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<br />~ .., ... <br />liu 1,' <br /> <br />1<:l\o7 87-590, Hhich U.:lS approved by the President on August 16, <br /> <br />1962, ':lOd documented by House Document No. 187, 83rd Congress, <br /> <br />1st Session, and liouse DocuMent ~o. 353, S6th Congress, 2nd <br /> <br />Session, as modified in the January 1960 reevaluation statement, <br /> <br />The project, sho,,,, ou the attached map (Figure 1, Fryin~pan- <br /> <br />Arkansas Project), is a rr.ultipurpose development in Colorado <br /> <br />which will serve the functions of irrigation, hydroelectric <br /> <br />pO~18r, flood control, I'\unicip"l and industrial "uter, recrea- <br /> <br />tion, fish and wildlife, and other useful benefits. The Project <br /> <br />will make a subst.:mtial contribution tou.'1rd meeting tbe national <br /> <br />and regional objectives for the protection and development of <br /> <br />the ~re~'s water and land ~esource8o <br /> <br />The project ,~il1 conform with the criteria and linitations <br /> <br />established in the Operatin~ l'ri-.:tciples, Fr'1in\!,p(1n-.~~ <br /> <br />Project (See Appendix A) adopted by t':1e State of Colorado on <br /> <br />April 30, 1959, and as amended. In uccordance uith Article <br /> <br />9(1)(a) of those operating principles, the Project is author- <br /> <br />ized to divert ". . . an arnOutlt not exceeding em aggregate of <br /> <br />120,000 acre-feet of w~ter in any ye.'1r, but not to exceed a total <br /> <br />aggregate of 2,352,800 acre-feet in any period of 34 consecutive <br /> <br />years" or an average of 69,200 ucre-fGGt per year. <br /> <br />2 <br />