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Show were completed. Minor construction work continued on the enlargement and rehabilitation of existing laterals and structures and will extend into fiscal year 1965 under a contract with the Florida Water Conservancy District. Hammond Participating Project, New Mexico The Hammond project, located in northwestern New Mexico, was essentially completed in fiscal year 1963. The principal features of the project consist of the Hammond diversion dam, the Hammond pumping plant, the main canal, laterals, and permanent operating facilities. The transfer of the project to an operation and maintenance status is dependent on cessation of subsidence on the main canal and other factors which are necessary to insure a continuous delivery of project water. Additional work is scheduled in fiscal year 1965 for minor construction and repairs to the main canal and laterals. The project is being operated by the Bureau and irrigation water is being furnished to the Hammond Conservancy District on a rental basis. Lyman Participating Project, Utah and Wyoming Funds were appropriated in fiscal year 1964 to begin construction of the Lyman project, the second participating project to be undertaken in Wyoming. The project will impound the water of a small tributary of the Green River. Principal features of the project are the Meeks Cabin Dam and Reservoir, which will impound 33,000 acre-feet of water on the Blacks Fork, and the China Meadows Dam and Reservoir on the Smiths Fork with a capacity of 13,000 acre-feet. Project activity during the year consisted of collection of design and specifications data, acquisition of land for the camp at Mountain View, Wyo., and continued negotiations that led to execution of a repayment contract with the Bridger Valley Water Conservancy District on April 8, 1964. Navajo Indian Irrigation Participating Project, New Mexico Construction work started on the Navajo Indian irrigation project in San Juan County, N. Mexico. The first segment of construction underway includes work on the headworks at the Navajo Reservoir and a 2-mile tunnel section of the canal leading from the headworks. The project will utilize the existing Colorado River storage project - Navajo unit reservoir for storage purposes. Water will be 121 |