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1 t <br />• • <br />-6- <br />define the reservation of water established by the designation <br />of the Cache -la Poudre as wild and scenic, in relation to <br />Colorado and federal law. <br />Section 2 begins by recognizing that the inclusion of the <br />designated portions of the Cache la Poudre River into the Wild <br />and Scenic Rivers system will not interfere with the exercise of <br />valid existing decreed water rights to water which has <br />heretofore been stored or diverted by means of the present <br />capacity of storage, conveyance, or diversion structures which <br />exist on the date of enactment of this legislation, or the <br />operation and maintenance of such existing structures. While <br />Section 2 provides that the Wild and Scenic River designation <br />will not be used to prohibit development of proposed Grey <br />Mountain dam, reservoir and hydropower facilities, the section <br />also provides that project sponsors and federal, state and local <br />agencies with permitting authority over the project are required <br />to consider reasonable measures in the planning of the project, <br />for minimizing any impacts of the project on the designated Wild <br />and Scenic River segments. These measures can be included as <br />conditions of the permits by the permitting agencies who have <br />authority to require such conditions. It is recognized that, <br />subject to reasonable mitigation measures, construction <br />activities may have some impact and that project facilities may <br />be visible from certain portions of the Wild and Scenic river <br />corridor. See 36 CFR Part 296.S (a), (b), 296.6. However, no <br />implicit approval or disapproval of any specific construction <br />activity is implied by the foregoing sentence. <br />