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~. .' :. ,,:O'aa2 303 ',' I.,.. :....-.. .... FINDINGS AND NOTIFICATION by ARKANSAS RIVEIl COMPACT ADMINISTRATION May 13, 1952 WHEREAS, Article VF of the Arkansas River Compact which became effective on May 31, 1949, provides as follows: "In the event the Administration finds that within a period of fourteen (14) days the water in the conservation pool will be or is ,liable to be exhausted, the Aclministra- ' tion shall forthwith notify the State Engineer of Colorado, or his duly authorized representative, that commencing upon a day certain within said fourteen (14) day period, unless a change of conditions justifies canc81l~~ior. or 'modification of such notice, Colorado shall "r'm::.,',is,'.er the decreed rights of water users in Colorado Viater Li3'uric t. 67 as against each other and as against all rights now or hereafter decreed to water users diverting upstream from John Martin Dam on the basis of relative priorities in the same manner in which their respective priority rights were administered by Colorado before .Je!:n M3.rtin Reservoir began t.o operate and as though John N~~tin Dam had not been constructed. Such priority administration by Colorado shall be continued until the Administration finds that water is again avai lable in the conservation pool for release as provided in this Compact, and timely notice of such finding shall be given by the Administ.ration 'to,the State Engineer of Colorado or his duly authorized representative. Provided, that except as controlled by the operation of the preceding provisions of this paragraph and other applicable provisions of this Compact, when there is water in the conservation pool the water users upstream from John Martin Reservoir shall not be affected by the 'decrees to the ditches in Colorado Water District 67. Except when administration in Colorado is on a priority basis the water diversions in Colorado 'ii,,:ci' Distric t 67 shall be administered by Colorado in acc(W(!PJlce with'dis- tribution agreements made from time to time oetween the water users in such District and filed YQth the Adminis- tration and with the State Engineer of Colorado or, in the absence of such agreement, u~on the basis of the respec- tive priority decrees, as against each other, in said District ." \ I NOW, T:1EREFORE, acting pursuant to the above quoted proVJ.sJ.on of the Arkansas River Compact, and in the exercise of the powers set forth in Article VIII of such Compact, the Arkansas River Compact Administration finds: