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d. Dolores Project Feasibility investigations continued during the year. The proposed report of the Regional Director of the Bureau of Reclamation on the feasibility of the Dolores Project is expected to be completed in May 1962. e. Fruitland Mesa Project Comments received from State and regional interests on the proposed report of the Regional Director of the Bureau of Reclamation were incorporated into the report which was submitted in June 1961. The feasibility report is being reviewed in Washington and consideration is being given to improving the report by revising the estimates of agricultural benefits under a new formula. f. San Miguel Project Feasibility investigations on the San Miguel project were initiated in fiscal year 1959. Engineering surveys and revisions of land classification work are underway. The project report is scheduled for completion early in fiscal year 1964. g. West Divide Project Topographic maps of a portion of the potential project land area were obtained by the State of Colorado in 1957. Detailed land classification surveys were commenced in 1958. Studies are being continued on the engineering, water supply and economic aspects of the project. The feasibility report is scheduled for completion in fiscal year 1964. h. Yellow Jacket Project The Yellow Jacket project is located in Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado, in the White and Yampa River Basins. Reconnaissance investigations on this project were completed in fiscal year 1957. The State of Colorado contributed funds to the Bureau of Reclamation to be used to review a development plan proposed by the Rocky Mountain Power Company to determine whether it would be in conflict with the potential Yellow Jacket project. Feasibility studies were started in fiscal year 1962, and are underway. UTAH a. Gooseberry Project The Bureau of Reclamation completed a feasibility report for this project in January 1953. The plan of that report contemplated 73