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<br />aveTage flows in the Roaring !:,ork River at the h~ad of the prop~sed. Aspen
<br />Reservoir in a quantity proportIonate to t.he respectIve natural cont.rlbuttons ot
<br />thm:;e st.reama from which diversions 8.re made to the natural flow of the Roaring
<br />.Fork RiYer. The recommended average flow~ above mentioned are flows in"
<br />Quant.ities equal to those recomrne.nded M a minimu~ at the head or. the Aspen
<br />Re:>crvoir Rccording t,o the followmg schedule submitted by t.he United States
<br />Fish Bud Wildlife Serdce and the Colorado Game and Fish Commission:
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<br /> AVl!T1Il!e A(T('-(eet Avernll:e Acre-fee'
<br />Month s('('(Ind- (In thou- Month seCOlld. (lathou-
<br /> leet sands) f{~t SIUld~)
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<br />, '.7 '!\.fo:y.__u______ 100 '"
<br />Qctober__n____u.________.___ " "......._.u_
<br />NO'l'"E'mtler_____._n___________ 35 '.1 June.n_______.n_ -00--_---_- I>> 7.1
<br />DercIllber________.n____n___ 29 1_8 July______.______n_._________ 100 ..2
<br />JllJ\ua,ry______.n_____n_..n_ 26 1.0 I .,""""ou.nnOUOU__OU_1 63 ,.0
<br />Febrllary-.-.---------_.------i :'?_'i !.. September________.____.._____ H 2.6
<br />l'o1ardl..___n..____.__n______ 24 U, --
<br />AprIL__n__...___________.___ 6< 3.8 TotaL.____.____________ _______00_1 ~.~
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<br />In maintt\ininj;" the above averRl?:es, at nO t.ime shall the flow be reduced below
<br />15 c. f. s. during the months of AllgU~L tu April, inclusive, or belo,,' 60 c. f. s. during
<br />the months of May to July, inclusive, providing the natural flow durinJ!; ~a.(d period
<br />is not less than these amounts. The obligation to supply the minimum SLreaJll
<br />flow a~ set forth in the above table on the Roaring Fork River shall, to the extent
<br />of 3 000 acre-feet annually, be a project. obligation to be supplied from any waters
<br />rli\'~rted from the south t,f"ibutaries of Hunter Creek, Lime Creek, Last Cha.nce
<br />Greek, or any of them.
<br />The Twin Lake,>. Resf'rvoir & Canal Co. 8hall not be required to refrain front
<br />divert.ing water limier it.s exist.ing decrees from the Hoaring Fork River except to
<br />the extent t.hat a like qllantit.y o( reflla.~ement wo.wr i':?l furnished to sa.id oompany
<br />wit.hout chArge therefor t.hrough and by means of project diver~ions.
<br />If by reason of storage eapacity in the Aspen Reservoir, the Twirl Lakes Reser-
<br />,'oir & Canal Co. derive:-; aridit.iOllll.1 water or other benefits or advantages it ~'ould
<br />not ha"e realized had this project. not been constructed, then nothing herein con-
<br />tained shall prevent the project from making appropriate charges tor such water
<br />or ot.her benefits Or advantaRes.
<br />11. All Jands acquired for project const.ruction and opera.tion and water sur-
<br />fAces of project reservoir" will be open to the public for recreat.iona.1 purposes,
<br />excepting those areas reserved by t.he operating agency.
<br />12. The project will be operated in such a manncrthut those in eastern Colorado
<br />using project water imported fnl[]l the Colorado River Basin for domestic pur-
<br />poses shall have preference over those claiming or using water for any other pUr~
<br />pose.
<br />13. The project i3 to be operated in such a manner 83 to secure the greatest
<br />benefit from the use and reuse of imported project waters within project bounda.ries
<br />in the State of Colorado.
<br />14. Any tlnd all benefits and rights of western Colorado water users in and to
<br />-"",-ater stored in Green Moulltain Reservoir, M desc.rihed and defined in Senate
<br />Document 80, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, shall not be impaired or
<br />diminished by this project. .
<br />,.. 15. The project, its operation. maintenance, and use shaH be subject to the
<br />provisions of the upper Colorado River B&'lin compact of October 11, 1948
<br />.(Public Law 37, 81st Cong., 1 sess.), the Colorado River comp~ct of No'\'f~mber 24,
<br />1922 (H. Doe, 605, 67th Cong., 4th !'less.), and the Boulder Canyon Project Act
<br />of December 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 1057-1064). In the e'-ent any curtailment of use
<br />9f Colorado River water in the Stat.e of Colorado i!'l necessary to s8th:fy t.he pro~
<br />visions of the Colorado River compact or t.he upper Colorado River Basin eom~
<br />pact, the.n the diveT'8ion~ by the project for use in ea~te"fn C.olorado shall be
<br />curt~iled before there is any curtailment of the right to store water in Aspen
<br />,Reservoir in a quantity not in excess of the capacity of that reservoir for Use in
<br />western Colorado in accordance with. thesc opeM\ting principles.
<br />16. The Secretn.ry of t.he Interior shall at any Lillie ha.ve the option to obtain or
<br />require the transfer to the United States of any and an rights initia.ted or acquired
<br />bv the appropriat.ion or use of wBter through the works of the project in e88tern
<br />Color,ado, except vested rights to present appropriations; provided, however, tha.'t
<br />~he tItle so taken shall be s.ubject to a. beneficial use of such water &8 may be
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