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Show 78 DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH Mr. GILL. Yes. Mr. WHITE. I do not remember exact figures, but I was told at the time we were standing by the damsite above, that the amount of silt carried by this stream was very high. It contributes a considerable volume of solids going into Lake Meade. It is very high for the amount of water. Mr. GILL. Thank you. Mr. LLOYD. This is a practical effort to make maximum beneficial use of some of the tributaries in the Colorado River. Mr. ROGERS. Thank you, Mr. Lloyd, for your statements and answers to the questions. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Colorado, Mr. Aspinall, for a unanimous consent request. Mr. ASPINALL. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the letter under date of June 18, 1964, from Gov. George D. Clyde, of Utah, addressed to the chairman of the full committee, relative to the matter of the highway construction and the payment therefor, be made a part of the record at this point. Mr. ROGERS. IS there objection % The Chair hears none, and the letter will be included as part of the record at this point. ( The letter follows:) STATE OF UTAH, Salt Lake City, June 18,1964. Hon. WAYNE N. ASPINAIX, Chairman, House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, New House Office Building, Washington, D. C. DEAB ME. CHAIRMAN : I am writing in connection with the forthcoming hearings before your committee on the Dixie project, and I respectfully request that this statement be made a part of the hearing record. The official position of the State of Utah in support of the Dixie project is well known and will be reaffirmed at the hearings by our State engineer, Wayne D. Griddle, and by Jay B. Bingham, director of the Utah Water & Power Board, who plan to appear in person. I shall not reiterate it in detail in this statement, but shall confine my remarks to certain specific relating to the ability of the Dixie project to stand on its own feet, financially speaking, without requiring support from Hoover Dam power revenues or any other outside reclamation project. The Utah State Highway Department has agreed that the department will assume full responsibility for the relocation of Highway U- 15. I enclose a copy of a portion of the minutes of the March 6,1964, meeting of the Utah State Highway Commission, reaffirming its willingness to assume this responsibility, this position having previously been placed on record at the Commission's meeting on September 11,1961. The Washington County Water Conservancy District has already acted to authorize its board to levy a 5- mill ad valorem tax in support of the Dixie project when the project goes into construction. I am advised that the city of St. George, Utah, which will be the principal preference customer for power from the Dixie project, has agreed to a price of 7.15 mills per kilowatt- hour, rather than the originally proposed price of 6.9 mills. It should be noted that the power customers and the water- user beneficiaries of the Dixie project are essentially the same people, which would indicate that such an agreement was reached with a full understanding of values and benefits and that the agreement should be permanently satisfactory. In view of these special points- the highway department's assumption of responsibility for relocation of U- 15, the levying of a 5 mill ad valorem tax by the water conservancy district, and the acceptance of a 7.15 mill price for project power- it is my considered opinion that the Dixie project will be economically feasible without financial support from outside sources. |