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<br />~H)", <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Some direction as to who is to pay the West Slope costs is <br />found by reviewlng the legislative history E9und in the <br />Hearings before the Senate Subcommit~ee on Irrigation and <br />Reclamation on June 28, 1962. <br /> <br />Senator Carroll states at ~age 13 of the hearings: <br /> <br />In the meantime, as another indication of <br />the solid support of ~he Fryingpan- <br />Arkansas project in Colorado, the <br />Southeastern Colorado Water Conser- <br />vancy District has agreed to sign <br />a contract Eor repayment of the <br />entire cost of the Ruedi R~se~voir <br />until such time as the excess storage <br />capacity is used to serve western <br />Colorado and the water users receiving <br />the service assume a portion of the <br />reservoir cost. <br /> <br />On page 16 is the Eollowing statement by Senator Allott: <br /> <br />Whereas the .total costs of Ruedi <br />Dam and Reservoir {$12,776,000l with the <br />added recreation facilities ($55,000) are <br />included wit~in the cost allocation for <br />the project and are thus included within <br />the studies of economic justification <br />of the project, it is anticipated that <br />only $7,600,000 oE t~~s cost will be <br />?ermanently assi~ned :0 the frying~an-Arkansas <br />project. <br /> <br />3ec~use onE l~lportant function Ot ~'~~:l <br />~ill be to supply Eut~re water users ~n <br />western Colorado (possibly ~unici~a1 <br />water and industrial ~ater for all s~sie <br />development) the remainder of tt-,e relC".- <br />oursable cost of this dam and reser~cir <br />ultimately be ~ssign€d to s~ch uses. <br /> <br />Later Secretary of the Interior, Udall 3t ~age 31 testified: <br /> <br />It is gratiE~'il~~ to r~port that t~E <br />addir:iona1 C,)st oE constructin') "OUt";: <br />~esurvolr over and above the cost af <br />,\siJen i.~esr~r'JOil, is Yo"ell ltJithin tr,e <br />