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(b) In addition, should the Division Engineer allow the District to store the water changed herein out-of-priority as allowed by section 37-80-120(l), C.R.S. (2008), the District shall release, in the same reservoir accounting year, such water stored out-of-priority on demand (made in the same reservoir accounting year) of a downstream senior water storage right with a priority date senior to October 30, 2007 and that is located on Morrison Creek or the Yampa River between Morrison Creek Reservoir and the confluence of the Yampa River and Walton Creek whenever needed by such senior for its decreed uses in the same reservoir accounting year. (3) In order to recognize the draft on Morrison Creek of the Pleasant Valley Reservoir Water Right, and to avoid an enlarged draft on the Morrison Creek basin, during such times when the District is filling under the 2001 Pleasant Valley Reservoir Right, the District shall not place a call on any water rights with priority senior to October 30, 2007. Additionally, during such times when the District is filling Morrison Creek Reservoir under the Pleasant Valley Feeder Canal 1959 or 2001 Rights, the District shall not place a call on any water rights diverting from Morrison Creek with priorities senior to October 30, 2007. (4) So as not to enlarge the draft on Walton Creek, the District will only divert the Pleasant Valley Feeder Canal 1959 or 2001 Rights at Morrison Creek Reservoir when the flows in Walton Creek exceed 289 cfs. During such times when the District is filling Morrison Creek Reservoir under the Pleasant Valley Feeder Canal 1959 or 2001 Rights, the District shall not place a call on any water rights diverting from Morrison Creek with priorities senior to October 30, 2007. (5) Bypasses made by the District under Subparagraph B.(I) above for the benefit of the Colorado Water Conservation Board's instream flow right on the Yampa River as decreed in Case No. OICW106 may also be accounted to meet the bypasses required under Subparagraph B.(2) above for calling water rights senior to October 30, 2007 then diverting between the inlet to Lake Catamount and the confluence of the Yampa River and Walton Creek, less transit losses, if any, between Morrison Creek Reservoir and the inlet to Lake Catamount. C. Contract releases. Contract releases of the Pleasant Valley Project Rights as changed herein and stored in Morrison Creek Reservoir or in Stagecoach Reservoir after delivery from Morrison Creek Reservoir in the same water administration year shall be in addition to any minimum by-pass or release obligations that exist or may be imposed for the respective reservoir. CASE NO. 07CW61 FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND JUDGMENT AND DECREE PAGE 10