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�1 <br />in the model. Decrees which are located on small headwaters streams where <br />they wonld not have any impact on existing or proposed, water development <br />projects were not modeled. <br />� There are several privately held instream flow decrees in the Upper <br />6unnison basin. The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) holds a group <br />� of non-consumptive instream flow and minimum lake level rights upstream of <br />Gothic on the East .River and its tributaries. The CWLB also holds instream <br />flow rights on some of the same stream reaches. These rights were not modeled <br />Isince they are located upstream of any existin9 or proposed developments <br />considered in the study and therefore wi11 not affect or be affected by <br />� potential development plans considered in the study. <br />I The Taylor Park Pool Association (composed of local ranchers and <br />landowners in the Taylor Park area} hold non-consumptive water rights on the <br />l Taylor River and its tributaries from Lottis Creek upstream. These water <br />rights have been adjudicated but their legal status is somewhat unclear since <br />C.R.S. 37-92-102(3) implies that only the State is empowered to appropriate <br />Iwater for instream flows. Furthermore, beca�se these decrees are privately <br />held, the possibility exists that they could be sold or �bandoned. The�legal <br />� issues involved in such a sale or abandonment are not well defined. Despite <br />these uncertainties, it was decided that the privately held decrees located <br />� where future water development could be impacted should be included in the <br />model since they have been adjudicated. The decrees included in the model are <br />� listed in Table 3.1. <br />3-5 <br />