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<br />, ' <br />~'~s... <br /> <br />./ SUBJECT: MINIMUM FLOWS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1. Issue: There are no minimum flows stated for Hunter Creek, No <br />Name Creek, and Midway Creek; and the Operating Principles should be <br />amended to include minimum flows for these streams. <br /> <br />Raised by: <br /> <br />RepresentinR <br /> <br />Charles Loughridge <br />Tam Scott <br /> <br />Trout Unlimited <br />Colorado Rivers Council <br />Rocky Mountain Rivers Foundation <br />Mayor of Aspen <br /> <br />*S tacy Standley <br /> <br />Reaponse: <br /> <br />It is true that the Operating Principles, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, <br />do not mention minimum flow requirementa for Hunter Creek and tr~butaries. <br />However, minimum flows for fisheries have been established. The Fish <br />and Wildlife Service furnished recommendations for minimum bypaas <br />flows for the Hunter Creek diversion system. These minimum flows are <br />as follows: Hunter Creek 8.5 ft3/s, Midway Creek 2.5 ft3/s, and <br />No Name Creek 3.0 ft3/s. At present, Pitkin County has filed for the <br />water rights for fish flowa below the Hunter Creek diversion points. <br />Eventually the minimum flows may be incorporated in the Operating <br />Principles through the procedures listed under paragraph 19 of the <br />Operating Principles. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />V 2. Issue: What are the criteria for allowing flows in some streama <br />at the expense of drying up other streams by diverting the flows? Who <br />determines 'the flows and who monitors these diversions as they are <br />going on? <br /> <br />Raised bv: <br /> <br />RepresentinR <br /> <br />Charles Loughridge <br />*Tam Scott <br />*Stacy Standley <br /> <br />Trout Unlimited <br />Colorado Rivers Council <br />Mayor of Aspen <br /> <br />Response: <br /> <br />The criteria governing the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project diversions is <br />contained in the Operating Principles adopted by the State of Colorado <br />and made part of the authorizing act, Public Law 87-590. The Operating <br />Principles state that no diversions shall be made which will reduce the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />XI-449 <br />