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<br />among others, of regulating the flow of the Colorado River, storing
<br />water for beneficial consumptive use, making it possible for the
<br />States of the Upper Basin to util~ze, consistently with the obli-
<br />gation undertaken by the States of the Upper Division in Article III
<br />of the Colorado River Compact, the apportionments made to and among
<br />them in the Colorado River Compact and the Upper Colorado River
<br />Basin Compact, respectively, providing for the control of floods and
<br />for the improvement of navigation, and generating hydroelectric power,
<br />hereby authoriz8s the Secretary of the Interior(l) to construct,
<br />operate, and malntain the following initial units of the Colorado
<br />River Storage Project, consisting of dams, reservoirs, power plants,
<br />transmission facilities and appurtenant works: Echo P~rk, Flaming
<br />Gorge, Glen Canyon, Navajo and a dam or dams in the GUr'nison River
<br />Basin at a site or sites to be determined by the O;'';':::.';;';',al.y-a:fter
<br />co:iSiiIta'1TOilW:itht1-;8 L:olorado V~arer ConservaiiO;:;~8:;_~::.~j; * {,'- -:~ -?:- ~~"
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<br />That the Policy and Re\~ev{ Comrnittee--Gunnison River Storage was
<br />created by the Colorado W~~er Conservation Board to aid in accomplishing
<br />the objectives set [o:th in the quoted portion of the State Cor~.e!lts and
<br />the procedure for d8'i;errnination of the storage plan in the Gunni:oon River
<br />Basin contemplated by the aforementioned proposed Congressional legislation.
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<br />V. Reco~menda~ions to the Colorado Water ConAervation Board. On the basis
<br />of the foreg,Tng fifidr,g's' and conclusions, the PoE.:;, a;,d Review COlll'Jlittee-
<br />Gunnison River Storage recommends to the Colorado Water Conservation Board
<br />as follows:
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<br />1. That the Board approve Plan E, more specifically hereinabove
<br />described and discussed, for that part of the Colorado River Storage
<br />Project Vlc.ich would be accomplished in the Gunnison River Basi:!, such
<br />Plan E to include, and be limited to, the following storag~ uni~s:
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<br />Total Storage
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<br />Active Storage
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<br />Curecant.i
<br />Whitewater
<br />Crystal
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<br />940,000 AS.
<br />880,000 A.F.
<br />510,000 A.F.
<br />2,330,000 A.F.
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<br />765,000 A.F.
<br />470,000 A.F.
<br />425,000 A.F.
<br />l,060,OQO A.F.
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<br />(a) That the initial authorization by Congress for construc-
<br />tion of units of the Colorado River Storage Project !.n-dune and,
<br />in the Gunnison River Basin, be limited to, the above described
<br />Curecanti and Crystal stor~~: units, and that the construction of
<br />the Vlhitffivater unit be delayed for ~ater authorization.
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<br />(b) That the approval of G,r~i5on River Basin storage, as a
<br />part of the Col~rado River Storage ~roject plan, be. subject to the
<br />conditions set f~rth in Paragraph 13 (a), (b) an,1 (.c\ nndr>"J'lV -
<br />Findings ana Cc'nc:Cusions" of this report,
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