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. . such water as may be provided in the repayment contract or contracts, and subject to all the operating principles herein set forth. ,,-. 18. No trans mountain diversion of water shall ever be made through the collection and diversion system of the Frymgpan-Arkansas project in excess of the quantitative limitations and conditions established by this document: Provided , however, That when, under the laws of the State of Colorado, there may be additional water availa'ble for such collection and diversion which is not at the time of diversion required for beneficial use in western Colorado or for filling interstate water compact agreements, then such water may be collected and diverted for beneficial use in the Arkansas Valley: Provided , further, That such additional diversion shall only be made with the mutual consent of each or the following agencies of the State of Colorado, to wit: the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the South- western Water Conservation District, the Colorado River Water Conservation District, and the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. .~ -='-''- ~~ 19. To assure project operation in conformity with the operating principle heretofore stated, to provide a means for the collection and inter- change of information, and to provide a method for the continued study or project operations to the end that, if the stated operating principles may be improved upon, recommendations for changes may be made to the contracting parties, a commission shall be created in an appropriate manner to be composed of one representative or the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, one representative of the Colorado River Water Conservation District, two representatives of the United States, and one representative of the State of Colorado appointed by the Colorado Water Conservation Board after consultation with the Colorado Game and Fish Commission. The powers of such commission shall be limited to the collection of data, the making or findings of fact, and the suggestion or changes in operating principles. These operating principles shall be deemed to have amended and take the place of those operating principles signed and executed on April 30, 1959. These operating principles shall be and do constitute a contract between the signatory parties, and shall inure to the benerit of and shall be and remain binding upon said parties, their respective successors and assigns. * Executed as amended at Denver, Colo., this 9th day of December 1960. "'! Colorado Water Conservation Board. By Steve McNichols, Chairman; Governor , State of Colorado. Attest: Felix 1. Sparks, Director and Secretarv. *Page 6 of House Document 130. -393- ~~; .:;"