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<br />, <br /> <br /> <br />MAY-08-03 11.58 FROM.BALCOMB ~ GREEN PC <br /> <br />ID~87121845a902 <br /> <br />PAGE '1/7 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />BAsALT WAn:a CoN8I!lRVAl'fCY DI8TIUCT &: COLORADO RIvER WAT1tJl COHSEllVATlON <br />DISTlUCT <br /> <br />Brian Person, Bureau of Reclamation <br />Randy Seaholm, Colorado Water Conservat1on Board <br /> <br />May 9. 2003 <br />Page 3 of 3 <br /> <br />Green Mountain's ability to contrib.ute to habitat flows under the Orchard Mesa <br />Check case arrangement. <br /> <br />In Closing, we are ,pleased that Reclamation decided to bear capital and O&M <br />costs for the, 20 12 Agreement; that contribution will be b.enc:fidal to the long-tenn <br />repayment of the regulatory capacity. We also app:rec1ate Reclamation's effort to <br />pnMde us With the additlonal shortage analYsis. Nevertheless. the proposed <br />shortage proVISion is neither 1iUr to the West Slope's Ruedi Rcs&voir users nor <br />based upon a legally sound interpretation, and implementation of the relevant <br />Biological Opinions and Round II C6ntract. provjsjo:os. Ifbydrological conditions <br />more severe than those portrayed in the Reclamation analysis should cause <br />shortages to Round II contracts during the 2012 Agreement tetro, we :reserve the <br />right to Initiate appropriate action at that time. <br /> <br />Very truly yours. . <br /> <br />BASALT WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT <br /> <br />By~'''e~1 <br />aVid C, Hall otd alcomb & Green. P.C. <br /> <br />COLORADORlVER WATER CONSERVATION <br />DISTRICT <br /> <br />By <br /> <br />f? tM. '( Q <br />- <br />R, ErIc Kuhn. General Manager <br /> <br />DCH/fa <br />Attachment <br />cc: CRWCD Board of Directors <br />Peter Fleming, Esq. <br />David MerrItt <br />BWCD Board of Directors <br />Scott Fifer <br />Lee Leavenworth. Esq. <br /> <br />C:\Dooumento .fOcI $eWngs\erlo\LocaI Settlngs\Tempomry "'~l F!1",\0J.$4\J'OlIOIJ' Seahol.n Ilr 050903.wpd <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />7. 'V~'VA' <br /> <br />lIlA/.OCO~Jl:nJjl;l <br /> <br />., a ,,,,_v,,,,, 'f'U'_""I'TOU>:"""'T""'" <br /> <br />,.,....,.:1,.. ,......,,."'^.., .~... ..-.. <br />