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Show DIXIE PEOJECT, UTAH 105 Mr. DOMINY. Yes, you are correct. I made it abundantly clear that this project will stand on its own feet as presented. It is a fully justified undertaking as an individual project authorization. The Secretary and the Department have also proposed that it be part of a southwest water plan, so we therefore go the other step and say if Congress wishes to push it through immediately as a separate undertaking, that in the authorizing legislation it provide the opportunity for it to be incorporated into a southwest water plan later if such a plan is enacted by Congress. Mr. BURTON. I have discussed this southwest water plan on many occasions with my friend from Arizona and certainly have no objection to it. As a matter of fact, I can see many beneficial things, but I always said to him in relation to our discussions with the Dixie project, or this water plan, that " Let's not say that we are never going to have the Dixie until we get the southwestern water plan," because, of course, this is an opinion and nobody can anticipate what Congress will do but in my opinion and I am sure in the view of the Commissioner we are liable to get one before we get the Other. For that reason I do not want to see them tied together. ...-'• Mr. Commissioner, may I commend you on your excellent statement and say that you have demonstrated an intimate knowledge of this area and this project. I certainly thank you for that. Mr. DOMINY. I have enjoyed my work because I have traveled for the last 30 years in the 17 Western States and as a western man, this has been a real challenge to me to continue to work with western areas. I want to say one thing more on the power areas. Our studies indicate that by 1970 this area will need at least 20,000 kilowatts of capacity more than they have presently. We have allotted about 6,000 kilowatts of power from the Colorado storage project and the power- plant embodied here would make up the balance, so we think that the power features of the project are fully justified and ought to be included. One of them has a very fine drop of over 400 feet. Mr. BURTON. I have no further questions. Mr. ROGERS. Mr. McFarland? Mr. MCFARLAND. The Virgin River is an interstate stream, Mr. Dominy, but as I understand it, there is no formal compact ? c Mr. DOMINY. There is no formal compact. The States of Utah, Arizona and Nevada- their various water commissions, State engineers, et cetera, have had several meetings and there is sort of a gentleman's agreement among them as to the projects that the three States will endorse for the three- State area. Mr. MCFARLAND. And so far as you know the State of Nevada has no objection to this Dixie project as proposed here ? Mr. DOMINY. My understanding is that both Arizona and Nevada are fully in accord with this development, that it meets with the agreement that they have pretty well worked out among themselves. Mr. MOFARLAND. I was just reading through Nevada's views and some mention of language that should go in the bill. Is that this language? Do they, refer to the language on this La Verkin Springs? Is that what they are referring to? Is that in Nevada? |
