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<br />254 <br /> <br />"(e) 'Aspen Reservoir' means not only the reser- <br />voir presently planned for construction near the to.ill <br />of Aspen as part of the project but also, unless the <br />context requires othervlise, any other reservoir that may <br />be construced in Western Colorado above the town of ,Aspen <br />in lieu of that reservoir for the purpose of protecting <br />water uses in Western Colorado." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"Ar'ticle 9 - Add a new paragraph to that article to follow im- <br />mediatel;y after "(b) II . This new paragraph will read as follows: <br /> <br />"In maintaining the above minimum standards, the <br />project diversions shall be regulated, so far. as is pract- <br />icable, in such a manner that the North Fork, the Fr,yingpan <br />River, and each of the tributaries of those strea~1 shall <br />contribute to the residual stream flows ~equired by those <br />minimum standards quantities of water in proportion to their <br />natural contribution." <br /> <br />"Article 14 - Delete the word "The" at the start of the <br />sentence and place in lieu thereof the words "Any and all" and <br />delete the words lias the same may hereafter be determined by <br />appropriate judicial action," so that the entire Article 14 <br />reads as follows: <br /> <br />"Any and all benefits and rights of Western Colorado water <br />users in and to water stored in Green Mountain Reservoir, as <br />described and defined in Senate Document 80, Seventy-fifth <br />Congress, First Session, shall not be impaired or diminished <br />by this project." <br /> <br />"Article 15 - Delete everything in the last sentence after the <br />word "then" and insert new language to make the last sentence read <br />in toto as follows: <br /> <br />"In the event any curtailment of use of ColoradO <br />River water in the State of Colorado is necessary to <br />satisfy the provisions of treColorado River Compact or <br />the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, then the diversions <br />by the project for use in Eastern Colorado shall be cur- <br />tailed before there is any curtailment of the right to <br />store water in Aspen reservoir in a quantity not in excess <br />of the capacity of that reservoir for use in Western Colo- <br />rado in accordance with these operating principles." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"Article 16 - Delete from the last sentence of this article <br />the words "S0 far as the same is possible, II insert the word <br />"applicable" and the word "shall" in such manner that the entire <br />seotence ydll then read as follows: <br /> <br />"The rights to store water in Aspen Reservoir .under <br />the applicable laws of the State of Colorado shall be ini- <br />tiated and acquired by and held in the name of the United <br />States pursuant to those laws." <br />