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<br />. <br />I <br />I- <br />I <br />I <br />. <br />I <br />. <br />I <br />.. <br />. <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />. <br />] <br />.- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1< (]')J <br />,,- <br />VI. RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br />A. Discontinue the practice of transferring water from the model storage <br />right, to the joint-use pool at the end of the water year, unti I such time <br />as the Operating Principles are amended to recognize this practice. <br /> <br />B. Discontinue the storage of winter water <br />model storage right, unti 1 such time as <br />amended to recognize this practice. <br /> <br />under any right other than the <br />the Dperating Principles are <br /> <br />C. The Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District, the States of Kansas <br />and Colorado and the Bureau of Reclamation work together constructively to <br />amend the Ope rat i ng Pri nc i pIes to provi de the opt i mum benefi cia I use of the <br />avai lable water for irrigation within the project area consistent with the <br />protection of downstream non-project rights. <br /> <br />D. Amend the Operating Principles to permit irrigation of the Class 6W <br />1 ands and to permit more flexi bi 1 ity in sh ift i ng i rri gated I ands among the <br />ditches. <br /> <br />E. Amend the Operating Principles to reduce the maximum irrigated acreage <br />to 19,439 acres. <br /> <br />F. Proposed amendments to the Operating Principles be submitted to the <br />State of Kansas for review and approval pursuant to Kansas' Condition 2 <br />provided the amended Operating Principles will not result in less inflow to <br />John Marti n Reservoi r than wou I d have occurred had the Tri n i dad Project not <br />been bui It. <br /> <br />G. Implement procedures for positive verification that no more than the <br />maximum irrigated acreage is actually irrigated. <br /> <br />H. Deve 1 op and imp I ement procedures for limit i ng the di vers ions to the idea I <br />irrigation requirement. <br /> <br />1. If storage of flood flows in flow ranges outside those specified in the <br />Corps flood control manual is continued, then develop a specific criteria <br />designating the conditions in which such flood flow will be stored and revise <br />proposed criteria for the release of stored flood flow to address the rate <br />of release. <br /> <br />57 <br />