BOARD01876

• Board Meeting Date: 7/23/2001
• Description: WSP Section - Colorado River Basin Issues - Ruedi Reservoir - Proposed Annual Contract to Deliver 10,825 AF to Endangered Fish in 15-Mile Reach
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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EXPLANATORY RECITALS

WHEREAS, the United States, acting through the Secretary ot'the Interior, constructed the
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, authorized by the Act of August 16, 19.62 (76 Stat. 389), as
amended by the Act of October 27,1974 (88 Stat. 1497), and the Act of November 3,1978
(92 Stat. 2493), hereinafter collectively referred to as the "authorizing legislation," to construct,
operate, and maintain, in substantial accordance with H. Doc. 187, 83rd Congress, 1 st Session, as
modified by H. Doc. 353, 86th Congress, 2nd Session; and

WHEREAS, Section 3 of the authorizing legislation states that the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project

shal.l be operated in accordance with the operating principles set forth in House Document 130,

87" Congress, 1st Session, hereinafter referred to as the "operating principles;" and

WHEREAS, Section 4 of the authorizing legislation directs the Secretary to investigate, plan,
construct, operate, and maintain facilities for the conservation and development offish and
wildlife resources, and that the costs of such undertakings shall be nonreimbursable and
nonreturnable under Reclamation laws; and

WHEREAS, Section 5.e. of the authorizing legislation directs the Secretary of the Interior in
the operation and maintenance of all facilities of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project to comply with
the laws of the State of Colorado relating to the control, appropriation, use, and distribution of
water therein, including those laws of the State of Colorado relating to the establishment of
minimum streiunflows for the reasonable protection of the natural environment to the extent that
such laws are not inconsistent with the operating principles; and

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