Pine Grove, Enterprise, Sunnyside, Malin, and Shasta View irrigation districts, and lands of a number of individual water-right applicants. The area to be irrigated during 1936, 1937, and 1938 is estimated at 47,000 acres. Tule Lake division.-About 100 miles of canals and laterals and 126 miles of drains were operated to irrigate 19,200 acres of entered lands during the calendar year 1935. It is planned to open an additional area of about 4,000 acres to homestead entry during 1937, which will result in the irrigated area of entered lands being approximately 22,000 acres in 1938. A small part of the Tule Lake division lies within the Klamath irrigation district in Oregon. That district advances funds for operation and maintenance by the United States. The remainder of the area is in California. Water is delivered on a water-rental basis. A direct appropriation is therefore necessary to finance operation and maintenance. Certain marginal, unentered public lands in the Tule Lake "sump" area, which have been afforded some measure of protection against flooding by levees and drainage pumping plants installed and operated by the United States, are leased for agricultural purposes. During years of heavy stream run-off the leased lands in the sump area may become flooded, consequently the leases provide for refund of rentals on the lands that become too wet for cultivation during such years. The leased areas returned rentals during the calendar year 1935 of $75,622. On November 10, 1936, proposals were received from 160 bidders for leasing 45,800 acres of Tule Lake lands during 1937. The highest bids for all lots, which were authorized for acceptance, aggregated $167,906 for the calendar year 1937. EXPLANATION OF PROPOSED APPROPRIATION, 1938 Operation and maintenance.. Direct appropriation_. $117,000 $54, 000 Direct appropriations.-The amount of $54,000 requested to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1938 is for the purpose of operating and maintaining the irrigation and drainage systems for the Main and Tule Lake divisions. The appropriation for the fiscal year 1937 is $50,000. The increase of $4,000 requested for 1938, over the 1937 appropriation, is necessary to meet the additional expenses which will be incidental to serving the added area of about 4,000 acres to be opened to entry in the Tule Lake division during 1937. Of the total of $54,000 requested to be appropriated, $3,000 is necessary for operation and maintenance of a portion of the main division for delivery of water to the Pine Grove irrigation district and to about 2,500 acres of separate lands under individual water-right applications and water-rental contracts. The contracts with the Pine Grove irrigation district obligate that district to pay operation and maintenance charges on December 1 of the year in which the costs are incurred. The remainder, $51,000, of the appropriation requested is for the rendering of service by the United States to lands under individual water-right and waterrental applications in the Tule Lake division in California and will provide for operation and maintenance of drainage pumping plants, drain cleaning and puddling of banks adjacent to drains, regular routine operation, and maintenance of the canal and drainage systems and for a proportionate share of cost of operating the Clear Lake and Gerber Reservoirs to prevent flood waters from entering the Tule Lake area. Funds to be advanced (by irrigation districts).—Langell Valley division: The Clear Creek and Gerber Reservoirs are operated by the United States to supply water to the Langell Valley division which contains an irrigable area of 10,182 acres, of which 8,082 acres are in the Langell Valley irrigation district and 2,100 acres are included in the Horsefly irrigation district. These districts operate their own water distribution systems. These reservoirs also serve to withhold flood water from entering the Tule Lake area and prevent damaging irrigated lands, therefore Tule Lake division lands pay a portion of the cost of operating the Clear Creek and Gerber Reservoirs. Contracts with the Langell Valley and Horsefly irrigation districts obligate those districts to make advance payments on January 1 and July 1 of each year of their proportionate share of the estimated cost of such operation, which for the fiscal year 1938 is estimated at $2,000. Main division: Contracts with the Klamath, Sunnyside, Shasta View, and Malin irrigation districts require those districts to pay the estimated cost of operation and maintenance work to be performed by the United States on the storage, distribution, and drainage systems in advance on January 1 and July 1 of each year. Similarly, the Enterprise irrigation district makes advance payments on January 1 and April 1 of each year. The aforementioned irrigation districts will advance $57,000 of the estimated cost of $60,000 for operation and maintenance of the Main division during the fiscal