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<br />(:') <br /> <br />,-] which the priority of the Aspinall right may be waived has not <br /> <br />W <br />N been determined, <br />c." <br />W <br /> <br />The aUthorizing legislation of the Colorado River Storage <br />Project listed the five projects in the Upper Gunnison River <br /> <br />Basin for priority of investigations: (1) Bostwick Park. (2) <br /> <br />East Rivet. (3) Fruitland Mesa, (4) Ohio Creek. and (5) Tomichi <br /> <br />Creek. <br /> <br />The tQtal depletion by these five projects was estimated to <br />be about 60.000 acre-feet annually of which 40.000 acre-feet <br />would be qepleted above Blue Mesa Dam, An additional 10,000 <br />Mesa... <br />acre-feet :would be depleted between Morrow Point and Blue"Dams'. <br /> <br />and another 10.000 acre-feet would be depleted between Crystal <br />and Morro~ Dams. An increased upstream depletion of 60.000 <br />acre-feet ;was assumed in the operation studies for the Aspinall <br /> <br />Unit in tbe determination of the water supply available for <br /> <br />power gen~ration. <br /> <br />In 1973, Reclamation issued a Concluding Report on its <br /> <br />Upper Gunnison Project investigations which included the East <br /> <br />River, Ohi() Creek. and Tomichi Creek Units. Although it was <br /> <br />concluded that there were limited potentialities for Federal <br /> <br />water reso~rce development under existing evaluation criteria <br /> <br />and projected economic conditions. Reclamation still recognized <br /> <br />its commitment to allow beneficial development of waters of the <br /> <br />Upper Gunn~son River Basin up to an amount of . . 60.000 <br /> <br />-14- <br />