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<br />I,j~ " 'j. FRYlNGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />of the proposed project on ti~e R.dminis~I'atio[l of dw provisions of t.he
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<br />compnet, adopt.pel the followlIlg resolutwn:
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<br />WhereRS t.here has been ~llhmi'Lt.ed to the Statf'~ of Colorado ann I\a.n~as by the
<br />SceretaTY of the Interior, ill u.ceuntallce with pro\i.sions of scclinn ] uf the 1944
<br />Flood COTltnJ[ Act., a ,,~p(lrt. uf the BUft'H.U of H.E'cla.ma1.iOll 01\ the proposed initial
<br />ucn..'lupmcllt, GUllllison-Arkansll.s project, Hoa.rin~ Fork di\'(~r:"iul\. Colorano
<br />(Project PJar;nillf(" Rcpnrt.. No. 7-88.49--1), and ~lldl St,afe:, an' TC'qIJircd to trnnflmit
<br />t,o tile Rceretary of the Tlltcrior \.l\cir rc!-\pcctive uffidal comments 8ml n'l~()mmellda-
<br />~~ion8 on the report a.lld propo.<:ed clA\'eloplllf'llt: alln
<br />\\'hcrcas t./w Arkall!'&'s Hi\'er Compact Admillisl,ratioll, an officiFl.I interstate
<br />hody creater! hy t.he Arka!\~as River COlll}ll\Ct and elllugcd \\'jth OW.'ldmini,'ltrat.ioll
<br />uf sueh rOHllliLct., is illterC':-:.ted in t.he rJrorosed r!('\,('!opntent, to the ext.f-mt that its
<br />con,;tructioll and upcrJ1t.il.lIl shu\l not interff're wit,1t the rights, illtp.rest~ slld ullliga~
<br />tioll" of Colonul0 and l\ansng under the compact: l't ow be it.
<br />Ut~olvf:d bu the .4rkrJ11SaS Hilla COil/pad .4dminl':;:tro.lion, Tlla,(, tlH~ followin~ ('0111-
<br />lllen',,S !\nd recollllllundations relating; to said report of t.he Secl'eto.r.\" of t.lH~ Interior,
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<br />The Arkansas Rh'er Cqmpad Adminif'l1.mtion submit,s these cornnletlt.~ allo
<br />r~commcndat.iolls t.o till) UoVernNS or Colorado nml Kansa."- rpspecting the J1ro~
<br />pO:'ied illitial de\"elopment., GUlllli::>on-Arkansas project" HOllrillg Fork diversioll,
<br />Colorado, ntwJ(.,:!y;
<br />1. The A(lmilli;O;l,mtioll Illlderstand:'i that ill/:' projeet, plall pr()po~e:-;:
<br />(o.! ThlC' impurtat.inll h~' appropriate pwjed wnrks of approximate!.\'
<br />70,000 ar.:re~f~ct of water a "t~ar (rolll tlte Coll.ll'ado Hiver R[I.:'iin to t,lH"'
<br />Arkall!if\.S nin~r Basin for s-Ilppl~l\lp.l\tal irrigati'lll filld dOI1\ek!.il: \\"ll.(er
<br />sllpplir_'s ill Colol"o.<lo and for the proriudiOfI Hf hydrol'h:l'tri(' l::'Jll:'rgy_
<br />(t.) In conned,inn with slwh illlp'lri.llt,ioll pf \I-Mer ami it::; regll1at,ion
<br />ill the Ark~1I1SilS Hj"cr Vallp)' by project work:--;. the rerq!;\llution uf IHl.t.i\"c
<br />walers (,f tlw Arkanslt:' Ri\'er (t1H~ t.erm "na-lin: water~/! fl.'" hc~{'ill
<br />llserl, being th()~e wat.ers ('o\'creri. and ridlllcd hy art.. l1I-H of t.J.I(' .-\rk-
<br />un;o;as Hiver l'(Hllpact),
<br />2, TJif' illt(~r:-t.ate water re\n.t.irms of Colorado and Kan;O;fl'" wit II n>pect
<br />In t.he Arkan:-;as Hiver do not ju~t,ify r"ny obj/:'di'JIl {,\1 (h~ [lropu"'l'd pmjf~et
<br />rl.cvclopmcllt. for the importat,ion 1)( Coloradn Hi\'cr \\"Itll'r (dc.'ierjt.H:,d ill
<br />~Ilb par, (a) aho\"e).
