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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />R <br /> <br />"I" . <br />~'h " <br /> <br />lteport of the Regional Director <br /> <br />In order to accomplish such purposes the project shall <br />be operated by the United States in compliance with the Federal <br />reclamation laws, the laws of the State of Colorado relating <br />to the appropriation, use, or distribution of water, and the <br />fOllowing operating principles. <br /> <br />1. As used herein, <br /> <br />(a) "Project" means that oertain enterprise <br />planned and desIgned by the Bureau of Reolamation, <br />Department of the Interior, for the transmountain diver- <br />sion of wa tar from the headwaters of the Fryingpan <br />Rivar and other tributaries of the Roaring Fork River <br />to tl.e basin of the Arkansas River, together with all <br />of its appurtenant works and faoili tias in both East- <br />ern and Western Colorado. <br /> <br />(b) "Eastern Colorado" means tbat portion of <br />the Stete of Colorado lying within the natural drain- <br />age basin of the Arkansas River. <br /> <br />(c) "\Vestern Colorado" means that portion of <br />the State of Colorado lying within the natural drain- <br />age basin of the Colorado River and served by diversions <br />JDBde from the Colorado River, or 1 ts tributaries, <br />above its confluence with the Gunnison River. <br /> <br />(d) "Eastern Colorado Conservancy District" <br />means that entity to be hereafter created to contract <br />for payment to the United States of an appropriate <br />portion of project coets allocated to certain water <br />uses in Eastern Colorado. <br /> <br />(e) "Aspen Reservoir" meanS not only the <br />reservoir presently planned for construction near <br />the town of Aepen as part of the projsct but also, <br />unless the context requires otherwise, any other <br />reservoir that may be constructed in Western Colorado <br />above the t~ of Aspen in lieu of ~lat reservoir for <br />the purpose of protecting water uses in Western Colo- <br />rado.. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />(f) lIe.f.a." means cubic feet of water per <br />second of time. <br /> <br />2. The Aspen Reservoir shall be cOllstructed and maintained <br />on the Roaring Fork Hi ver above the town of Aspen, Colorado, wi.th <br />all active cspacity of about 28,000 aora-feet and with a reasonable <br />expectancy that it will fill annually. The 28,000 acre-feet of <br />water stored therein shall be available for replacement purposes <br />in Western Colorado. All of such stored water shall be released <br />under the conditions and limitations herein:lfter set forth. <br /> <br />28 <br /> <br />_-----.L_ <br />