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<br />~ ,f"".~ ..... <br />'i~!.;J <br /> <br />implication from the title of the project--that--tn~s-diversion-ts-but-a <br /> <br />stage of a larger development, the name of the project should be changed <br /> <br />to "The Roaring Fork-Arkansas Project" or "The Frying Pan-Arkansas <br /> <br />project." This point was diseussed at length'in Committee deliberations <br /> <br />p' <br /> <br />but no formal action was taken thereon. <br /> <br />Messrs. Delaney and White have <br /> <br />requested that these comments contain a statement of their position on <br /> <br />this point. <br /> <br />In line with this thought, it is noted that the discussion on <br /> <br />Pages 58 through 60 of the speeial report dated September 1949 concerning <br /> <br /> <br />_ u::'- .~ :-- pian~Xor-futus~~e!pariston-6fthe initial~phase-development=by_di v~!:sion ---,- <br /> <br />==--=._~--- ----::......--=:-_.: - - -- . .-- ---. -- ------~ -~--' <br />~:-:H". -_~~~- from::oth:r:_-tributaries.of the-ROar~~g - _f;rK"Ri ver_~an.d :froJ1;""ti1-':'::Gunni~~ _ <br />::- .;.-.~-~ -:~Ri ve'h@3=-de~-cii.~d~ -_-=-'.To c~~~~ - out .the-r.ec~~;hd;{ifol}.s 01'\his COiiiiiift"t~~~; <br />in this regard, it is recommended that the discussion shm.m on these <br /> <br />--- <br />---- <br /> <br />--- <br />--- <br /> <br />pages be deleted from the final draft of report. <br /> <br />Relationship to Green Mountain Reservoir <br />At the meeting held January 6, 1949, in Grand Junction, Colorado, <br /> <br />the Committee passed a resolution to the effect that' the benefits and rights <br /> <br />of the Western Slope in the Green Mountain Reservoir of the Colorado-Big <br /> <br />'i <br /> <br />Thompson Project as defined in Senate Document 80 (75th Congress, 1st Session) <br /> <br />'I. <br /> <br />shall not be impaired by the Initial Phase of the Gunnison-Arkansas Project. <br /> <br />More Efficient Use of Arkansas Itiver Water <br /> <br />Review of your reports discloses the fact that in the "inter months <br /> <br />part of the Arkansas River streamfl~" is diverted to irrigate4 lands in the <br />I <br /> <br />valley. The tentative plans for the project contemplate the provision of <br /> <br />storage capacity that can be used in many years to regulate such ,nnter <br />