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','.::~. :.: F ryi ng pan-Arkansas ',' '''., :':::f' 'f I, W ',," l' 1 ~ w o v:J Construction on-despite federal controversies PUEBLO--Construction of water collection structures for the Frying- pan-Arkansas transmountain waterdi. version project in Western Colorado continues despite federal con- troversies concerning additional projects, The controversies involve diversion of water from Hunter Creek and two tributaries of that stream and min- 'Imum flows in the Roaring Fork drainage, George Kregger, Fryingpan-Ar- kansas project manager, said con- struction continues on the following, -Completing lining of the Hunter Tnnel, from Chapman Gulch to Hunter, Creek and to the two tribu- taries, Midway and No Name. Diver- sion structures have been built; -Lining Mormon and Carter tun- nels of the Northside Collection System; -Several diversion points for Cun- ningham Creek and North Fork of the Fryingpan, The 1978' diversion of water from the Fryingpan River and several tributaries totaled 48,355 acre-feet up to Tuesday morning, Target for this year is 49,000 acre-feet. Kregger said diversion probably will end within a week. Construction of Granite Siphon will start soon, Felix Sparks, director of the Colo- rado Water Conservation Board, is in Washington this week to present a pro- posed amendment to the 1962 IJlw au- \, \,- ~' ~J '- ".'-. -1.. 1 ,- " ; ; ~ .~ ), i .:( " ...4 /:\~ :.:: :,. 'f. thorizing the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project for diversion of 10,300 acre- feet of water from Hunter Creek and the two tributaries, The tributaries flow into the main creek below the Hunter Creek diversion point. The Fryingpan-Arkansas Commis- sion last week approved the proposed amendment. There are two avenues for action: Attaching the amendment to an appropriations bill as a rider or directly amending the authorization law, Leo M, Krulitz, attorney for the U,S, Department of the Interior, ruled,in June a change in the authorization law would be necessary for the Bu- reau of Reclamation to divert water from Hunter Creek and tributaries, The feasibility plan provided for di- version of 3,000 acre-feet of water to the Twin Lakes Canal Co, Twin Lakes, in exchange, would agree not to divert water from the Roaring Fork River. Agreement between the south- eastern board and the Colorado River Water Conservation District call for average annual diversion of 69,000 acre-feet of water to Eastern Colo- rado, The bureau decided against tap- ping Lime and Last Chance creeks, The agency then decided to in- crease diversions from Hunter Creek. Pitkin County groups protested the larger Hunter Creek diversions were not legal under the legislation author- izing the project. Krulitz agreed with them, If Krulitz' opinion stands and if Con- gress does not amend the author- ization law, a return to diverting water from Lime and Last Chance Creeks might be necessary, The U.s, Fish and Wildlife Service earlier this year' proposed to study Carter, North Fork, Mormon, North, Middle and South Cunningham creeks to determine if minimum stream flows provided in the operating principles for the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project should be larger, The Fryingpan-Arkansas Commis- sion voted last week the amounts of water to be by-passed at diversion points of the project would not be changed and that water for minimum flows would have to come from other sources. The Fish and Wildlife Service ear, lier determined the minimum flow in: Hunter Creek should be 21 second- feet of water instead of 14 second-feef proposed by the Bureau of Reclama- tion and the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. The de- termination was in response to an ap- plication for a dredge and fill permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, Before the board of the south- eastern district board could make a decision on the minimum stream flow, the Krulitz ruling tossed the matter into the political arena, Kreggerwas optimistic that negotia- tions concerning the dredge permit the minimum flows for Hunter Creek and the amount of water that may be diverted from Hunter Creek and its tributaries can be resolved, Dredge and fill refers to structures placed in a stream as well as to re- moval or placing dirt in a stream, The dredge and fill application is a package deal, covering the several .structures under construction and Granite Siphon, The Albuquerque, N,M" office of the corps has forwariled the package application to the Washington office of the agency for decision, Kregger ex- pressed the opinion the application for the Granite Siphon might be de- cided separate because it does not in- volve any fish flows, Service News HANAU, Germany-Private Eugeue H. 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