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Show 110 DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH Do you desire to include the resolution attached to your statement as a part of your statement ? Mr. BINGHAM. Yes, sir; I do. ;- Mr. ROGERS. And also the letter addressed to you from the Utah Water Users Association ? Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Chairman, with regard to those, I would leave that to your discretion. Perhaps those could just be placed in your file, and not lengthen the record. Mr. ROGERS. Without objection, the letters attached to the statement of Mr; Bingham will be included in the file and be considered for inclusion in the record, if the Chair and the ranking minority member think it wise to do so. You may proceed, Mr. Bingham. ( The statement follows:) STATEMENT BY JAY R. BINGHAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UTAH WATER & POWER BOARD Mr. Chairman, my name is Jay R. Bingham. I appear before your important committee as an official representative of the State of Utah. The Utah Water & Power Board, of which I am executive director, is the agency of State government charged with promoting the development of the State's water resources. I wTish to acknowledge the great contribution reclamation development has made to the economy of the Nation and to my State. These projects have provided a regenerating cycle of water development and economic stability. ,' j The efforts made by our local citizens and the program of water conservation financed by State funds are made more effective by reason of the Federal reclamation program. I am sure that the members of this committee would view this complementary activity of Federal, State, and local interests as the most desirable means of meeting our resource development needs. The Utah Water & Power Board has long felt that the early authorization of the Dixie project is of the utmost importance. In an effort to expedite your favorable consideration, we have urged that the State of Utah relocate highway U- 15 around the proposed Virgin City Reservoir without cost to the Dixie proj ect. We are pleased that the Utah State Department of Highways have in the interest of bringing this project into reality sooner, agreed by official action, to this proposal. Gov. George D. Clyde also has concurred and given official State assurance that the road will be relocated without financial assistance from a basin account or other outside revenues. To restate this proposal, we now ask for authorization on the basis of full repayment of allocated reimbursable costs. I am sure you will give due consideration to this special effort by the State of Utah. This arrangement for construction of the road by the State will not result in added Federal costs. To illustrate, Utah's allocation of Federal funds to assist in construction of secondary roads is determined by population and other factors not affected by this arrangement. The backlog of needed secondary road construction is so large the Federal allocation does not begin to satisfy the demand. It is |