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<br />FEB-07-1997 11:07 <br /> <br />DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> <br />1 303 866 4058 P.04/14 <br /> <br />.002171 <br /> <br />decrees based on the priority of the decrees aud will issue the <br />appropriate orders to the entities invoJved_ Transmountain <br />decrees may continue to divert when they are out of p~iorjl, <br />only if they provide replacement water to Lhe River. The CBT <br />Project may replace its transmountaln diversions using the <br />52,000 AF Green Mountain decree described previously. <br /> <br />Under STBP 3 we will need to have each Water Commissioner <br />provide us with a report hy Tuesday of each weck listing lhe <br />namea of all tbe active diversions in your District (not shut <br />off in previous Steps) ahove lbe Grand Valley Canal which hre <br />junior to the 119.47 decree which are nat being replaced Or <br />augmented and qualify to be replaced from Green Mountain <br />storage. In addition to the name of each diversion, we would <br />like to have the amount of diversion recorded at your last <br />inspection and the date of that observation. The office staff <br />will then take this infor~ation Bnd allocate the Green Mounlaln <br />consumptive use replacements to the proper decrees. This <br />information will also be used to determine when replacement <br />reservoir releases must end. <br /> <br />STEP 4: As the River continues to drop we will reach the point <br />;iier;;-we will be replacing consumptive use for ..II tha decr'ces <br />reported by you which are junior to the 119.47 cfs decree and <br />there still will not be sufficient water to satisfy the <br />decree. In the event that this does occur, we will continue to <br />release Green Mountain Reservoir water to salisfy the decree <br />and will attribute the release to the 119.47 cfs decree itself <br />and not to the consumptive use of a junior decree. This flow <br />release of 119.74 crs will continue as long as water is needed <br />and is available in the 66,000 AF pool. <br /> <br />QQ!!~1!12lL~: Grand Valley Water Users Association places a call <br />on tbe Colorado River using its 1941 decree of <br />400 cfs for power generation (ADMIN NO 30895.21241). <br /> <br />As soon as the 1941 decree for 400 crs begins to run short, lhe <br />office staff will order releases out of Green Mountain <br />Reservoir sufficient to meet the de~and. These releases will <br />be in addition to the 120 cfs release being made under <br />CONDITION I, STEP 4. The release will be delivered to satisfy <br />the 400 cfs decree but we are actually replacing the <br />consumptive use of irrigation aad domestic decrees that would <br />have been called out by the 1941 decree if Green Mountain water <br />was not available. This allows those junior ditches to <br />Continue diverting even though they are out of priority. <br /> <br />- 3 -. <br />