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<br />of tne SCItCS 1)[ Cp!lJr:ldo and Kansas cnart.:"cd with till' administration <br />of wata rights, with respect to the admin~tration :H1J d]strihution ot <br />\\'~Hcr which is available to each of sllch States under the provisions <br />of tht: Compact. <br />? The ChId Oflici:{1 charged wah the admini.:;tr,nin!1 I1f water <br />rights 1n Kdnsas \,'ill exercise full jUrisdiction i\llJ contn:l[ ,lwr the <br />waters of (he Arkansas Riwr that llrigill~ltes ill K;msas :md ,n:er the <br />waters that flow from Colorado ;Kross the Stateline into K.tnSd5 (Arti. <br />cle VI A (I). <br />.. The ChH:~f OfTIci;tl of Kansas charged \\'Ith the adminIstration <br />of water rights is givL"n and aSSUlllCS CXdl;~i\'c :-tdnllllistrative CI1ntro1. <br />unJa the Compact, (lver the operations of the Frontier Cilna[ and its <br />hc,tdworks for irrigation uses in Kans;ts to the Silme rxtC/lt as though <br />sll(h works were located entirely within the State- of Kansl.'i. (Article <br />VI B) <br />4. Except liS otherwise provided, nothing in dh~ CCIll'1;ICt shall <br />be COllstrued ;{" <:lIrp!;mtin(! the ;tJmini"tr~tion hy C,,]nr:ld,) nf the <br />rignr." nf Olprrnrri;Hnrs nf \;':ncr pf thc ,A..rbns:\5 Ri""l'r 111 th.~t S~,\t_. <br />:IS uo.::crced to -,ueh approprlittor.,; hy the (!lurt..;; 'lf C\1[,1rddn, Il,-lr ;IS <br />l11tL'rkrlll~ with till.': dlstflhlti"l\ :llllUIl),: ~lIL'h ;l]'I~n_'pn;\l"r5 hi' Ct.]ll <br />r;lu'.'. nor ;lS cLIrLlillll~ tho.:: dIversion :lnd '...1'::":: for IITIl.:;,uiol1 .lnJ other <br />hCIFfi(]~1 PUTT"lse,,;; in'.C0[or;-\d'1 'If the \V,lters '_'1' till' -Arbn~,15 Riv...:!'. <br />(.-'\rt]ck- VI ;\ (:~)). A,-'cordill~ly_ the St,lle EIl.i:,:1l1La IJt C.JkllilJ'_J. by <br />virtue of the authority given him under the Colorado statutcs, and <br />in conformity ........ith the Arkans<ts River Compact, has authn(ity and <br />rt.::-pu[l~jbility as follows: <br />(a) During such periods of time when no water remains ]11 storage <br />in the conservation pool of John .Marrin Resavoir and after <br />the Administration. pursuant to Article V F of the Compact, <br />has made a finding that such storage will be or is liilblc to be <br />exhausted and gives notice thereof as pre.::cribcd by ArtIcle V F <br />of tnc Compact, he shall administer the decreed watLf rights <br />of water users in Colorado Water District Number 67, as <br />a~ajnst each other, and as against all rights. now or hl'fcclfter <br />decreed to .......ater users diverting upstream from John Martin <br />Dam on the basis of rdative priorities in the same manner <br />in which their respective priority rights wac ;tdrninistcrcd <br />by Colorado before John Martin Dam began to operate. <br />(Article V F). <br />(h) During such times a5 there is '\.\'ater in storage 111 the con' <br />st:rv;lti~:'lJ1 rool of John Martin R(,sl~rvoir and ~water is avail- <br />able for releasc Frain such storage or from river flO\\'s '.vhich <br />may be pasEcd through such reservoir under the rrov]sions <br />of the Compact, he shall ;ldminister diwrsions of water in <br />C,-llorado \Vater District Numher 67 in accorclct.nce ....\"ith dis' <br />tribution agreements m;tcle from time to tIme by the water <br />users in such District :Jml tileu wlth the Administration and <br />with the State Engineer of Colorado, or ]11 the absence of <br /> <br />" <br />