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228 or otherwise; (c) that the conservation capacity thus made avail- able shall accrue to .the benefit of affected interests on the ri ver on like terms whether future development is accomplished through State, private, municipal, or quasi-municipal agencies or agencies of the Federal Government on terms and conditions which will not interfere with the operation of Chatfield Reser- voir by the Corps of Army Engineers to serve nood control pur- poses; and (d) that any such revised plans for the South Platte Flood Control Froject be submitted to the Colorado Water Con- servation Board, which is Charged with contacting local, affected interests, for st\ldy and review with the opportunity to make comments and recommendations and for the. purpose of determining whether the conditions herein contained can be met by the re- vised plan of construction and operation. I On vote being taken the motion carried unanimously and was declared adopted. The Director was instructed to notifJ', on behalf of the Board, the Corps of Army Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation the action above taken with respect to the revision of the official State comments on the South Platte Flood Control Project. Attorney Breitenstein was requested to make a report covering re- visions suggested by the Bureau of Reclamation, of operating principles for the proposed Frying Pan-Arkansas project. Mr. Breitenstein, briefly reviewed a conference which was held on the matter by the Director and himself with Bureau of Reclamation officials in Washington on October 22-23, 1950. He read those portions of the operating principles and revisions thereof which were worked out in Washington conference and recommended for consideration, first, by the Policy and Review Committee and, finally, by the Colorado Water Conservation Board. It was pointed out by the Director that, since these prqposed revisions had not yet been considered by the Policy and Review Com- mittee, no actions by the Board should be undertaken at this time. It was moved by Judge Dan Hughes and seconded by A. E. Headlee that the meeting recess until 1 P.M. Afternoon Session The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman George Bailey at I 1:45 P.M. Discussion of the proposed changes in the operating principles for the Frying Pan-Arkansas Project was resumed. Judge Dan Hughes explained that this matter was one of great concern to Western l,olorado and cautioned against any change in language that would have the effect of interfering with the principle that water uses on the West Slope, present and potential, would be protected. He called attention to the need for surveys, investiga- tions, and studies in the natural basin of the Colorado River in Colorado to detennine potential water development in the area before large exporta- tions from the basin were undertaken; and he deplored the slow progress which had been witnessed in the past in carrying on and completing such surveys and investigations.