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<br />STATE OF KANSAS <br /> <br />BILL GRAVES, GOVERNOR <br />Alice A. Devine, Secretary of Agriculture <br /> <br /> <br />GARDEN CITY FIELD OFFICE <br />Mark E. Rude, Water Commissioner <br />2508 Johns Street <br />Garden City, Kansas 67846-2804 <br />(316) 276-2901 FAX (316) 276-9315 <br /> <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br />David L. Pope, Chief Engineer. Director <br /> <br />c") <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br /> <br />KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br /> <br />,.~. " <br /> <br />APR 2 6 1999 <br /> <br />N <br />10-' <br />-J <br />c...1 <br /> <br />Oi\fb~C.'-i b~G!NttH <br />PU::'i3LU. COLORADO <br /> <br />April 21, 1999 <br /> <br />STEVEN J WITTE <br />OPERATIONS SECRETARY <br />ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT ADMINISTRATION <br />310 E ABRIENDO SUITE B <br />PUEBLO CO 81004 <br /> <br />RE: City of Lamar <br /> <br />Dear Steve: <br /> <br />This letter is to request more details of the proposed operation by the City of Lamar to utilize <br />John Martin Reservoir as a regulating device for a release of Fry-Ark project water to their recharge <br />project. As you know, action of the administration in 1989 provides a general procedure for such <br />a request. In the three week notice requested by the Administration, the City is to provide "specifics <br />of the specific details" of the plan, as well as confirmation from the City of Lamar that: 1) The City <br />is not seeking long term storage, 2) that the water is subject to first spill from JMR should those <br />circumstances arise, and 3) that they may forfeit the water should they deviate from the plan as <br />approved. <br /> <br />. '~ <br /> <br />The letter from the City does not provide a clear plan of the operation. As no long term storage <br />has been provided in JMR for Fry-Ark deliveries to the City of Lamar, I would expect that releases <br />of this water from JMR to the Fort Bent Ditch will be continuous until the full amount regulated by <br />JMR has been released. <br /> <br />If the City of Lamar can provide in writing more specifics on their plan for dates, rates and <br />duration of the operation of delivering 3000 acre feet of Fry"Ark project water to the Fort Bent <br />headgate, conduct a continuous release from JMR, and confirm the expectations of ARCA as <br />described above, I would have no objection to such an operation. <br /> <br />The Division of Water Resources administers laws relating to dams, levees, channel modifications, <br />floodplains man;tgement, water rights, conservation, management and utilization of Kansas water resources. <br /> <br />P"""l "........"......,,~;.... t:l~,~,......^. <br />