Special Report of the Operations Secretary

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ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT ADMINISTRATION 112 W. Elm Street, P.O. Box 1600, Lamar, Colorado 81052 719- 336 -2732 For Colorado Chairman and Federal Representative For Kansas Rodney Kuharich, Denver David L. Pope, Topeka James G. Rogers, Lamar Robin Jennison David A. Brenn, Garden City Healy Kansas Thomas R. Pointon, Las Animas Randy Hayzlett, Lakin September 2, 2003 Mr. David Brenn, Chairman Arkansas River Compact Administration, Operations Committee, 2002 -2003 Mr. James Rogers, Member Arkansas River Compact Administration, Operations Committee, 2002 -2003 Subject: Status report concerning attempts to resolve concerns raised by the Assistant Operations Secretary Gentlemen, At the most recent meeting of the Operations Committee and the Administration held on May 22nd and 23`d 2003, the committee requested the Operations Secretary to prepare a report describing each unresolved issue of concern regarding interpretation and implementation of the 1980 Operating Plan that has been raised by the Assistant Operations Secretary together with a specific justification in support of both sides of each issue, a recommendation concerning the most appropriate level of authority for resolution of each issue, and where possible a specific resolution proposal. It was recognized that legal assistance might be required to fulfill some of these objectives. It was also requested that some measure of the amount of water at stake in each issue be provided. Finally, the report is to include an analysis of the feasibility of periodically al,er-Liating the office and associated duties of Operations Secretary between the Division Engineer for Division 2, Colorado Division of Water Resources and the Water Commissioner of the Garden City Field Office, Division of Water Resources, KansaE Departnent of Agriculture. A status report is expected by September 1, 2003 and the report is to be submitted at the next regular meeting of the Administration scheduled in December 2003. Two meetings have been held between Mr. Kevin Salter of the Kansas Division of Water Resources, representing the Assistant Operations Secretary and the Operations Secretary since the May 2003 meeting of the Administration. The first of these meetings occurred on June 26, 2003 in Pueblo, Colorado. The subject of this meeting was the review of issues as summarized in matrix format following meetings of the Administration in Garden City, Kansas on May 9 and 10, 2002. The participants concurred that the best prospects for further progress in resolving differences are in those areas as ordered from top to bottom in the matrix. A copy (9/11 pgs) of the matrix of issues as it has been subsequently revised to reflect the Operations Secretary's understanding of certain issues is attached to this