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<br />operable; there is at least 66,000 acre-feet of water in storage in the Green Mountain Reservoir <br />HUP, or approved substitute storage reservoir, when Green Mountain Reservoir storage rights <br />cease to be in priority; and the water rights for the Shoshone Power Plant continue to be exercised <br />in a manner consistent with their historical operation. (Section 3.b. of the Stipulation and <br />Agreement) The United State also agrees not to place a call for its water rights for the federal <br />Grand Valley Power Plant during the irrigation season provided the above conditions are met. <br /> <br />The Stipulation and Agreement also provides that Reclamation may declare water surplus that is in <br />excess of the needs of HUP beneficiaries for a given water year. Water declared surplus will be <br />delivered first to the Grand Valley Power Plant to the degree surplus is available and is needed to <br />generate power at the plant. Additional surplus water may be delivered through other agreements <br />to beneficial uses in Western Colorado. This is to be done in accordance with the provisions of the <br />HUP Operating Criteria, which are summarized below: <br /> <br />Manaeement of the HUP Under the Operatine Criteria <br /> <br />The management of the HUP is accomplished through the process defined in Sections 3.d. and 3.e. <br />of the Operating Criteria. This process requires Reclamation to conduct a meeting with the other <br />managing entities on or before June 30 of each year to develop an annual operating plan for the <br />HUP, the Orchard Mesa Check and the Grand Valley Power plant. <br /> <br />The Annual HUP Operating Plan is developed by the Bureau of Reclamation, in consultation with <br />the Grand Valley Water Users Association, the Orchard Mesa Irrigation District, the Grand Valley <br />Irrigation Company, the Division 5 Engineer, the Colorado Water Conservation Board and, Fish <br />and Wildlife Service. These entities, including Reclamation, are collectively known as the <br />Managing Entities'. The Managing Entities agree to make a good faith effort to develop an Annual <br />HUP Operating Plan that is unanimously supported. However, Reclamation reserves the right to <br />establish a release schedule, should unanimous support be unattainable. It is expressly recognized, <br />however, that in some years, release of the entire HUP by the end of the irrigation season will not <br />be necessary or possible. <br /> <br />On or before June 30 of each year Reclamation conducts a meeting with the other Managing <br />Entities to develop an annual operating plan for the HUP, the Orchard Mesa Check and the Grand <br />Valley Power Plant. The Annual HUP Operating Plan is to be based upon actual HUP storage <br />conditions, projected runoff forecasts, operational and climatological conditions, projected <br />irrigation demands, and 15-Mile Reach flow needs. The Annual HUP Operating Plan will cover <br />operations for the July through October irrigation season. <br /> <br />The HUP operations are reviewed and modified by the Managing Entities as necessary to respond <br />to changing conditions. Subsequent meetings or conference calls are held on an as needed basis to <br />reexamine HUP storage conditions, runoff forecasts, climatological conditions, irrigation demands, <br />15-Mile Reach flow needs, and other operational conditions. Based upon this information, the <br />Managing Entities may adjust checking and the determination of surplus HUP water and release of <br />such water. Review meetings or conference calls may be held as frequently as every week. <br /> <br />24 <br />