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'he cutworms have been reported as being
••• ryserious In ports of the Valley.
.llctins on their control are available
'■c the Extension Office. Call at the
xtonslon Office for yamr copy.
Rescue operations at depths up to 800 feel
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i K LU TN A PC WE p PkCJECT
,uhe construction of Eklutna should not
be delayed," declared the Senate Committee
on Interior and Insular Affairs recently
In report’ng Delegate Bartlett's enabling
bill to the Senate.
The bill, passed by the House last July,
was' reported'In amended, form and auth
orizes the construction, operation and
maintenance by the Interior Department of
a 30,000 kilowatt hydroelectric project
for Lake Eklutna in the amount of
$130,365,400. The plant, 36 miles north
of Anchorage, would supply electric ser
vice to the Matanuska Valley, three rural
electric cooperatives, the Alaska Rail
road, Fort Richardson, Eluen’crf Air
Force Base, Anchorage and Palmer.
The Senate committee eliminated from the
House-approved bill additional power
given to the Secretary of the Interior to
undertake broad-scale hydroelectric de
velopment In Alaska and Investigations
relating to the development of natural re
sources In the Territory. This action
reflecting a long-standing Jurisdictional
dispute between the Interior Department
and the Army Engineers was explained In
the comm ttee report by these words:
"The committee desires to emphasize that
its action in eliminating from the House
bill the authority for the Secretary of
the Interior to undertake broad-scale hy
droelectric development in Alaska should _
not be interpreted tc mean that the comm
ittee is not convinced cf the Importance
of hydroelectric development in Alaska.
Evidence in support of the need for such
development has been substantial and im
pressive. The committee favors such de
velopment but is cf the opinion that the
need for immediate action on a broad front
is net so compelling as to require the
adoption and assignment at this time of
a definite program before certain policy
ouestlons have been more fully consider
ed. It is recognized that both the Dep
artment of the Interior through the
Bureau of Reclamation and the Department
of the Army through the Corps of Engin
eers have been authorized by the Congress
to conduct Investigations of natural re
sources and their development in Alaska.
The Departmoat of the Interior, as the ex
ecutive department responsible for the
administration of territories, has a le
gitimate interest in the development of
Alaska. Since the development of hydro
electric power an"’ the strengthening of
the local economy will contribute to the
security cf Alaska, the Department of the
Army also has special interest in the
program contemplate.’ in this bill. The
Department cf the Interior has submitted
specific plans and Justification for a
specific project, the Eklutna project,
and the proposal has been submitted and
considered with the understanding that it
is not a reclamation project an"1 that it -
will, not have the effect of extending