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<br />RUEDl DAM AND m'SERVOlR, COLD,
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<br />ber 11, 1948 (Public Law 37, 81st Cong., 1st sess.), and the Colorado
<br />River compact of November 24, 19~2 (H. Doc. 605, 67th Cong., 4th
<br />sess.).
<br />17. The Colorado River Water Conservation District of the State
<br />of Colorado shall acqu.il'e. title to storage of water in Ruedi Reservoir
<br />and any reservoir constructed in addition thereto, by appropria,te
<br />proeee,dmgs in the courts of the State of Colorado. The Southeastern
<br />Colorado Water Conservancy District of the State of Colorado shall
<br />likewise acquire title. to the water required by the project for di version
<br />to the Arkansas Valley. The Secretary of the Interior shall at a,ny
<br />time after the authorization of the project have the, option to obtain
<br />01' require the transfer to the United States of auy and all rights
<br />initiated or acquired by appropriation as herein set forth: P,'ovided,
<br />howaer, That the rights so taken shall be subject to a beneficial use
<br />of such water fiS may- be provided in the repa.yment cont.ract or con-
<br />tracts, and subjec.t to a.ll the. operating pr1l1ciples herein set forth.
<br />18. No transmollnt.:Lin diversion of water shall ever be ma.de through
<br />the collect.ion and diversion S)'St.eJll of t.he Fl'yingpan-Arkansas project
<br />in exeess of the qua.ntitative limitat.iolls and condjtions established
<br />by tlus document: Pruvided, lwwe-vf.)" That when, tUlder the l~Lws of
<br />the State of Colomdo, there may bo additional water available for
<br />such collection and di,'el'sion which is not at the t.ime of diversion
<br />required for beneficinl use: in westerll Colorado or for fillU10" interstate
<br />water compact a.greements, then such water may be (:ofiected and
<br />diverted for iJenet-icia.lllHe in t.he Ark:lnsas Valley: Provided, further,
<br />That such additiona.l diversion shall only be llUlde with the mutual
<br />consent of each of the following agencies of the State of Colorado,
<br />to wit: the Colorado 'Vater Conservation Boa.rd, t.he Southwestern
<br />'Water Conservation District., the Colorado River 1-Vater ConservO--
<br />tion District, a.nd the Southcastern. Colorado "Tater Conscrvancy
<br />District.
<br />llJ. To a.ssure project operation in conformity with the operating
<br />principle heret.ofore st.ated, to provide a mea.ns for the collection and
<br />interchange of infonnation ,t.I1U to prO\ride a. luethod for t.he COIl-
<br />tinned study of project operations to the end that, if the st<lted
<br />operating principles Jnay be improved upon~ recommendations for
<br />changes ma.y be made t.o the cont.racting part.ies, a eommission shall
<br />be created in an appropriate ma.nner to be. composed of one, repre-
<br />senta.t.iv.e of Ute Sout,heaHtern Colora..do 'Vater Conservancy District,
<br />one representM.ive of the Colorado River 'Vltter Conservat.ion Dis-
<br />trict, two representatives of the Unitr.d States, and one repl'esentati\-e
<br />of the St.ale of ('0101',,,,10 appointed by the CoJorado Water Conser-
<br />Va.tiOll Boa.rd after consultation witlI the Colorado (Tame and Fish
<br />Commis.':iion. The poW'ers of slwh commission Hha.ll be limited to the
<br />collect,ion of data., the TIluking of findings of fact, and t.he suggestion
<br />of changes in operating principles.
<br />These openltillg principles shaH Le deeme(l to haTe amended and
<br />t.a.ke the place of tJlOse operating principles signed anu execut.ed on
<br />April 30, 105D. These operating principles shan be "nel do const.i-
<br />tute It contract between thE'. Sigll:ltOl')-' pa.rt.ics, amI shall inure to the
<br />benefit of and shall be and rel1lltin binding IIjJon s,tid p"rties, their
<br />r:spect.ive succe~ors and assigns.
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