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2211 5. All operating records be open for inspection by any qua 1 ifi ed representat i ve of the Arkansas Ri ver Compact Administration. The District approved the addition of these conditions to the Operating Prin- c i pIes by reso 1 ut i on adopted by the Board of Oi rectors on January 26, 1967. The Bureau in a 1 etter to Governor Docking of Kansas (dated March 20. 1967) clearly set forth the "operating prihciples" and the five conditions in one document so as to avoi d any mi sunderstandi ng in the future as to thei r intent and purpose. The operating principles which were included as exhibits to the repayment contract and the model decree transfer were already in place prior to the letter and did not address these conditions. The June 6, 1967, minutes of the Compact Admi ni strat ion indi cate thei r approva 1 of the amended operat i ng principles. . In 1976. prior to the supplementary decree of December 3. 1976, Highland I rri gat i on Company intervened in the tnansfer of the Mode 1 decree proceedi ngs in an attempt to modify the Apri 1 15. 1965 Model right to 1 imit the storage transferred under that decree to 6.000 ~cre-feet or less. The Colorado Supreme Court (C. S.C. No. 27492) ruled that the Model right transferred 20.000 acre- feet of storage. Trinidad Reservoir was declared ready to impound water on January 1, 1977. by the Corps. The Colorado Di stri ct No. 19 water court dec 1 ared that storage of irrigation water could commence January 1. 1977. However. storage of water under the transferred Model right did not began until August 1977 and then only to store a maximum of 2,140 acre-feet before storage was stopped due to downstream users in Colorado enjoining to prevent storage of winter inflows. The case was brought before the Colorado Supreme Court (No. 27962). and an opi- nion was issued on March 5. 1979 in favor of the District. Full project oper- ation commenced immediately. . Since May 1979 most of the Project canals have operated using water regulated at Tri ni dad Reservoi r. However. between 1979 and 1982, the Modell ands were not i rri gated due to di stri buti on system rehabi 1 it i on. From 1982 through 1984 the amount of Mode I acreage steadily increased. with a 11 Mode I lands i rri gated by 1985. Concerns about Trinidad Reservoir operation were first discussed at a special meeting of the Arkansas River Compact Administration called by Kansas officials on June 30, 1980. The meeti ng was call ed to di scuss the pract ice of trans- ferring water among the storage pools; of Trinidad Reservoir. Kansas' position was that storage had occurred in violation of the Operating Principles for the Trinidad Project. This issue was inve~tigated by the Compact Administration and further di scussed at subsequent meet jngs without reso 1 ut ion. Addit i ona 1 con- cerns over storage of water in Tri nj dad Reservoi r duri ng 1981 and 1982 were raised by Kansas at the March 25, 1983 Compact Administration meeting. At this meeting, in addition to the transfer of water between accounts, Kansas raised questions regarding storage water accounting procedures, over diversion by ditche,s within the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District and flood flow release from the reservoir. A resolution regarding the Kansas allegations was presented, discussed and tabled. The issues raised by Kansas continued to be a topic of discussion at Compact Administration meetings. At . the December 11. 1984 meeting the Compact 4 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I