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Show Road No. 7. Contracts were awarded for radial gate, hollow jet valves, fixed wheel gates, hydraulic turbines, and other items of major installed equipment. Construction of the Morrow Point Dam and powerplant was started during the fiscal year and at yearend progress was estimated at 12 percent completion. Contracts were awarded for two hydraulic turbines, powerplant cranes, ring follower gates, and other materials. A supplemental economic justification report on the Crystal Dam and powerplant has been approved and construction of this third dam and powerplant will begin when funds are appropriated. Flaming Gorge Storage Unit, Utah-Wyoming The primary purposes of the Flaming Gorge unit, which is located in northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming, are the regulation and storage of flows of the Green River and the generation of hydroelectric power. The powerplant has a nameplate rating of 108,000 kilowatts. Water stored, as in the other storage units of the project, will assist in complying with the terms of the Colorado River compact and will make possible the diversion and beneficial use of water on the participating projects. The Flaming Gorge Dam, for which ground was broken October 15, 1956, was topped out and has been storing water since November 1962. On September 27, 1963, the first generator for the Colorado River storage project, at Flaming Gorge Dam, was activated by a signal from the late President Kennedy. Regular commercial power production started on November 11, 1963. Glen Canyon Storage Unit, Arizona-Utah Glen Canyon Dam, another major structure in the Colorado River storage project, was topped out September 13, 1963, and power production will start there early in fiscal year 1965. The Glen Canyon unit will serve the purposes of river regulation and storage of flows of the upper Colorado River and the generation of hydroelectric power. The powerplant will have a name-plate rating of 900,000 kilowatts. Water stored, as in other storage units of the project, will assist in complying with the terms of the Colorado River compact and will make possible the diversion and beneficial use of water on the participating projects. In May 1964, a decision was made to resume filling Lake Powell in spite of the unusually low spring runoff conditions. This action will achieve the objective of gaining minimum operating level at Lake Powell in the shortest practical time. Lake Powell will not be per- 118 |