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<br /> <br />r1 <br />L~ <br />CHAPTER V <br />PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT <br />PHYSICAL PLAN <br />As an irrigation water supply company, the Minnesota Ditch Company operates <br />Dams, canals, ditches, gates and other physical apparatus. The intent of <br />the proposed project is to repair only the Minnesota Dam. The Dam is <br />operated only as an irrigation supply reservoir. It is filled by snowmelt <br />in the spring and drained for use as irrigation water in the summer. <br />Although no records are available to substantiate the date, local observers <br />indicate that the original Dam was constructed approximately 100 years ago. <br />Interior Department records located in the Forest Service's Paonia Ranger <br />District office indicate that the first enlargement of the Dam occurred <br />during the years of 1901 through 1908. <br />The Department of the Interior granted an easement for the Dam September <br />30, 1905. <br />More recently, the Dam was inspected under the National Dam Safety Program. <br />A report on that inspection dated March 25, 1980 is attached in the <br />Appendix. <br />V-i <br />