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RESPONSIBILITIES ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE The Executive Order specifically assigned the following responsibilities to the ARCC: e Provide advice to and coordinate with the State Engineer on the development and implementation of rules relating to the administration of water in the Arkansas River basin, including advice related to: (1) rules and regulations needed to deal with post-compact pumping depletions to usable Stateline flows required to meet compact obligations; (2) rules and regulations needed to deal with pumping depletions to the flow of the Arkansas River in Colorado; and (3) the state's enforcement of rules and regulations, and any amendment of such rules and regulations as may be needed. e Provide recommendations to the Governor, General Assembly, Attorney General, State Engineer, and Water Conservation Board on an appropriate rcmedy for past depletions to usable Stateline flows in the event the Supreme Court of the United States finds that post-compact pumping has violated thc compact and that the state must provide compensation, or in the event that the states of Colorado and Kansas decide to negotiate a remedy. . Make recommendations to support efforts by the Department of Natural Resources, local officials, water owners and others to accomplish water, wildlife and recreation goals for the Arkansas River and associated reservoirs, including Trinidad Reservoir, John Martin Reservoir, and the Great Plains Reservoirs. e Provide a forum for ensuring that affected interests in the basin coordinate among themselves and work with, and provide advice to, state agencies charged with responding to the ruling in the Kansas v. Colorado lawsuit and carrying out other projects and programs in the basin. The committee was charged with helping to identifY creative, coordinated, equitable, effective and economical actions related to the full scope of its responsibilities. 5