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<br />quantities; if and when plans for the multiple-purpose Gunnison- <br /> <br /> <br />Arkansas transmountain diversion project, which are now being <br /> <br /> <br />drafted by the Bureau of Reclamation, reach fruitiotl. Under the <br /> <br /> <br />restrictions; of the Colorado River Compact (to which Colorado is, <br /> <br /> <br />but Kansas is not, a signatory) such diversions from the Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />River basin must be put to use within the confines of the State of <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado and are not available for exportation to Kansas. <br /> <br /> <br />Accordingly, as in the case of historic importations, the proposed <br /> <br /> <br />compact does not concern itself with any prospective importations <br /> <br /> <br />inasmuch as they would likevdse be foreign waters in which the <br /> <br /> <br />State of Kansas would have no legitimate interest, <br /> <br /> <br />For the sake of clarity the term "waters, of the Arkansas <br /> <br /> <br />River" as used in the proposed compact (and as presumably used in the <br /> <br /> <br />Act approved April 19, 1945) is defined in Article III B. <br /> <br />Section 5. JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR PROJECT <br />The most important structure affecting the formulation and <br />future administration of the proposed compact is the John Martin <br />Reservoir Project (which was originally designated as the Caddoa <br />Reservoir Project and is sometimes still referred to by that name). <br />This project, located on the main stem of the Arkansas River near <br />Caddoa~ Colo., about 58 river miles upstream from the Colorado- <br />Kansas Stateline, was authorized for construction by the Corps of <br />Engineers in the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936 "to provide <br />for flood control and water conservation in Colorado and Kansas." <br />Potential usefulness; of the project towardi facilitating a settlement <br /> <br />-8- <br /> <br />