BOARD00426

• Board Meeting Date: 2/22/1951
• Description: Minutes and Information
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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It was moved by John A. Cross, and seconded by Judee Dan H.
EUGhes, that the report of t;1e Draftine Cor.wittee to the blicy
and Review Comnittee (First Phase, Gunnison-Arkansas IToject), as
contained in the June 15, 1950 report to the Colorado Water Conservation
Board by Clifford II. Stone, Director of the Board, with the modifi-
cations of the Operatinb Principles as set out in a letter from
Jean S. Breitenstein; chairman of the Dra~tine Committee, to the
Director of the ':Iater Board, dated Februa1"J 3, 1951, and with those
modifications of Article IV "3f:'ect of Approval of Project Report,"
(p. 11 of the above mentioned Report of the Draftine Sub-committee
of the Policy and ~evio/7 Committee), made in this Board meeting of
February 22, 1951 by the adoption of resolutions approved by the
Colorado River Ylat?r Conservation District and the Southwes;tern "
Water Conservation District, be and is hereby formal.ly approved.

On vote bein3 taken, the motion unanimously carried and was
declared adopted. ~/

The Operating Principles for the First Phase, Gunnison-Arkansas Pro-
ject, (Fryingpan-Arkansas project), the recommendations for the change in
the name of the project (Article III below), and the "Effects of the Approval
Qf the Project Report" (Article IV below), as al]leT,ldedand approved by the
action of the Colorado Water Conservation Board on this 22nd day of February,
1951, are as follows:

"The construction and operation of the project involve the diversion
of \vater from the headwaters of the Fryingpan River and other tributaries
of the Roaring Fork River to the Arkansas River Basin. The project
contemplates

"(a) The maximum conservation and use of the diverted waters;

"(b) The protection of Tiestsrn Colorado water uses, both
existing and potential, in accordance with the declared
policy of the State of Colorado; and

,,( c) The preservation of recreational values.

"In order to accomplish such purposes the project shall be operated
by the United States in compliance with the Federal reclamation laws,
the laws of the State of Colorado relatine to the appropriation, use,
or distribution of water, and the foll~Ting operating principles:

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"I. As used herein,

"(a) "Project" means that certain enterprise planned and
designed by the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior,
for the transmountain diversion of water from the headwaters of
the Fryingpan River and other tributaries of the Roarine Fork
, ]{iver to the basin of the Arkansas River, together with all of
its appurtenant works and facilities in both Eastern and Uestern
Colorado.