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Interior Department Makes Decision on Colorado River Storage Project Transmission System
No full textDocument: United States Department of the Interior news release, " Interior Department Makes Decision on Colorado River Storage Project Transmission System," February 20, 1962, page 5Public Service Company of New Mexico
Summary of Transmission and Interconnection Arrangements
The Public Service Company of New Mexico in its initial wheeling proposal, which was rejected by the Department, offered to wheel from the Farmington area to Albuquerque for a charge of 1.25 mills per kwh or 300,000. Upon initiation of joint operation, the interim period terminates and all charges for wheeling will be discontinued. Estimates indicate the total wheeling costs will vary from the minimum of 515,000 when the 140,000-kilowatt limit on transmission capacity is reached.
The temporary postponement of Federal construction will result in a savings in transmission costs of about $100,000 annually during the power payout period for the Storage Project, with a corresponding increase in the Basin fund.
In addition, the long-range advantages of joint operation are the dependability of a multi-line system and savings in losses. In addition, the Company's proposal for joint operation provides for deliveries at Ambrosia Lake, which is a real advantage to the preference customers without additional cost to them or the Storage Project.
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An Act Relating to the Arizona Interstate Stream Commission
No full textDocument: State of Arizona, 25th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session, House, H.B. 207 Introduced Feb. 7, 1962, page 2H. B. 207
1 acting by the Colorado river commission, entered into on
2 the 9th day of February, 1944, pursuant to chapter 46 of
3 the 1939 session laws of Arizona, and approved by chapter
4 4 of the 1944 session laws of Arizona.
5 4. In respect to the exercise by the secretary of the
6 interior of any authority relative to the water of the Colo-
7 rado river conferred upon the secretary of the interior by
8 the provisions of any legislation enacted by the congress
9 of the United States of America.
10 B. The powers and duties herein given the Arizona in-
11 terstate stream commission shall be limited and restricted
12 to only that quantity of water which may be available for
13 use in the state of Arizona, after the satisfaction of all ex-
14 isting contracts between the secretary of the interior and
15 users in the state of Arizona for the delivery of water of
16 the main stream of the Colorado river, and shall not ex-
17 tend to any such contracts, any amendments or supple
18 ments thereto, or to any federal statute enacted before the
19 effective date of this section pertaining to any federal
20 reclamation project within the state of Arizona constructed
21 and using water of the main stream of the Colorado river
22 before the effective date of this section. Nothing shall be
23 done hereunder which will impair existing rights in the
24 state of Arizona for the diversion and use of Colorado
25 river water.
26 C. The privilege and right of individuals, irrigation
27 districts, corporations or political subdivisions of the state
28 of Arizona to negotiate and directly contract with the secre-
29 tary of the interior for the delivery of water of the main
30 stream of the Colorado river for use within the state of
31 Arizona and all rights under such contracts shall not be
32 affected by the provisions of this section.
33 NEW SEC. 45-513. STATE WATER ENGINEER
34 The Arizona interstate stream commission is further
35 authorized and directed to retain the services and fix the
36 compensation of a registered professional engineer exper-
37 ienced and competent in the field of hydrology, which engi-
38 neer shall be known as the "State Water Engineer" and
39 shall perform such duties, consistent with the powers and
40 duties of the Arizona interstate stream commission, as may
41 be prescribed by the Arizona interstate stream commis-
42 sion.
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Letter - Boyle, Bilby, Thompson, & Shoenhair
No full textLetter: From Marvin S.Cohen, to Stewart Udall, September 9, 1963LAW OFFICES
BOYLE, BILBY, THOMPSON & SHOENHAIR
NINTH FLOOR VALLEY NATIONAL BUILDING
TUCSON, ARIZONA 85701
TELEPHONE MAIN 3-8661
JAMES P. BOYLE
RALPH W. BILBY
B. G. THOMPSON
T. K, SHOENHAIR
HAROLD C. WARNOCK
WILLIAM A. SCANLAND
WILBERT E. DOLPH, JR.
B. G. THOMPSON, JR.
RICHARD M. BILBY
MICHAEL A. LACAGNINA
WILLIAM C. IRVINE
MARVIN S. COHEN
KNAPP, BOYLE, BILBY & THOMPSON
1946-1954
OUR FILE NO.
September 9, 1963
Stewart L. Udall
Secretary of the Interior
Department of the Interior
Washington 25, D.C.
Dear Stewart:
Thanks for Westward Tilt and particularly for the thoughtful inscription. Neil Morgan seems to have really caught the essence of the region, and it's not very encouraging politically.
