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Memorandum to the Files on Arizona Authority and Power Program Meeting
No full textDocument: Memorandum to the Files, Arizona Authority and Power Program Meeting, Draft, 2/7/63, page 9-9-
Rhodes was for letting the FPC act -- we have assurances of the Governor and APA that we will get Marble for a federal project if it is needed, "and the Secretary brought up the higher interest rate the state would have to pay and said, "if you go for a state built Marble you are closing the door on the basin approach".
Goldwater
After more discussion/suggested withdrawal of the Hayden bill, and Senator Hayden turned down the suggestion by saying, "California prevented passage of the Central Arizona Project bill before and will again unless we get them with us. If it takes Marble in the pot to do it, I am for it. I don't see any reason for withdrawing my bill".
The Secretary said "I hope you don't. If the purpose of this meeting was to talk you into it --" at this point Hayden and Fannin resumed the discussion and the xh Secretary's words were lost.
Floyd Smith said it was inconceivable to him that with all the state and Federal level officials present that no one can say what our approach will be. Hayden again stated this his approach would be to introduce a bill as soon as possible after a Court decision and to work together to get California support.
Later, after Rhodes in a new effort to get the bill withdrawn, the Secretary suggested that Arizona (APA) take steps to leave the Marble Canyon Dam application pending before the FPC and not push it.Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 24 bit, 2,133,012 byte
Letter Discussing Proposed Provisions for the Granting of Rights of Way for Electric Power Transmission Lines
No full textLetter: From Walter T. Lucking, Arizona Public Service Company, to Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, January 23, 1963ARIZONA Public Service COMPANY
P. O. BOX 2591. PHOENIX, ARIZONA
WALTER T. LUCKING
PRESIDENT
January 23, 1963
Chief, Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Sir:
This letter is written pursuant to the publication in the Federal Register on December 29, 1962, of proposed rules for the granting of rights of way for electric power transmission lines in which the Department invites comments, suggestions or objections.
In view of the almost identical provisions contained in the proposed rules of the Department of the Interior which were published simultaneously, we are enclosing a copy of our letter to the Bureau of Land Management dated January 23, 1963, in which we make our comments. We make the same comments to you.
We ask you also to omit all provisions pertaining to the use of lines by the Government and to the veto of projects which might be deemed to conflict with Federal power marketing policy. Alternatively, in view of the importance of this matter, we ask that hearings be held, preferably in the several regions affected, so that this proposal can be more fully explored.
Very truly yours,
WTLUCKING: ddd
Enclosure
cc: Honorable Carl Hayden
Honorable Barry M. Goldwater
Honorable John J. Rhodes
Honorable Morris K. Udall
Honorable George SennerEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 866,248 byte
Reclamation Tentatively Allocates Power to be Generated by Colorado River Storage Project Hydroelectric Plants
No full textDocument: United States Department of the Interior news release: "Reclamation Tentatively Allocates Power to be Generated by Colorado River Storage Project Hydroelectric Plants," January 18, 1963, page 1UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR
*********************news release
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
For Release to PM's, JANUARY 18, 1963
DeWitt - Interior 4662
RECLAMATION TENTATIVELY ALLOCATES POWER TO BE GENERATED BY COLORADO RIVER
STORAGE PROJECT HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS
The Department of the Interior today announced approval by the Bureau of Reclamation of tentative allotments of Colorado River Storage Project power to more than 100 municipalities, Federal installations, and cooperatives in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California. First power production is expected in September 1963.
Allocations are being made under marketing criteria approved March 9, 1962 by Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall. Initial allotments total 961,000 kilowatts for preference customers, the estimated firm capability of the Storage Project by mid-1966.
The Colorado River Storage Project is being built primarily for river regulation to enable the Upper Basin States (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico) to develop their water resources and still meet downstream commitments. Major impoundments of the project will assure continuance of adequate mainstem flows while permitting construction of "participating projects"on tributary streams from which the Upper Basin States can obtain water for irrigation, municipal and industrial supplies, and other beneficial uses.
Sale of power generated at main impoundments is the key to the economic feasibility of the Colorado River Storage Project and its numerous participating developments. Power revenues will repay the major investment in the entire complex of interrelated developments, thus making the project self-sustaining and stimulating the economic growth of a large area of the Western United States.
