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The December 22, 1983, operating policy (Appendix D) set aside 66,000 acre-feet out of the 100,000 acre-foot power pool to be utilized to meet the demands of historic agricultural and municipal beneficiaries (as of 1977) of Green Mountain water. The operating policy provides that Green Mountain Reservoir will continue to be operated to meet the demands of these historic beneficiaries. The yield from the remaining 100,000 acre- foot pool, approximately 28,800 acre-feet of water, could be available for sale under long-term contracts. Currently, analysis by the Bureau indi- cates that there could be a marketable yield of approximately 25,800 acre-feet with a shortage of up to 30 percent in some months. In May 1984, the Colorado River Water Conservation District issued a request for potential contractors for water from Green Mountain Reservoir. Respondees were requested to complete a questionnaire providing detailed information to support the volume of water requested. The resulting demands for Green Mountain water include municipal, domestic, irrigation, golf course irrigation, and snowmaking, oil shale, and other industrial uses. The River District received requests from 23 potential contractors in response to the May notice. Since then an additional six requests for water have been received by the River District or the Bureau. A summary of these requests is included as Appendix A. The requesting agency/organization, point of diversion, and volume of water requested by category of demand are indicated. Requests were received for sale or exchange of Green Mountain water from the Fraser River drainage, the Blue River drainage (including tbe Snake River and West Ten Mile Creek) above and below Dillon Reservoir, the Eagle River drainage, and the Colorado River drainage. The identified requests are shown in Table 1.1 by category of demand (snow making, muni- cipal, domestic, irrigation, and industrial), and by drainage area. Approximately 17,492 acre-feet of water have been requested by potential water sales contractors. In addition to the requests identified in Appendix A, the Summit County Board of County Commissioners has submitted an application for an unallocated volume of 212 acre-feet intended for future development (princi- pally small users) above Dillon Reservoir (see Appendix B). Another una1located volume of water (5000 acre-feet) has been identified to protect 1~4