I am enclosing two press accounts of a See Clippings ariz Daily Ster 9-6-63 Tucson Daily Cityem speech I made last week on the proposed Pacific Southwest Water Plan and Central Arizona Project. The reception has been excellent, and I think more and more people in Tucson are realizing that the Regional Plan is the only sensible approach to the problem. I met with John Frank in Phoenix September 1 and suggested to him that he get a group of Phoenix attorneys together and urge that they start making speeches of this type there. I am sending him as much material as I can and have asked Frank and Wally Duncan to send me additional copies of the Regional Plan and your press releases. It seems that most of the people in Arizona haven't heard or aren't aware of the reasons for supporting the Regional Plan and, of course, the Phoenix newspapers have only made the situation worse. I noticed Bill Mathews' report to Governor Fannin in Sunday's paper. Does this mean that Fannin and Pulliam are coming around?
A group of us here are organizing to try to combat the growth of the extreme right in Tucson. So far we have close to 60 people involved (Mrs. Lyons, Will Dees, John Wilkie, Rev. Sholin, etc.). If we are at all successful we will try to start something like this in Phoenix. Please let me know if you have any ideas or suggestions, particularly with regard to the water plan.
Best personal regards,
Marvin S. Cohen
MSC/fm
Enclosures:
cc: Frank Barry
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United States of America Before the Federal Power Commission in the Matter of Arizona Power Authority Project No. 2248, Application for Reconsideration
No full textDocument: United States of American Before the Federal Power Commission In the Matter of Arizona Power Authority, Project No. 2248, Application for Reconsideration, September 6, 1963, page 87
At the expenditure of substantial time, effort and money, Arizona demonstrated that its Marble Canyon Project fully satisfied the licensing standards of the Federal Power Act, that the Project's energy and power was urgently needed to meet the increasing requirements of Arizona's rapidly expanding population and that each of the contentions of Los Angeles, the California Intervenors, the Navajo Indians and the Secretary were without substance or merit. Both the Staff and the Examiner agreed with Arizona; in its brief filed on April 16, 1962, the Staff recommended that Arizona's project "should be constructed as soon as possible" (Staff Brief, p. 40), 5Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 900,728 byte
United States of America Before the Federal Power Commission in the Matter of Arizona Power Authority Project No. 2248, Application for Reconsideration
No full textDocument: United States of American Before the Federal Power Commission In the Matter of Arizona Power Authority, Project No. 2248, Application for Reconsideration, September 6, 1963, page 2120
the Secretary of the Interior immediately to file his plan in the instant proceeding.
Respectfully submitted,
ARIZONA POWER AUTHORITY
/s/ Dale E. Doty
Dale E. Doty
1028 Connecticut Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C., 20036
/s/ W. T. Willey
W. T. Willey
1810 W. Adams Street
Phoenix 7, Arizona
Its Attorneys
Of Counsel
LeBoeuf, Lamb & Leiby
Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr.
Craight Leonard
Ronald D. Jones
One Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York 5, New York
Melvin Richter
317 Wyatt Building
Washington, D. C.
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Letter Explaining Position on Arizona "Water Fight"
No full textLetter: From John J. Rhodes, to Editor, Arizona Republic, August 23, 1963 (thermofax), page 2Editer
August 23, 1963
Page 2
and an ultimate cost of several billion dollars. He hopes that this project will attract the support, or at least the (??)trality, of most of the leaders of California. The Secretary has had a study completed to determine the needs of the Pacific Southwest, which indicated that there is not enough water in our region to meet its present needs, and that the projected needs can be satisfied only by massive importation of water from other regions.
In my opinion, the Secretary's ressoning contains two defects. The first (??) is a matter of time, Arizona needs the water now, (??) later. The Central Arizona Project is ready to go, Many elements of the Secretary's regional plan must be engineered, and additional date must be gathered which would take months and perhape years. He cannot wait. Also, there are very few Senators now sitting who have ever voted for a Central Arizona Project, It would be well to push the Project is the Senate, as Senator Haydan is trying to do, so that, come what may, we would have a large group of Senators who had at one time voted for the Project. Those who had voted "eye" once would be much more inclined to vote that (??) again, even if the persons representing Arizona in the Senate might have changed in the interia.
Second, in my opinion, the Secretary has failed to give due weight to the fact that the Central Arizona Project is a logical first step in the implementation of a regional water plan. Its early authorization is not inicial to, but is in furtherance of, the ultinate enactment of a regional plan. Assurances of support can be given to California to insure later implementation of measures to help her water plight, when projects are ready to be presented.
