gunnison River Basin for din~l'sion t.o t.he
<br />ArknnstLs River Bll::iin_ This developmcnt. would provide (a.) nbolit
<br />18.5,000 acre-fcet (If supplemental irrigat.ion water n t. ennuI headglllrs ill
<br />t,he Arkansas Vulley t.hrough trnnsmountuin diversion. conser\'itt.ion
<br />o{ flood t1.0\";Sl rcregll'ntion ,ilf wintc-J' How~ find reuse of ret,lll'll (lows
<br />for wntel'-t.hirst,y lunds which, even wit.h t,his ndditional supply, will
<br />expericnce an l1\"ernge an1ll1l1.1 lll'adgtlt.e short.nge of nlJout Hi per-
<br />cent; (6) !lbollt 1.5,000 ncrc~fect of municipnl \\'nt.l~r t.o supplement. t.he
<br />municipnl supply for Colorttdo Springs, Puehlo, nnd sc\"crnl Arkansas
<br />Va.lley t.owns wherl' addit.ionnl qUHntity find better quality wntl'r i~
<br />eritimllv needed; (c) I1hout 467.000.000 kilowatt-hours of electric
<br />energy to h('.II) meet. the critic III need for dect.rie power in the project
<br />sel'vi(~e ill'Clt and permit expansion of t,he normal uses of clr.dric
<br />energy; (d) flood protection which would climillfltc (in perecnt (If the
<br />pl'ohnblc rlllnunl ttood dall1.l;lges bctwcl'lt Puehln tLnd the John !\'hlrtin
<br />Rl'S(,l'voil', (~st,imuted to be _nbout $890,000.: (f') sediment. enntrol,
<br />stJ'~iun-rollHt,ion flhnlcment, tmd pn~s~l'\'nt.ion und propa.gnt-ion of
<br />fish find ,,"ildlife in certuin afC!lS; all of which fire important and
<br />vnlunhle contribut,ions of t,he projecL.
<br />These purpost~s would be f1l'e()mpli~hed through cOllst.l'lIetioll of (a)
<br />II syst.em of nhout:30 mill'S of titl1uls and tUIlIll'J:.:; 011 Llw w('stel'll slop\'.
<br />of tbe Cont,i~iHlt:l1 Di\"ide for t,llc t~ollcd.ioll of WIlt!'!' from Hunte!'
<br />Creek uwl Fr)lillgpnll Hin'I', trihubll'il's o{ tilt.' ROlll'ing Fork Hiv(>,,;
<br />(b'J Aspen R(~::;er\'oi.J', with all nct,lt"e <.'llPHciLy of 28~oon :lel'c-feet IlCilr
<br />tlH~ t.own of ASPl'll 011 the \\-t>st,l'1'1l slope t,o provide replacement water
<br />n.1lfl water for flltUfC USt~ ill meet.illg thl' demunds in Wl:'stcrn Colorado;
<br />(c) Ole Fl'yingplln..Arkuflslls tllllll(,r, itl.lOUt. 0 mill'S inlellgt,h, for divert.-
<br />ing wutpr (',o\\L't'L(,d pn t.he Wl'stern slope t.o tile pastern slope; (rl) the
<br />Sugar Lonf RI'Sl'r\"oir 011 dw l'astel'll slopc of t.he upper Arkansa~
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