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<br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT
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<br />OPERATING PRINCIPLES
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<br />74. On November 24, 1948, a policy and review committee was
<br />organized by tlie Colorado Water Conservation Board to study and
<br />review plans and reports on the first stage, of the Gunnison-Arkansas
<br />project. The committee was composed of representatives of the
<br />board, the Colorado Game and Fish Commission, western Colorado,
<br />the Arkansas Valley, and the city of Colorado Springs. The com-
<br />mittee recomme~ded the following principles of project operation on
<br />January 19, 1951:
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<br />The construction and operation of the project involve the diversion of water
<br />from the headwaters of the Fryingpan River and other tributaries of the Roaring
<br />Fork River to the i\fkansas River Basin, The project contemplates-
<br />(a) The maximum conservation and use of the diverted waters;
<br />(b) The protection of western Colorado water uses, both existing and
<br />potential, in a<;cordance with the declared policy of the State of Colorado; and
<br />(c) The preservation of recreational values,
<br />In order to accomplish such purposes the project shall be operated by the
<br />United States in compliance with the Federal reclamation laws, the laws of the
<br />State of Colorado relating to the appropriation, use, or distribution of water, and
<br />the following operating principles:
<br />1. As used hereiIl:
<br />, (a) "Project" means that certain enterprise planned and designed by the
<br />Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, for the transmountain
<br />diversion of wjo,ter from the headwaters of the Fryingpan River and other
<br />tributaries of the Roaring Fork River to the basin of the Arkansas River,
<br />together with jl,ll of its appurtenant works and facilities in both eastern and
<br />western Colorado,
<br />(b) "EasterI1 Colorado" means that portion of the State of Colorado lying
<br />within the natllraldrainage basin of the Arkausas River,
<br />(e) "W esterIl- Colorado" means that portion of the State of Colorado lying
<br />within the natW'al drainage basin of the Color/lodo River and served by diver-
<br />sions made froIU the Colorado River, or its tributaries, above its confluence
<br />with the Gunnison River.
<br />(d) "Eastern Colorado Conservancy District". means that entity to be
<br />hereafter created to contract for payment to the United States of an appro-
<br />priate port;on of project costs allocated to certain water uses in eastern
<br />Colorado.
<br />(e) "Aspen Reservoir" means not only the reservoir presently planned for
<br />construction ne!,r the town of Aspen as part of the project but also, unless
<br />the context reqjlires otherwise, auy other reservoir that may be constructed
<br />in western Colorado above the town of Aspen iu lieu of that reservoir for the
<br />purpose of protecting water users in western Colorado.
<br />(f) "c. f, s," means cubic feet of water per second of time, ,
<br />2, The Aspen R~ervoir shall be constructed and maintained on the Roaring
<br />Fork River above the town of Aspen, Colo., with an active capacity of about
<br />28,000 acre-feet and 'with a reasonable expectaucy that it will fill annually. The
<br />28,000 acre-feet of water stored therein shall be available for replacement purposes
<br />in western Colorado. All of such stored water shall be released under the condi-
<br />tions and limitationEl hereinafter set forth,
<br />3, The cost of construction and perpetual oper/lotion /Iond maintenance of the
<br />Aspen Reservoir shall be a charge against the .project and shall be paid from proj-
<br />ect revenues or as otjJ.erwise provided by the Congress of the United States.
<br />4. The Aspen Reservoir shall be completed before any water is diverted to
<br />eastern Colorado by ',means of the project,
<br />5. The primary p1,lrpose of Aspen Reservoir is to furnish, in like manner as if
<br />the project were con$tructed by a water conservancy district organized pursuant
<br />to the laws of the Staite of Colorado, the water required for the protection of west-
<br />ern Colorado water l1sers by the provisions of section 1, chapter 192, Colorado
<br />Session Laws, 1943, reading as follows: "Provided, however, That any works or
<br />facilities planned and designed for the exportation of water from the natural
<br />basin of the Colorado River and its tributaries in Colorado, by any district
<br />created under this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of the Colorado River
<br />Compact and the Boulder Canyon Project Act, as amended; that any suoh works
<br />or facilities shall be desigtled, constructed and operated in such a manner that the
<br />present appropriations of water, and in addition thereto prospective uses of water
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