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• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 1006
• Author: Resource Consultants, I.
• Title: Biological Assessment Green Mountain Reservoir Water Marketing Program.
• USFW Year: 1985.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver.
• Copyright Material: NO

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BACKGROUND

Introduction
Senate Document 80 (Act of August 9, 1937) outl ined the construc-
tion and operating conditions for the Colorado-Big Thompson project.
Construction requirements incl uded storage on the Bl ue River at Green
Mountain Reservoir, located about 13 miles southeast of Kremmling,
Colorado (Figure I). The reservoir would be used to replace water
diverted to the eastern slope of Colorado that would be required by
prior rights along the Colorado River. In addition, the project
included a hydroelectric plant below Green Mountain Dam to utilize the
flow of the Blue River and water stored in the reservoir for the genera-
tion of electrical energy.
The Bureau completed construction of Green Mountain Dam and Power
Plant as a feature of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project in 1943. The
use and disposition of the water stored in Green Mountain Reservoir are
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior as set forth in
Senate Document 80 and reaffirmed in the Consolidated Cases (Civil
Actions Nos. 2782, 5016, and 5017); United States District Court for the
District of Colorado. This authority has been delegated to the Regional
Director, Lower Missouri Region, to be exercised in consultation with
the Reg iona 1 Director, Upper Colorado Reg ion. The Consolidated Cases
remain under the continuing jurisdiction of the United States District
Court for the District of Colorado.
On December 22, 1983 the final notice of Operating Policy for Green
Mountain Reservoir was publ ished in the Federal Register (Vol ume 48,
Number 247). The purposes of adopting a pol icy for the operation of
Green Mountain Reservoir were to quantify the presently perfected uses

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