Let us make it clear that although I disagree with the tactics Secretary Udall is adopting, I do as without personal (??) as recrimination. Secretary Udall and I served together in the House for six years. During that time we disagreed often, but at the same time, we established a personal relationship based upon mutual respect. In my opinion, this is a time for all Arizonas to understand the motives of their fellow citizens, and to try to systhesize our differing opinions by dialogus and negotiation. This, I am ready to do.
This is certainly not a time for recrimination. I regret that Secretary Udall has been accused of bad faith because I am certain that he is as sincers in his desire to bring water into Arizona asEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 24 bit, 1,953,672 byte
Draft of Letter Discussing Arizona v. California
No full textLetter: From Stewart Udall, to Governors of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, draft, 8-14-63, page 2We, in the Department of the Interior, will be most happy to assist you or other State officials in any way we can in your consideration of the report.
Sincerely yours,
Secretary of the Interior
Enclosures
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Congressional Delegation Form Letter
No full textLetter: From Stewart Udall, to congressional delegation, draft, 8-14-63DRAFT
DVMcCarthy: gmg
8-14-63
Congressional delegation
Dear Senator:
I am pleased to enclose for your information a copy of my proposed report on the Pacific Southwest Water Plan. The report has been transmitted to the States of the Colorado River Basin for their views and recommendations pursuant to provisions of the Flood Control Act of 1944.
Following receipt of these views and recommendations, the report will be transmitted to the Congress for its consideration. I expect this to be accomplished early in 1964.
Sincerely yours,
Secretary of the Interior
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Memorandum on Transmittal of Fish and Wildlife Material for Secretary's Proposed Report, Pacific Southwest Water Plan
No full textMemorandum: From James T. McBroom, to William I. Palmer, Transmittal of Fish and Wildlife Material for Secretary's Proposed Report, Pacific Southwest Water Plan, August 12, 1963 (carbon copy), page 3lakes. The annual consumptive water needs of these new facilities, when combined with the existing installations, is estimated at 246,659 acre-feet. However, of this total, 32,720 acre-feet represents existing water rights at present installations and 60,339 acre-feet represents water reserved for the Imperial and Havorn National Wildlife Refuges under the Supreme Court decree. Thus, the net increase in consumtive use of water for fish and wildlife installations Under the Pacific Southwest Water Plan will amount to only 153,600 acre-feet annually.
The Cibola National Wildlife Refuge represents the most important single facility for fish and wildlife in the Pacific Southwest Water Plan. This refuge will be located along both sides of the Colorado River about 50 miles upstream from Imperial Dam. It is vital to the preservation of the Great Basin Canada Goose, whose wintering habitat has been severely reduced by channalization and diversions in the lower Colorado River valley. It is also important to other waterfowl. The new Refuge will provide excellent new fish and hunting opportunities and other outdoor recreation for thousands of people.
The Cibola Refuge will include some 16,200 acres of land and will require a diversion of about 27,000 acre-feet of water of which about 14,000 acre-feet will be for consumptive use. All of the water diversion and use will occur in Arizona. The capital costs of requiring and developing the Refuge, totaling 17.5 million. When completed, these lakes will supply 2 million sun-days of recreational fishing, mostly for trout, each year. Benefits to the overall plan from this measure alone are estimated at $6 million annually. The lakes will average 100 acres in size and will be located in the higher elevations of Arizona and most will be within 100 miles of the Fhcenix-Tucson population center. Water in the amount of 40,000 acre-feet a year for the lakes will be provided from the Central Arizona Project, either directly or through water exchanges, on a non-rainbursable basis in recognition of the widespread benefits and the heavy investment by the State in these facilities.
The plan also includes 14 fishing lakes in California for construction at Federal cost to mitigate losses to existing fishing streams from channelization. It provides for two Federal fish batcheries, two State fish batcheries, and a fishery management program to permit realization of option fishing opportunities on the project reservoire and other waters
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Letter Confirming Telephone Conversation
No full textLetter: From E.G. Nielsen, Arizona Power Authority, to C.A. Pugh, Bureau of Reclamation, January 9, 1963 (photocopy)CHRONO
FILE
January 9, 1963
Mr. C. A. Pugh, Area Engineer
Bureau of Reclamation
Phoenix Development Office, Region III
1001 North First St.
Phoenix, Arizona
Dear Mr. Pugh:
Confirming my telephone conversation with you of January 9, but reflecting information which has just come to my desk, Boyle Brothers Drilling Company has moved into the Marble canyon site, and will probably get under way with site exploration about January 15.
As previously indicated, we will be happy to have the Bureau of Reclamation observe the work as intimately as it may desire. Mr. McGue or I can put you in touch with Harza's resident engineer for this purpose on one or two days notice.
Yours very truly.
ARIZONA POWER AUTHORITY
E. G. Nielsen
Administrator
EGN/jpb
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