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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />of such prop9sed RICD water rights (encompassing 159,000 acre-feet per year as_ <br />described in following sections of this report) would be much less than the 1,453,388 to <br />1 ,587,600 acre-feet of surplus water that was identified by the Endangered Fish Flow <br />and Colorado River Compact Water Development Workgroup as being available for new <br />non-consumptive instream flow appropriations without adversely affecting Colorado's <br />ability to fully utilize its compact apportionment. For these reasons, the proposed RICD <br />water rights appropriation does not interfere with the future ability of Colorado to fully <br />utilize its Colorado River Compact allocation and to fulfill its compact delivery <br />requirements. Stated differently, the proposed RICD would not shield waters from a <br />consumptive use that would otherwise be available under Colorado's compact <br />entitlement. <br /> <br />11 <br />