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<br />~Y...l <br /> <br />~, - <br /> <br /> <br />ToPOCk Marsh wildlife le/uge <br />nor/h01 La;';e Havasl.J <br /> <br />diversion project in Colorado <br />continued. A $14] million contract <br />was awarded b~, the Bureau of <br />Reclamation for construction of a <br />portion of Hunter Tunnel, which IS <br />part of lhe projffr~ ~outh<,ide <br />collpoion ~ystem. <br />Con<,truction conlinued during the <br />year on the ,'\'.H'djO Indi.1n IrrifMtion <br />Project. An $8.5-million contract was <br />awarded by lhe Bureau of <br />Reclamdtion for construction of the <br />final ..(>Clion of the projffr~ main <br />canal. Completion of this contract will <br />permit irrigation oj aboul 10,000 acres <br />of project land. The Bureau al~o <br />awarded a 5 I,B-million contract to <br />provide 1\\0 turblnes.H the "\ia\ajo <br />Dam poV\erpJilnt, <br />The Bureau of RffJilmation <br />iw.'arded a $:!6.9 million contract lor <br />construction of Vat Tunnel, an inle~rdl <br />part of the Bonnel'llIe Unit of the <br />Central Utah Project. The Bureau is <br />planning to institute an investigation of <br />the Leland Bench iHt'il a~ an <br />agricuhurill development that would <br />bene-iit the Ute Indians and to <br />complete a pJannin~ report therron <br /> <br />for thl;' Ute IndlJn Unit by December <br />31, 1978. <br />A hearing was ht'ld on June 11, <br />1975, in Washington, D.C. bv the <br />Sub(ommltlft> on Energy Research <br />and \Vater Resource~ of (he S",nale <br />Committee on lntl"rior .md Insular <br />Affairs on tht> adeQudCv of Ne\\ <br />~1e).ico's uncommiUed Color.'ldo River <br />water apportionment to supplv the <br />propo..ro EI Pam Coal C.w/icallon <br />PI.mt. Al the hearing, New 'v1ell.ico <br />made a <,tdlt"mt'nl in support of its <br />contemion thdt there Me adequate <br />water supplies ior the propmf"d plant, <br />based on .In\' one of the following <br />conclusions: <br />1. The Upper Basin's ~1ell.icdn <br />Trt'atv deliverv obligation is zero. <br />(The Bureau oi Recldmalron's studies <br />ds..ume thaI one-half of the \-lexi<:an <br />deliver\' obli~atlon is the re~ponsibilllv <br />Of the Upper Bd~in l. <br />2. There is a 95 pt.'rcpnt probdbilit\ <br />thdt Upper Ba~in Re..t'f'.'oirs could <br />sustdin a rt'lea"e of 8.25 millon <br />acre-feet until Ihe \ear 2010 V\ Ilhoul <br />Impairing proJt>Ctf"d dt'pletions or <br />infrin~lnR upon minimum powt'rheads. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3. The .....avajo Indian Irrigation <br />Projt'ct, by u~e of sprinkler irrigdtion <br />dS is now pldnned, requires a reduced <br />diversion (0 mE't't its consumptive use <br />requirements. <br />The Board'~ staif reviewed the EIS <br />(or Ihp K.lIparOlwts GenerJt;n8St.uion, <br />a proposed ],000 megdwiltl Cadi-firM <br />pO\\erplant to be situated in <br />soulhedslern Uldh neM lake Powell, <br />and ils comments were included in <br />the Sldt'" of California's commenls on <br />the plant. The propmed project <br />fl:,('eivf"d.oppositlon from many <br />group.. and dgt'ncies bdsed on the <br />cOnlenhon thd( air pollution \'iould <br />result irom plant operdtion. As the <br />plant would have returned no <br />dissolved salls to the riyer system, the <br />plant's impacl on the river's salinitv <br />would be minimdl as compdred to <br />other uses such .IS irrigd(ion, <br /> <br />lOl'\,er BiH;n Ot'\elopmen'-~ <br /> <br />The first comtrucllon contrdct <br />under Title I, P.L. 9]-310 WdS dwardl>d <br />October 'I, 1975. The 51 million <br />(OntrdC( is for lhl' construction of .I <br />concrete siphon on the existing <br />11'('lIton-\foh.m~ ,!"'fdin Outlt>{ Drdin <br />[\ten5ion and .I s(ilndbv pumping <br />plant for the Citv of Yuma. Arizona. <br />Two contracls for construction of <br />portion~ of lhe Central Arizona <br />Projt>et .....ere awarded during lhe year. <br />A SS8.2 million contract is for <br />com.truclion of Buckskin rvlountain <br />Tunnel betvH'en the Havaw Pumping <br />Pldnt and (he Crdnilt' Rt-'('f Aqueduct. <br />Tht' second contract for $343 million <br />is for construction of thrl't' major <br />siphon~ of the Crdnite Rt>t>i Aqueduct. <br />On April lB, 1975, the Sffrelarv of <br />the Interior published in (he FedNill <br />Register .I proposed allocalion of <br />257,000 dcre-fee! per vear trom the <br />Central Arizona Project for the five <br />ct'nlrdl Arizond Indian Re~ervatjons. <br />The capital costs dllocdted to such <br />water \..ould be non-reimbursable as <br /> <br />11 <br />