year 1938. Tule Lake division: A portion of the Tule Lake division is within the Klamath irrigation district in Oregon. Under its contract it is necessary for that district to advance funds to cover its share of the operation and maintenance by the United States of the division. The estimated amount required for the fiscal year 1938 is $4,000. The following is a summary of the total estimated operation and maintenance cost, and of funds necessary to be appropriated and advanced for the fiscal year All funds advanced are deposited in the reclamation fund and are available for expenditure in like manner as if specifically appropriated. Tule Lake leased lands, refunds from revenues.... Undetermined. The leases covering vacant public lands used for agricultural purposes in the Tule Lake area provide that in the event any of the leased marginal lands become flooded or too wet for cultivation during the year the lessee will be entitled to receive a refund to the extent of the rental charges paid upon the area determined to be flooded or too wet for cultivation. If the lease is continued such refund is applied as a credit to the rental for the succeeding year but if the lease is terminated at the end of the year during which the condition occurs such refund must be made in cash from rental receipts. It is impossible at this time to foretell what refunds, if any, will be necessary during the fiscal year 1938, but in order to carry out the provisions of the lease agreements, authorization is requested to use leasedland rental funds for refunds to the extent justified and necessary, YAKIMA PROJECT, WASHINGTON Mr. SCRUGHAM. The next item is the Yakima project, Washington, which is as follows: Yakima_project, Washington: For operation and maintenance, $265,000 Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 from power revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 1938 for operation and maintenance of the power system; Mr. PAGE. The justification in support of this item is as follows: Description of provect The Yakima project is located about 175 miles from Seattle in south central Wa Lington in the valley of the Yakima River from which stream, and its tributaries, the irrigation water supply is derived Irrigation facilities have been constructed to serve an irrigable area of 202,525 acres in the Sunnyside, Tieton, and Kittitas divisions, of which 167,409 acres were irrigated during the calendar year 1965 In addition, the United States furnished from those fac ljes art.i' = pply for the irritation of 148,629 acres in the Kennewick division and ad; ining irrigation districts and areas, including the Wapato Indian division. Construction work is now in progress on cara struct res, ete, for the future irrigation of 72,000 acres in the undeveloped. Rora division Six reservoirs with a con,bined stora te capacity of 1,045,330 acre-feet eorstitite the storage divisioni I dividamliv, there storages are Teton Restvoir, capacity 197,000 acre-feet; Clear Creek Reservoir, capacity 5,830 acre-ft; Pmping Lake, 33,800 acre-feet; Lake Keechelus, 153,000 acre-feet; Lake Kachess, 220,000 acre-feet; and Cle Elum Reservoir, 435,700 acre-feet. Other tan storage reservoirs, the principal features of the project irrigation system inelude four diversion dams, 1,250 miles of canals and laterals (about 75 miles eoncrete lined), with 15,469 water-control and other accessory structures, inc.ding 598 flumes agregating 46 miles in length and about 80 miles of pressure be therein, 346 miles of telephone lines, about 10 miles of power transmission Les, & pumping plants ranging up to 50 cubic feet per second capacity, and 2 hydroelectric power plants consisting of the Prosser plant of 3,000-kilowatt capacty in the Kennewick division and the Rocky Ford plant of 187-kilowatt capacity the Sunnyside division. Although most of the project lands are irrigated by gravity, water is served to approximately 34,000 acres in the Sunnyside, Wapato idian), and Kittitas divisions by pumping. The United States operates and maintains the storage, Sunnyside, and Tieton divisions and the Prosser power system. The Kittitas division is operated by the hittitas reclamation district. Other pertinent facts: Date project authorized Acres irrigable.......... Acreage irrigated, 1935. Total crop value, 1935 Average crop value per acre, 1935 Average crop value, 10-year period, 1926-35 Construction account, June 30, 1936. EXPLANATION OF PROPOSED APPROPRIATION, 1938 Operation and maintenance, storage and irrigation systems (direct appropriation- no funds advanced)... Dec. 2, 1905. 1906. 1908. 202,525. 