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, . Green Mountain Reservoir EIS/Division 5 ISF Recommendations . A number of preliminary instream flow recommendations in Summit County were presented to the Board at its September 14, 1984, meeting for informational purposes. At that time the Board agreed with the staff recommendation that no final action would be taken by the Board until the environmental assessment for Green Mountain Reservoir water sales was completed. The staff was then instructed to cooperate with the Bureau of Reclamation, the River District, and other involved entities in resolving any technical issues with respect to the Board's instream flow recommendations. The Bureau has acknowledged the Board's request to be a cooperating agency. The staff has attended public and agency scoping meetings which were held by the Bureau to solicit comments to help identify significant environmental issues associated with revising the operating policy for Green Mountain Reservoir. To date the study is progressing on schedule. The River District has contracted with Resource Consultants, Inc., to perform the study and a work plan has been finalized. The consultant is now working with the Bureau on computer modeling and with the Division of wildlife on field data collection. The draft EIS is scheduled for completion in April, 1985, and the Final EIS in November, 1985. . Resolution of Case No. 7-83CW144, Westfork Development, Ltd. On November 2, 1984, Assistant Attorney General Steve Shupe signed a consent decree and stipulation in the above referenced case as previously authorized by the Board. The signed consent decree was the eleventh draft representing numerous hours of negotiations with the applicant to insure the Board's instream flow decrees were adequately protected from injury. The Board ratified the Statement of Opposition filed by the staff in this case at its March 15, 1984, meeting to protect its instream flow rights on the West Fork of the San Juan River in the vicinity of Wolf Creek Pass. Concerns for potential injury centered around the use of historic irrigation water rights to augment wells which would service a four-season recreational development including a major winter sports area with snowmaking capabilities. Highlights of the consent decree which speak directly to the protection of the Board's insteam flow decrees include: . 1) The applicant will cause two continuous recording stream gages to be installed (by USGS) on the two stream segments in question. Streamflow records from these stations will be submitted to the Division Engineer on a regular basis. MEMORANDUM -2- November 5, 1984