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BID OPENING OCT, 29 !N REXBURGTeton Project Gets Green LightWASHINGTON (AP)— Idaho’s Congressional delegation announced Tuesday that Interior Secretary Rogers Morton is lifting the hold on cons (r uc I Ion of the Teton Dam and Reservoir southeast of St. Anthony,Morton advised (haI the opening o! bids far the dam has been rescheduled for Oct. 29 in Rex-burg.Bids were to have been opened Oct, 7 in Idaho Falls,' but the opening was postponed at the last moment to give the Interior Department time to further review the project.Sen. Left B, Jordan, R-ldaho, said “We are all pleased that Secretary Morion has arrived at this decision to let the Telon Dam project go forward. He assured us that he had burned the midnight oil in a thorough review of I he environmental and economic aspects of the project and decided that the reasons for the dam outweigh all 'other consfd-eralions”At the same time, Gov. Cecil D, Andrus expressed his warm support for the project, now that environmental safeguards have been met. (See further Andrus comment in story on Pocatello, appearance on Page A-2.)Congressman Orval Hansen, (R-Idaho,) in whose district the project is located, said he fullyexpected the project to be able to stand up under Iho rigorous enviromenial and economic reviews It has been given Iho last few months, ■Major modifications weremade In the project's plans Joanswer environmental criticism and I am sure that reasonable conservationists will be satis-lied with the results/5 he said, . It is a sound and needed project to develop stored water for the Upper Snake RiYer ValleyCourt Action Due on DamBOISE (AP) — The interior Department's decision Tues-'. day to proceed with the Lower Teton Project lias made It necessary for environmental groups to proceed with court action against the project, a spokesman for one of the groups said.Dr. Kenneth Cameron of Boise, director of the local chapter of Trout Unlimited, blamed the ctecjsionon “political manipulation of a high level*” 'Cameron said the project could not pass either economic or environmental requirements set by the federal government.He said criticism by pra-Telan Project groups toward what they say is an attack by out-of-stale conservationists Is unfounded,“The major opposition has come from I he Treasure Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited/' he said,He did not elaborate on what court action was planned.IdahoJournalHEWS OF EASTERN IDAHO AND THE STATEIdaho Stale Journal • Section B - Pa.je \OCTOnJIR 20, ID71and achieving tkial objective In a semf-artri area will be a major contr Hull on to man's environment/'Morion had delayed at the last minute the opening of bids tor the project Iasi Oct, 7 for theprime contract estimated a! $30 million io give more time to study the project. At lhat time, he bad indicated a month’s delay,A group of environmental organizations has filed suit in U.S. District Court In Bojse In an effort lo btock construction of the dam contending it would destroy valuable fishing waters and that tlie Bureau of Reclamation had failed tomafcesufflelenteco logical studies of the project,The U.S.. Bureau of Reclamation estimated the first phase of the Teton Dam as $58,700 bul this includes cost of land, roads, engineering and other incidentals.Proposed Is a 310-foot-bng earthflUed clam which would form a reservoir of 315,000 acre feet, a pump system to carry the water to land on the Rex-burg Bench and 20,000 kilo-walls power.Andrus also said he will meet with water, labor and other leaders at the Stardust in Idaho Falls today at II a.m, to confer with them on the dam.I!Is
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Wed, Oct 20, 1971
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