167,409. $7,034,940. $44.18. $58.69. $265,000. An appropriation of $265,000 is requested for the operation and maintenance the United States of the storage division for the delivery of water to the wide, Tieton, and Kittitas divisions, the Wapato Indian Reservation, Irrigation districts, canal companies, and individuals and for operation maintenance of the irrigation systems serving the Sunnyside and Tieton during the fiscal year 1938. As all operations and maintenance charges at payable after service is rendered, direct appropriations are required annually ..ce the cost. For 1936, $265,000 was appropriated; $247,694 was exFor 1937, $265,000 is available. sepse division. -Operation, $27,100; maintenance, $22,900; total, $50,000. Operation involves the storage in and release of water from six reservoirs and The r of diversions from the Yakima River and its tributaries requires regular 2. surements and recording of flows in all the larger canals and the river at various Ma. tenance involves the upkeep of six storage dams, including outlet works, erating machinery, etc., and the upkeep of 75 miles of telephone line. The mate includes approximately $5,000 to be expended in the removal of the • accumulation of drift from the reservoirs for protection of the outlet works, energency repairs of the dams, which cannot be foreseen in advance, are not 1 estimated cost of $50,000 will be repaid by divisions of the project and Warren Act contractors, substantially as follows: Wapato Indian Reservation, 8.4 579, 8.nny side division, $8,118; Tieton division, $4,458; Kittitas division, $:1 170. Warren Act contractors, $1,326; and Operation and Maintenance **** $549. rement and control of natural flow and storage water combined. ngarde division.—Operation, $50,000; maintenance, $75,000; total, $125,000. raton involves the diversion of 1.300 cubic feet per second of water and its terv, and measurement to approximately 3,400 farms having a total irrigable 102,500 acres. Eighty-five thousand acres were irrigated in 1935, and it is ated that 85,000 acres will be irrigated in 1938. མ་ ་ Ms tenance involves the upkeep of a large diversion dam across the Yakima ř. ver, 621 miles of canals and laterals, and 5 spillways. The system includes one ie and five hydraulic pumping plants, which require close supervision and Inspection by employees of the Bureau. In addition to the ordinary progra i. of maintenance work the estimate includes approximately $5,000 to provide for improvement and/or replacement, where necessary, of pipe lines, flumes, and other major structures. The operation and maintenance costs will be repaid by individual water users under contracts at rates to be established in public notices and/or under contracts with various small irrigation districts. Tieton division.-Operation, $20,000; maintenance, $70,000; total, $90.000. Operation involves the diversion of 320 cubic feet per second of water and its distribution to 1,320 farms, having an irrigable area of 29,794 acres. Twenty-six thousand one hundred acres were irrigated in 1935, and it is estimated that 26,000 acres will be irrigated in 1938. Maintenance involves the upkeep of a diversion dam across the Tieton River, 12 miles of concrete-lined main canal located on a precipitous hillside, and 318 miles of branch canals and laterals with necessary diversion dams, canal structures, and wasteways. The cost of operation and maintenance will be returned by individual water users at rates to be established in public notice for the irrigation season 1938. Operation and maintenance, power system (from power revenues) - - - - - - $25,000 An appropriation of not to exceed $25,000 from power revenues is requested for operation and maintenance of the power system during the fiscal year 1938. The power system, which has been in operation since September 1932, and operates continuously throughout the year, includes the Prosser hydroelectric power plant of 3,000-kilowatt capacity in the Kennewick division, a diversion dam across the Yakima River, 2.4 miles of power canal, and approximately one mile of 6,000-volt transmission and telephone line. Contracts are in effect for the disposal of the power generated at the Prosser plant to the Pacific Power & Light Co., the Kennewick and Richland irrigation districts, Franklin County irrigation district no. 1, and Burbank irrigation district no. 4 for irrigation pumping, rural, and commerical purposes. All of the irrigation districts mentioned are served through the Pacific Power & Light Co. system. During the calendar year 1935 the gross revenues amounted to $26,612.22; net revenues $11,730.35. It is estimated that net revenue for the calendar year 1936 will be $12,450. RIVERTON PROJECT, WYOMING Mr. SCRUGHAM. The next item is the Riverton project, Wyoming, which is as follows: Riverton project, Wyoming: For operation and maintenance, $40,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 from the power revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 1938 for the operation and maintenance of the commercial system. Mr. PAGE. The justification in support of this item is as follows: Description of project.