Commissioner of Reclamation Floyd E. Dominy said tentative allotments of Colorado River Storage Project power are being made in two power marketing divisions: the Northern Division, which includes all of the States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and the Southern Division, comprising all of Arizona, the three southeastern counties in Nevada, and the area of southeastern California contiguous to the Lower Colorado River.Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 24 bit, 2,659,295 byte
Memorandum on Water Resource Development in the Lower Colorado River Basin
No full textMemorandum: From Assistant Commissioner, to Commissioner, "Water resource development in the Lower Colorado River Basin," August 3, 1962 (photocopy), page 2the development of the Central Arizona Project and importation of the 1,000,000 care-feet of unter per pear, it would fall far short of meeting the ground-water depletions. If Arizona continues to develop as it has in the past, the water requirements will grow much beyond those now existing and, thus, impose even a greater requirement for water in the Central Arizona area.
It was recognized that under the special Faster's proposed decree in Arizona v. California development of the Central Arizona Project with the assume diversion of 1,899,000 sure-feet of Colorado River water would ultimately require a reduction in the present level of diversions to certain areas in the lower basin. It was, therefore, concluded that work must be initiated to develop plans to provide for the ultimate importation of additional water into the lower basin in order to meat the long-time requirements of that area and to eliminate objections on the part of the neighboring States to the immediate Development of the Control Arizona Project. Having this in mind, it was suggested that it would be desirable to sponsor legislation designed to accomplish the following objectives:
1. Establish FUND O5 an account for the Lower Colorado River area which would provide a cource of financial assistance for future irrigation development. Such an account would include initially the existing power developments, including the Hoover and Ferker-Davis Sans, with provision for adding power projects that might ultimately be outhorised and constructed, and all irrigation projects which would need financial assistance in order to establish their fensibility.
2. Provide for the immediate authorization of those projects upon which reports have been propared and circulated to the various States. Included in this list would be the Central Arizona Project, the (??) Project, and any other projects that had been processed to the required level prior to the authorization of the account. That letter category might include such projects as Marble Conyon Dan and Powerplant, the Southern Nevada Water Supply Project in southern Nevada, and the water salvaging program in southern California. The authorization of the Central Arizona Project would include the authorization of Bridge Canyon San on the Colorado River, the Buttes Pun on the Gils River in Central Arizona, as well as other developments on the Gila River and tributaries in Arizona
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Notes on Recent Ground-Water Developments in Arizona
No full textDocument: "notes on Recent Ground-Water Developments in Arizona," prepared by George H. Davis, U.S. Geological Survey, 1962, page 3Both control of supply and salvage methods require some measure of Statewide or regional responsibility and up to the present neither has advanced beyond the planning stages. Only continued exploitation of the ground-water resource, which requires no management decision beyond the individual water users', is in effect at present. Attempts to control ground-water draft in Arizona by legislation or court action have met with no success. True, the State Legislature has restricted the drilling of new wells to supply new irrigation developments in four "critical areas," but heavy pumping continues in these areas and new developments based on depletion of ground-water storage have begun in other basins since the enactment of the controls. Under present conditions the limitations on ground-water production are mainly physical and economic rather than legal, and ground-water storage is being depleted rapidly in many basins.
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Notes on Recent Ground-Water Developments in Arizona
No full textDocument: "notes on Recent Ground-Water Developments in Arizona," prepared by George H. Davis, U.S. Geological Survey, 1962, page 4Current Developments
Viewing the Arizona water scene in 1962, the observer is aware of many new significant developments in the water problem in the diverse fields of international relations, law, economics, sociology, and hydrology.
One legal development of great importance was the ruling of the Secretary of the Interior last fall withdrawing from entry desert lands in the public domain. This will limit development in areas where much of the land is in the public domain, and thus preserve valuable ground-water resources for more efficient use in the future.
A problem that has received serious attention only recently, but may be the single most serious long-range water problem facing Arizona is the effect of use on the quality of water. Nearly all economic uses of water result in deterioration in the physical or chemical quality of the return flow.
Irrigation invariably results in concentration of dissolved mineral matter in the return water because the plants consume a large part of the water applied but only a small part of the dissolved mineral matter. Also mineral fertilizers and soil minerals are carried off in solution in the return water. A permanent irrigated agriculture absolutely requires that the excess mineral matter be removed from the area irrigated.
Most municipal and industrial uses result in a concentration of mineral matter, although to a lesser degree than in irrigation. In these uses additions of dissolved matter is a more serious problem than simple concentration.
