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APPENDIX "e" ***.* MAY 13, 19.52 RESOLUTION REGARDING JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR ***** WHEREAS, Article VF of the Arkansas River Compact which becamc elfcctive on May 31, 1949, provides as follows: "In the event the Administration finds that within a period uf fourteen (14) days the water in the conservation pool will be or is liable to be exhausted, the Administration shall forthwith notify the State Engineer of Colorado. or his duly authorized repre- sentative, that commencing upon a day certain within said four- teen (14) day period, unless a change of conditions justifies can- cellation or modilication of slIch notice, Colorado shall administer the decreed rights of water users in Colorado Water District 67 as against each other and as ilgainst all rights now or hereafter decreed [ll water users diverting upstream from John Martin Dam on the basis of rdative priorities in the same manner in which their respective priority rights were administered by Colorado be- fore John Martin Reservoir began to operate and as though John Martin Dam had not been constructed. Such priority administra, tion by Colorado shall be continued until the Administration finds that water is again available in the conservation pool for rdease as provided in this Compact, and timely notice of such finding shall be given by the Administration to the State Engineer of Colorado or his duly authorizcd representative. Provided, that except as contror/ed by the operation of the preceding provisions of this paragrilph and other applicable provisions of this Compact, when there is water in the conservation pool the water users upstream from John Martin Reservoir shall not be affected by the decrees to the ditches in Colorado Water District 67. Except when ad- ministration in Colorado is on a priority basis the water diversions in Colorado Water District 67 shall be administered by Colorado in accordance with distribution agreements made from time to time between the water users in such District and filed with the Administration and with the Statc Engineer of Colorado or, in the absence of such agreement, upon the basis of the respective priority decrees, as against each other, in said District:' NOW, THEREFORE, acting pursuant to the above quoted pro' vision of the Arkansas River Compact, and in the exercise of the powers set forth in Article VllI of such Compact, the Arkansas River Com. pact Administration finds: That, based upon the present quantity of water stored in, and anti. cipated release of water from, and inflow to. the John Martin Reservoir, thc conservation pool thereof, within a period of fourteen (14) days 32