<br />3. The rerf'glllfl.t,ion of nuLi\'e water:; of t.h~~ I\rkallia~ Hi\'er {Jlat.iv~ wuters
<br />beillJ:!: fl.>; ahove IIH'ntiol1cd) concerns IIH~ .'\rk~\Tlsa..; Rivcr CO/llp[1et Ad-
<br />ministration nun hn(.h Cul'lrado RIlIJ K.'.illSIl3 in ('(ll11plying wit.h t.he provi:,iOllS
<br />of tile Arkansa,.;; fiin'r COlllp[J,C"t. and maint.aillillJ:!; the benefit:' and nb!iKations
<br />I)f t.he t,wo Stat.e:, under that, (:olllpaC"t.. T(J that. ellu. it i~ recornrnel;df-!d t.o
<br />t,he Covernors of Colorado ami l';:~n!';a!i, alld expresscd ilS f!. poli/:y of t.he
<br />:\rkallsfis niw:,r Compact. r\dmini.'itmtillO lho'll t.h~ initial devr~l(lprnellt.
<br />(;I/lln;.'illlJ-.'\rkallsas proj(~ct., Roarin!!: Furk din~rsioll, Colorado, as :'ieL f(Jrt.h
<br />in Project. PI1\lll\ing ReJlort :Ko, 7-30..40.-1 of I,he Bllfeuli of no~la.mation.
<br />he appro\'ed; provided, howev(:r, t,ltl\t. there .~:hll.ll be no rCfl',I,(lliation of llat.ive
<br />W!\t.Ct"S of t.hc Arku/l.'i.'ls Rin:r :b propu~ed in :'Ilch report. 1l1It,j\ a plan of oper-
<br />ation, rules, re{pJJ.alioJls, pr()CedllrC~, alld figrt'cllH:'lIts in fllrt.herallce thcrenf.
<br />includinp; any pertinent, a~reell\ents bctween t,he Corp~ of Engineers fiUcJ t,he
<br />Bureau of Rcclnrnat.ion, :::.110.11 have heen f;ubmi(.t,ed to, and apprl)\'Ed by the
<br />Arkal1sas Rivcr COl1lp.'\ct J\dlllini:-;lratioll anrl t.he affeet.erl water users.'
<br />4, It is the p1lrpose o.nd illtent. Cof the~e reCotnllll.:ndat.ioll:i that, the pro-
<br />posed project. rle\"elopm~nt shall not illterfcn~ with Cor rJefe.'l.t the right~
<br />int.erest.s and Qbli~at.ion:'l of Colorado and l\:ansa,t;; llllder the Arknngas Rive;
<br />co 111 pact. -
<br />be t.rammittf~d to t.he Go\"crnorg of the f;tn.tes of Colora.do find Kansas and sllch
<br />Governors he and ar~ herehy requested to suhmit t.llL' SR.IlW t.o the Seeret.l1ry of
<br />Interior \">it.h t.heir official St.utl' comment.>:; ami recommendations upon aaid pTO-
<br />posed project and rlevelopmcllL.
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<br />_ Color.do intel'prcts "lid understands that par.graph 3 of the reso-
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<br />lut.ion of the. Arken,us River Compflet, Adrninistrat,ion is conLrollcu
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<br />by paragrapb 4 lhereof; n.nd that the words IlfLffect.ed \\'at.er users" in
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<br />said parllgj'uph 3 menn only water users in the State of Colorado so
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<br />long r.. Colorado eomplies wit,h the terms of said comp"ct.
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