Future development: Although the Secretary at this time is recommending only the Echo Park and Glen Canyon storage units and 11 initial participating projects, the plan provides for submission to the Congress from time to time of additional storage project units and additional participating projects. These submissions will be made as the needs for such units and projects arise, and when investigations are complete and feasibility reports are available. Such a procedure, in our opinion, will provide for the greatest possible development of the water and related resources of the upper Colorado River Basin and will offer sufficient flexibility for future changes in economic conditions and Federal budgetary consideration.

Senator WATKINS. Mr. Larson, I suggest, in order to clear up a lot of questions that will be asked, that you proced now with a statement on these individual participating projects that have been considered. I do not know how long you can stand to read, but I have noted that many times the questions we ask are later answered in the witness' statements.

I personally grow impatient; I want to get the answer right now, but I believe that we will find many of the answers in your statement. If you will proceed to read the additional information, I believe it will help you.

Mr. LARSON. Before I proceed, I should mention that there is attached to my statement, a summary table of Colorado River storage project and participating projects, indicating the lands to be irrigated; the generating capacity of the powerplants; municipal water; stream depletion; total expenditures; nonreimbursable expenditures; the allocations made to power, municipal water, and irrigation; the irrigation allocations repayable by the water users; and the irrigation allocation assigned for repayment from the net revenues of the Colorado storage project.

Senator WATKINS. That will be received and made a part of the record.

(The material referred to follows:)

Summary table-Colorado River storage project and participating projects

120, 158, 000 100, 874, 000 553, 906, 600 91, 941, 500 712, 762, 000 100, 874, 000 691, 245, 600 91, 941, 500

Senator KUCHEL. May I ask a question on that point?
Senator WATKINS. On this exhibit?

Senator KUCHEL. Yes.

Senator WATKINS. Proceed.

Senator KUCHEL. It was this question, so we can understand pretty generally what the bill covers: You state here in your summary table 11 participating projects and 5 additional participating projects in the bill. Then you have also additional units in the bill, Curecanti and Flaming Gorge unit; in addition, that is, to Echo Park and Glen Canyon. Are we to understand, Mr. Larson, that in the present bill to be authorized by Congress are 20 different projects?

Mr. LARSON. No; I do not believe that is correct. May I explain my table, what it is intended to reflect?

Senator KUCHEL, Yes.

Mr. LARSON. There are 20 projects referred to in the bill. Some of them are for conditional authorization.

Senator KUCHEL. For conditional?

Mr. LARSON. Some of them have conditions attached.

Senator KUCHEL. But all, however, are in line with the testimony of the Assistant Secretary of the Interior that this bill authorizes them so far as Congress is concerned, and all that would then remain would be findings by the Department of the Interior; is that not correct?

Mr. LARSON. I think the provisions in the bill speak for themselves. I would not want to interpret them.

Senator ANDERSON. San Juan-Chama project is listed on your list here. But the language in the bill specifically requires that it would have to be approved by Congress. It is particularly in there so that friends of ours in Texas, for example, who are somewhat worried about it, might be reassured about that. I merely want to say that in general I think your statement is correct. Certainly the first four projects that are in the bill would be authorized, except that Curecanti has a conditional authorization to it-in the bill adopted by the House, at least-and it has a conditional authorization in this bill, does it not? I refer you to the language about your Curecanti at the very beginning. Senator WATKINS. What the bill contains now and what it may contain when we get through with it are probably two different things. Senator ANDERSON. I merely want to point out, Mr. Chairman, that it says the Curecanti Dam shall be constructed to a height in which it will impound not less than 940,000 acre-feet of water, and so forth. That is a condition on the project; is it not?

It does not mean that it has to come back to Congress, but on the projects that are involved in New Mexico, where there was a controversy, it says they have to come back and be approved by Congress. That is line 10, page 3. So they are a little different from the provisions to which Senator Kuchel referred to a moment ago.

Senator WATKINS. Now if you will proceed with the explanations, I think it will clear up a lot of matters that we want to go through, and then we will go back and give you a workout.

Mr. LARSON. I will begin at the upper end of the basin and come downstream in explaining each of the participating projects.

The LaBarge project in Wyoming includes providing the water supply for 7,970 acres of new land. The principal crops will be hay, pasture, small grain. The farmers have dairy cows and sheep.

Senator ANDERSON. Mr. Chairman, off the record.

(Discussion off the record.)

Senator WATKINS. You may proceed.

Mr. LARSON. Statement of LaBarge project, Wyoming. The potential LaBarge project would make a direct flow diversion from Green River, a principal tributary of the Colorado River, to provide for the irrigation of 7,970 acres of desert lands in Sublette and Lincoln Counties in southwestern Wyoming. Only about 300 acres of these lands receive any irrigation water at the present time. Their meager supply would likely be used on other lands outside the project area if the project was constructed. Water for domestic and stock-watering use on farms in the project area would be taken from project canals and from shallow wells that would be developed by the water

users.

Project lands would generally be utilized for the support of livestock enterprises. Climatically adaptable crops, such as hay, small grain, pasture, and some garden crops would be produced. The principal livestock would be dairy cows and sheep. Analyses made indicate that an average farm of about 210 irrigated acres in the project area would provide the farm family with a reasonable standard of living, provide employment for the available family labor, and permit payment of operation, maintenance, and replacement costs and some payment toward construction costs of project facilities.

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Detailed land classification surveys show the project lands to be suitable for sustained production of crops under irrigation farming. Water supply studies, based on records of stream flows as they have occurred in the past, indicate that an adequate irrigation supply of 24,300 acre-feet annually would be available for the project from direct flows with permissible shortages in occasional drought years. water right for the project can be obtained under Wyoming State law. Construction features of the project would include a main diversion and distribution canal with an initial capacity of 175 second-feet and extending approximately 40 miles along the west side of Green River, a few short laterals, and a few short drains as required. Construction of the main canal and the laterals would require about 2 years. Drains would not be completed until a few years after applica- . tion of water to the land so that the extent of works required could be determined. A period of 2 to 3 years would be required to construct the project.

This statement is based on the physical plan of project development presented in the Bureau of Reclamation report on the LaBarge project, Wyoming, dated January 1951, a supplement to the Colorado River storage project reported dated December 1950. Results of current (1953) estimates for this project plan are summarized in the attached project summary tabulation.

Senator WATKINS. Now I suggest that we place in the record the summary data of the LaBarge project, Wyoming. (The material referred to follows):