-The Riverton project occupies the ceded portion of the Wind River Indian Reservation and is located north of the Wind River and west of the Big Horn River in west central Wyoming. When completed, the irrigable area will be approximately 100,000 acres. About 15,000 acres were irrigated during the calendar year 1935 and canals, laterals, and other facilities have been provided for an additional area of about 17,000 acres. It is estimated that 22,000 acres will be irrigated during 1938. The project receives its water supply from the Wind River and its tributaries. Water is diverted at the Wind River diversion dam into the Wyoming canal which serves as a feeder canal for carrying water into Pilot Butte Reservoir which has a capacity of 31,550 acre-feet, and the canal extends beyond the reservoir feeder to the irrigable lands. The principal features of the constructed works, in addition to the reservoir and dam mentioned, include 192 miles of canals and laterals, in which 2,217 miscellaneous structures have been installed, 66 miles of telephone lines, and 140 miles of power transmission lines. The Pilot Butte power plant, with a capacity of 2,000 kilowatts has been constructed to generate electricity from water dropped from the Wyoming Canal, into Pilot Butte Reservoir. All project features are operated and maintained by the United States. Construction work is now in progress on extensions of the canal and lateral systems and the Bull Lake Dam, to create a reservoir of 155,000 acre-feet capacity on Bull Lake Creek, a tributary of Wind River. EXPLANATION OF PROPOSED APPROPRIATION, 1938 Operation and maintenance, irrigation system___ 14,947. $185,686. $12.62. $12.59. $40,000 40, 000 The project is being operated on a water rental basis. Appropriations for 1936 and 1937 were $25,000 and $40,000, respectively. Because of a break in the canal, $5,000 was transferred in 1936 from Owyhee to Riverton. Expenditures during 1936 amounted to $27,631, but during that year only 14,947 acres were irrigated and 176 miles of canals were operated. Water rental collections amounted to $21,209.30. In the fiscal year 1938 it is estimated that 22,000 acres will be irrigated and 200 miles of canals and laterals, including those now under construction, will be operated. The number of settlers has increased considerably during the past 2 years. Continued settlement of project lands is expected, and laterals previously operated at part capacity will have to be operated to full capacity to make water deliveries to more farms. The changed conditions which have taken place since fiscal year 1936 will necessitate increased operation and maintenance activities and expenditures. An appropriation of $40,000 is considered necessary and is requested for the fiscal year 1938 for operation and maintenance of the project irrigation system, including the storage reservoirs. Operation and maintenance, power system_--- $25, 000 The Pilot Butte hydroelectric power plant was built to furnish power for project construction purposes. Surplus power is sold under contract to the Mountain States Power Co. It is proposed to continue the operation of this plant to furnish electricity to the contractor engaged on the construction of Bull Lake Dam and other project requirements, and for the sale of surplus power to the Mountain States Power Co. Net power revenues are applied to the repayment of the project features allocated to power development. Amounts of not to exceed $25,000 from gross power revenues were made available for each of the fiscal years 1936 and 1937. The net revenue for the fiscal year 1936 amounted to $4,167.23. Authorization to expend not to exceed $25,000 from power revenues for operation and maintenance of the commercial power system during the fiscal year 1938 is requested. SHOSHONE PROJECT, WYOMING Mr. SCRUGHAM. The next item is the Shoshone project, Wyoming, which is as follows: Shoshone project, Wyoming: For operation and maintenance, Willwood division, $15,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 from power revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 1938 for the operation and maintenance of the commercial system. Mr. PAGE. The justification in support of this item is as follows: Description of project.-The Shoshone project is located in northwestern Wyoming about 50 miles east of Yellowstone National Park. Its water supply is drawn from the Shoshone River across which the Shoshone dam was completed during January, 1910, forming a reservoir with a capacity of 456,600 acre-feet. Two other small reservoirs with a total capacity of 2,780 acre-feet have also been constructed. Canals and laterals, together with the Corbett and Willwood diversion dams, have been completed and are adequate to serve a total irrigable area of 74,060 acres in the Garland, Willwood, and Frannie divisions. Of this area, about 53,100 acres were irrigated during the calendar year 1935. Aside from the reservoirs and diversion dams above mentioned, the principal features of the project system of works include 545 miles of canals and laterals, 264 miles |