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Appropriate letters and forms are mailed to eligible entities offering them the opportunity to apply for an allocation of Project water. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation notifies the District as to the amount of water available to the District that year. The Allocation Committee then meets to review the applications, and prepare recommendations concerning the applications received as related to the amount of water available. All recommendations of the Allocation Committee must be approved by the Board of Directors of the District. Recommendations from the Allocation Committee are considered at the next meeting of the Board of Directors of the District, and appropriate allocations are made. Applicants are afforded the opportunity to appear before the Board to request consideration of adjustments. The Allocation Committee also may meet at times to discuss possible changes to the Water Allocation Policy, and any changes in the process which is followed. As directed by the District's Policies, Project Water for use by irrigation ditches is allocated based upon an acre-foot per irrigated acre basis. Therefore, when demand exceeds supply each ditch receives a proportionate share of available Project Water. This allocation is made only after the municipal requests are met up to 51 % of the annual Project yield. While the District allocates Project Water, the Bureau is responsible for the accounting of the delivery of Project Water. The District provides the Bureau and the State Division 2 Engineer's Office with the a listing of the annual allocation of Project Water. Deliveries are then coordinated by the Bureau in communication with the Division No.2 Engineer's Office as requests are made by ditch companies and municipalities. The price for Fry-Ark Project water is determined by the Bureau of Reclamation as directed by Bureau policy and the Project Repayment Contract. Rates are subject to adjustment depending upon the Ability to Pay Study and Repayment Analysis, which are conducted by the Bureau every 4 years. Use and Reuse of Project Water- Pursuant to its repayment contract with the United States, the District retains dominion and control over Fryingpan-Arkansas Project water return flows. The District has made return flows from the use Project water available for use by eligible entities within the District boundaries, primarily for augmentation purposes, since the first deliveries of Project water occurred. The District, by resolution, created the Southeastern Colorado Water Activity Enterprise to administer the sale of Project water return flows. On February 15, 1996 the Enterprise approved a "Policy Concerning the Sale of Return Flows From Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Water", a copy of which is attached to this report. The sale of the Project water return flows are controlled by the provisions of the policy as quoted in part below: