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<br />3711 RUEDI DAM AND RESERVOIR, COLO. <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />(h) "Ashcroft Reservoir" meallB not only t.he .reseIToir con- <br />templatj'd for constmct.ion on Castle Creek, a trIbutary of the <br />Uoa.ring Fork River, but. also, tU11ess the context ~Ulres ot~er- <br />wise., n.ny other reservoir that may be ?on~tructed III the ROll!lng <br />Fork bllSin "!xlVe the town of Aspen III heu of that reservOIr. <br />(i) "c.f.s.~: means cubic feet of water per second of tune. <br />2. The Ruedi Reser\"Oir shall be constructed lUld maintained on the <br />Fryingpan River above the town of B,",alt with .m llct.ive capacity of <br />not less tlmn 100,000 acre-feet. In addition thereto and in order <br />t.o offset a.(h'erse streamflow conditions 011 the Roa.ring Fork Ri\-er <br />above the town of Aspen whicll might occur as It result of the project <br />en.I.ugement of the Twill Lakes Re,';;elToir. the Ashcroft R.esen'olr on <br />Castle Creek, or some reservoir in lieu thereof, shall be constructed on <br />the H{)aring FOl'k drainage above Aspen to a capacit.y of approxi- <br />mat.ely 5,00U ,.ere-feet. P/'o"j,ii/l,g, however, That the Ashcroft Reser- <br />voir ShllU 00 constructed only if the Secretltl"y of the Interior after <br />IlppropriM" studv shall detel1lline thltt its oonetits exceed the costs <br />"', prmided hy law, with subsequent authorizlttion by the Congress <br />of the United :,;tates and appro\"lll by the President. <br />All of such stored witter shall be released under the conditions llnd <br />limitM.ions hereilmfter set forth. <br />3. The cost, of construct.ion of the Ruedi Reservoir llnd any other <br />rese.ryoir constmcted in addition thereto shall be a charge llgllinst <br />t.he Fryingpan-Arkllnslls project. to the extent of $7,000,000. The <br />remaining cost. of const.ruction shall be paid in the first instance from <br />Colorado's apportioned shltre of revenues in the Upper Colorado <br />River Basin Fund and in accordance with Public Law 485: Pro- <br />viding, That when the waters stored in any such reservoir Or reservoirs <br />shall be put. to a beneficial use, the users thereof sholl pay i11t.o the <br />Colorado River Basin fund, to the credit. of Colorado's share of such <br />fund, charges for the uses of such waters in accordance with the <br />principles of recll1mat.ion lllW. The cost of perpetulll operation and <br />maintenance of the Ruedi Reservoir shllll be borne by users of project <br />water and users of water stored in Ruedi Reservoir in such propor~ <br />tio11 as may be determined by (,he Secretal"y of Interior. The cost of <br />perpetual operation llnd maintenance of the Ashcroft Reservoir shltll <br />be borne by user!'; of water from that reservoir. <br />4. The inclusion of t.he Ruedi Reservoir in the project shall not <br />preclude the construction of any other repll1cement or regullttory <br />re.SClTOiI'S Oil the Colorado River 01' its t.rilmtnries ul::~n'e Cameo <br />gaging station. <br />5. The Ruedi Reservoir shall be completed and in operation before <br />any water is diverted to eastern Colorado by mellns of the project. <br />6. (a.) Th.. replacement capacity of Ruedi Reservoir, and any <br />reservoir const.ructed in addition thereto, is that portion of the total <br />reservoir capacity require<l to permit project. diversions at times <br />when sneh diversions could not otherwise be made because of simul- <br />taneous demands of senior diversions in western Colorado existing <br />Ilt. the, t.ime. of the adoption of these operating principle", llnd shan <br />be so operated to accomplish tbis purpose. Water stored in such <br />c.llpacity 51mll be released bv the United States, upon the request of <br />t.he ColoJ'lldo Stat.e engineer; to the extent thllt water would have been <br /> <br />