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Calendar No. 390
115TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
2d Session JSENATE 1 115-235
TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO AMEND THE DEFI-
NITE PLAN REPORT FOR THE SEEDSKADEE PROJECT TO ENABLE THE
USE OF THE ACTIVE CAPACITY OF THE FONTENELLE RESERVOIR
APRIL 25, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 648]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (H.R. 648) to authorize the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project
to enable the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without
amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of H.R. 648 is to authorize the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project
to enable the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Fontenelle Reservoir in the State of Wyoming is a principal fea-
ture of the Seedskadee Project, one of the initial projects author-
ized under the Colorado River Storage Project Act of 1956. Author-
ized uses of Fontenelle Reservoir storage water include irrigation,
fish and wildlife, recreation, flood control, and municipal and in-
dustrial water use, as primary purposes, with power generation
specified as the only secondary purpose.
Currently, Wyoming has the perpetual right to market 120,000
acre-feet of the original 190,250 acre-feet active capacity from the
reservoir. However, in order to increase the use of water storage
and supplies from the reservoir, infrastructure improvements must
be made to prevent erosion.
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