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Show Sen. Moss Reports Agreement On Utah's Dixie Project Plan Agreement on most of the unsolved un-solved problems surrounding an authorization of the Dixie Project Proj-ect has been reached by officials of the State of Utah and Bureau of Reclamation, Senator Frank E. Moss disclosed Thursday. The questions of recreation management, manage-ment, relocation of State Highway High-way 15 around the Virgin City Reservoir site, and the quantity and quality of a water supply available for downstream use were discussed at a May 10 meeting, meet-ing, a progress report of Southern South-ern Utah reclamation project informed in-formed Senator Moss. He was told that the Bureau's Regional Director, A. B. West, at Boulder City, Nevada, is in the process of preparing his pro posed report which will be circulated cir-culated for the suggestions of the states and federal agencies involved. in-volved. Latest estimates indicate an overall cost for the Dixie Project of $44,851,000, of which $40,-885,000 $40,-885,000 will be reimbursable. The nonreimbursable items will cover flood control, recreation, and fish and wildlife. The project proj-ect will provide water for irrigation irriga-tion of 16.200 acres in Washington Washing-ton county. Firm power will probably be sold around 7 mills, he said. Informed In-formed persons believe there will be no difficulty marketing the power at that price, even in an (Continued on page 10) Sen. Moss Reports Agreement On Utah's Dixie Project Plan of the Budget, to the President and if approved, to Congress. Senator Moss has introduced a Senate bill to authorize the Dixie Project. If; calls for two dams, one on the Virgin River at Virgin City, the other on the Santa Clara River near Gun-lock. Gun-lock. The Senator recalled that the interest rate provision on the Colorado River Storage Project, written to be based on yield of government obligations, has had to be rewritten, and said: "In my Dixie Project bill, I have followed exactly the interest inter-est rate language of the Norman bill which was passed by Congress Con-gress last year setting the rate on the basis of the computed average aver-age interest rate payable by the Treasury upon its outstanding marketable obligations." (Continued from page 1) area near Glen Canyon's 6 mill power. The Senator said that a resolution reso-lution has been approved affirming affirm-ing the intention of the Utah Water and Power Board to assign as-sign water rights which it holds for use of the Dixie Project to the United States. One still unresolved matter is disposition of the water of saline character which comes from the LaVerkin Springs. Construction of the Virgin River Dam will lower that river's stream flow and thus increase the salinity of the water below the dam as the LaVerkin flow continues to enter it. Senator Moss has written the Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Stew-art L. Udall, suggesting establishment estab-lishment of a saline water conversion con-version plant at LaVerkin Spring and the Senator said he understands under-stands some $2 million of the cost of the Dixie Project has been allocated for the solution of the LaVerkin Springs problem, and that this could be applied to the plant's cost. Senator Moss said the Regional Re-gional Director's report will be submitted to the office of the Commissioner of Reclamation. The Commissioner's proposed report, when approved by the Secretary of the Interior, will be transmitted to the states of the Colorado River Basin and federal fede-ral agencies for review as the law requires. After a 90 day review period, the report will be submitted, through Bureau |