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Filling Criteria for Lake Powell (Glen Canyon Reservoir) Announced
No full textDocument: United States Department of the Interior news release, "Filling Criteria for Lake Powell (Glen Canyon Reservoir) Announced," April 4, 1962, page 7ADDITIONAL REGULATION NO. 1
to the
GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR GENERATION AND SALE OF POWER IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ADJUSTMENT ACT
In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Act of July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 774), and Article 27 of the General Regulations promulgated May 20, 1941, the following additional Regulation No. 1 is hereby promulgated:
Commencing with June 1, 1987, charges for electrical energy in addition to such other components as may then be authorized or required under the then existing laws and regulations, and to the extent not inconsistent therewith, shall include a component to return to the United States funds adequate to reimburse the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund for moneys expended from such fund on account of allowances for Hoover diminution during the filling period of the storage project reservoirs authorized by the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105), in accordance with paragraph 5 of the General Principles to Govern, and Operating Criteria for, Glen Canyon Reservoir (Lake Powell) and Lake Mead during the Lake Powell Filling Period, approved_ _ _. Such component shall be sufficient, but not more than sufficient, to provide said reimbursement in equal annual installments over a period of years equal to the number of years over which costs on account of the allowance were incurred by the said Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 2,071,530 byte
Cover Sheet Note
No full textCover sheet: To Stewart Udall, September 1961UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DIVISION OF BUDGET AND FINANCE
Secretary Udall Public works Appropriation-Home Committee numberal Bill & ReportEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 24 bit, 473,746 byte
Confidential Memorandum to the Six Agency Committee and Counsel
No full textMemorandum: From Northcutt Ely, "Memorandum to the Six Agnecy Committee and counsel," December 16, 1964 (thermofax), page 1641216.1
ELY, DUNCAN AND BENNETT
COUNSELLORS AT LAW
TOWER SUILDING
WASHINGTON 5, D. C.
NORTHCUTT ELY
C. EMERSON DUNCAN, 4
ELMER F. BENNETT
JEROME C. MUYS
DAVID SOOTH BEERS
TELEPHONE
METROPOLITAN 5-6474
TELETYPE 202-965-0705
December 16, 1964
CONFIDENTIAL
Memorandum to the Six Agency Committee and counsel:
A meeting was held December 15 with Secretary Udall, Commissioner Dominy, Deputy Solicitor Weinberg and Mr. Beatty, Assistant to the Secretary, attended by the following representatives of the six agencies: Mr. Rummonds, Mr. Jensen, Mr. Jones, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Bevins, Mr. Carter, Mr. Cole and myself, and by Mr. Corker, Assistant Attorney General. I inquired of the Secretary, orally, without committing any of the Six Agencies, whether a compromise along the lines outlined below would be feasible. The Interior Department will study it. The inquiry was prompted by a question from Attorney General Lynch, as to whether anyone had ever considered the idea of continuing the protection of California's 4.4 million acre feet until a stated quantity of water is actually being imported.
Elements of Possible Compromise
Legislation to authorize the Central Arizona Project, either as part of a Pacific Southwest Plan or separately, should contain the following three interrelated provisions:
1. Authorization for the construction, operation and maintenance of works to import not less than 2.5 million acre feet annually into the main stream of the Colorado River below Lee Ferry, as the first stage of stages of a regional importation plan. The congressional authorization may be made conditional, as has been done in several other statutes, on the promulgation by the President or Secretary of the Interior of findings of feasibility (the problem of standards of feasibility is not discussed here).
2. Authorization for construction of the Central Arizona Project with a diverstion capacity of 1.2 million acre feet as planned, subject to the following condition.
3. Until the President proclaims that works have been completed and are in operation, which are capable of continuously delivering water in aggregate annual quantities of not less than
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Statement of Hugo Fisher, Administrator of the Resources Agency, State of California, to Special Panel of the President's Science Advisory Committee Concerning Activities of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Colorado River Basin
No full textDocument: "Statement of Hugo Fisher, Administrator of the Resources Agency, State of California, To Special Panel of the President's Science Advisory Committee Concerning Activities of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfqare in the the Colorado River Basin, Denver, Colorado, December 11, 1964 (carbon copy), page 3to anauro that a water quality management plan for the Colorado River is integrated into the overall plan for development of the river without adding another element to the level of contention already existent in the basin.
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