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<br />Green Mountain Reservoir's refill right (6,316 acre-feet) was exer-
<br />cised in 1977, and 1,105 acre-feet of water was stored during the
<br />period from July 24 through July 28.
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<br />During Water Year 1977, Green Mountain Reservoir reached a mlnlmum
<br />storage content of 74,500 acre-feet on April 12, and a maximum storage
<br />content' of 124,000 acre-feet on June 28.
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<br />The theoretical fill of Green Mountain Reservoir, as computed on
<br />the Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado River Accounting Sheets, would
<br />have occurred on June 28, if 28,622 acre-feet of water stored out
<br />of priority in Denver's Dillon Reservoir pursuant to the April 1964
<br />Stipulation were included. However, when the Bureau of Reclamation
<br />requested Denver to begin releasing the water on July 25 at a rate
<br />of 325 ft/s, the Denver Water Board refused. Denver claimed a right
<br />to the water if it was willing to pay power interference.
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<br />On July 18, the Colorado River Water Conservation District filed
<br />a Motion requesting that Denver be required to release the 28,622
<br />acre-feet and that this matter be heard at the July 20, 1977, hearing,
<br />which was scheduled to consider the matter of a proposed partial
<br />remand to State Court of certain issues. At the hearing on July 20,
<br />1977, Judge Alfred Arraj declined to hear the dispute and, instead,
<br />set the matter down for hearing on August 29, 1977. Pending the
<br />hearing on August 29, 1977, an interim stipulation was executed
<br />on July 29, 1977. Paragraph 5 of this interim stipulation states:
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<br />"Denver agrees that should the Secretary of Interior
<br />require the release of water from Green Mountain
<br />Reservoir under his interpretation of the decree of
<br />of this court which would reduce the water in storage
<br />in Green Mountain Reservoir below 73,000 acre-feet, Denver
<br />will then on request of the Secretary or his authorized
<br />representative make sufficient releases from Dillon
<br />Reservoir in whatever amount is necessary to hold said
<br />Green Mountain Reservoir stored water to an amount of
<br />73,000 acre-feet, but not to exceed releases in excess
<br />of 28,622 acre-feet, until after some disposition of this
<br />matter by the court on August 29, 1977, no impairment
<br />of the reservoir being anticipated if the water in
<br />storage there is kept to an amount of 73,000 acre-feet."
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<br />On September 6, 1977, the storage in Green Mountain Reservoir was
<br />72,800 acre-feet. The Bureau of Reclamation, representing the Secretary
<br />of the Interior, then requested the Denver Water Board to initiate
<br />a release from Dillon Reservoir. On September 7, 1977, the Denver
<br />Water Board initiated a release from Dillon at the capacity of one
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