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<br />L_ <br /> <br />APPENDIX "C" <br /> <br />***** <br /> <br />RESOLUTION ON FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS <br />PROJECT REPORT <br /> <br />(Adopted July 24. 19i1) <br /> <br />>I: * * * <br /> <br />"--. <br /> <br />Whereas the Arkansas RIver Compact Administration, an official <br />interstatt: body created by the Arkansas River Compact and charged- <br />with tne administration of s\.lch Compact, is interested in the proposed <br />development to the extent that its construction and. operation shall not <br />lI1terfcrc \vith the rights,. interests and obligations of Color.ldo and <br />Kansas under the Campa..:t: <br />No\',: Be It RC50h:cu hy the i\rkansd5 River C0ml'act Allministra. <br />ricln th:lt the followin" CllmmClll~ ,Iml rcclJIlHllfnJ;lrinns rd<1ting tl) said <br />rL'I~I..\rt of the Sccrctilr; of Interior, to wit: - <br />The Arbns:ls Ri\"CT Compact AJministrclti(lll submits thcsl' com- <br />ment::; allJ recommendations to the Governors of Colorauo a.nu Kansas <br />fl:.:.pccting tht" prupnseJ 1l1itirlJ Dt:vdopml'nt. GunnIson-Arkansas Proj' <br />ect, Roaring Fork Diversion, ColoraJu, ndmdy: <br /> <br />1. The Administration understands that the project plan proposes: <br />(a) The importation by appropriate proJcct works of approximately <br />70,000 acre-fcLt of water a year from the Colorado River Basin <br />to the Arkansas Riwr Basin for supplemental irrigation and <br />domestic water supplies in Colorado and for the production at <br />hydroelectric energy. <br />(b) In connection with such importation of water and its regulation <br />in the Arkansas River Valley by project works, the re-regula- <br />tion of n<J.tivc waters of the Arkansas River dthc term 'native <br />waters', -as-herein used,-be:ing-those \'\'atcrs-covered-and- defined <br />by Art. III-B of the Arkansas River Cdmpact), <br /> <br />2. The interstate water relations of Colorado and Kansas with respect <br />to the Arkansas River do not Justify any objection to the proposed <br />project development for the importatiGn of Colorado River water <br />(described in sub-paragraph (a) above). <br /> <br />3. The re-regulation of nativ~ waters of the Arkansas RivLr (native <br />waters being as abovc mentioned) concerns the Arkansas River Com- <br />pact Administration and both Colorado a.nd. Kansas in complying <br />with thc provisions of the Arkansas River Compact and maintaining <br />the benefits and obligations of the two statcs under that Compact. <br />To that end, it is recomllll'ndcd to the Governors of Colorado anJ <br />Kansas, Jnd expressed JS a policy of the Arkansas River Compact <br />Administration, that the II1ltial Development, Gunnison-Arkansas <br />Project, Roaring Fork Diversion, Colorado, as set forth in Project <br /> <br />33 <br /> <br />. <br />