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<br />I <br /> <br />~- <br /> <br />396 <br /> <br />RUEDI DA.'I1 AND RESERVOIR, COLO. <br /> <br />(h) "Ashcroft Resel"Voir" means not onfy the reservoir COL / <br />templated for const.ruction. on Cast.le Creek, a tributary of the <br />Roaring Fork River, but ,LIsa, unless the eonte>:t re'[UlreS otl~e.r- <br />wisa, allY other res(',rvoir that. may be COllstl1.1Cted 111 the Roanng <br />Fork basin above the tb\V1I of Aspen in liell of that, reservoir. <br />U) "c.f.S.11 mea.ns cubic feet of water per s(~cond of time. <br />2. The RlIedi Reservoir shall be construeted and maintained on the <br />Fryingpan River above tht> tawn of Basalt .with an active eaI;>acit,y of <br />not, less than 100,000 ,wre- feet. In additIOn thereto and m order <br />to otfset adverse, st.reamfluw cOl1ditions on Lhe Roaring Fork River <br />above the town of Aspcn ",hie-h might OCi'ur as a result of the projed <br />enlargement of t.he Twill Lakes Uese.n'oir, the Ashcroft R.eservoir on <br />Castle Creek, or some reservoir in lieu. t11ereof, shall be constructed on <br />the Hoal'ing Fork dra,illag" above 2\sp"n to a c.~padty of approxi- <br />ma.tely fI!OOO acre-fe.et Pro'l..idin!.J1 hO?l)e'fJer, That t.he Ashcroft Reser- <br />,'oir sh,,1I be constructorl only if the. Seeret"ry of the Interior after <br />"ppropria!" study sh,,1I determine tlmt its benefits ex reed the costs <br />as provided by law, with subsequent authorization by the CGnl,rress <br />of the United States and appl"O\'al bv the President. <br />All of such stored 'mter shall he" released under the eGnditions and <br />limitat.ions hereimdter set forth. <br />3. The eost of construct.ion of the Ruedi Reservoir and any othe.r <br />reservoir construeted in addition thereto shall be a eharge against <br />the Fryingpan-Arkansas project to the extent of $1,600,000. The <br />re!lllIinIll~ cost uf constnwtioll shall be paid in the first instance from <br />Colorado s apportioned share of re"cnues in the Upper Colorado <br />River Basin Fund and in accordance with Publie Law 48r.: Pro- <br />fl.tiJlng, That when t.he waters stored in any such reservoir or reservoirs <br />shall be pllt. to a belleficial llSe, the users thereof shan pay into the <br />Colorado River Basin fllnd, ta the eredit. of Colorado's share of sueh <br />fUlld, charges for the use..~ of such wute.rg in accordance with the <br />prineip]es of reclamation law. The cost of perpet.ual operat.ion and <br />maintenanee of the RlIedi Resen'oir shr<ll be, borne by IIsers of project <br />water and users of water stored in Ruedi Reservoir in SUl2h propor4 <br />tion as may be determined by the Secretary of lnt"rior. The eGgt. of <br />perpetual Gpemtion alJ(l maintenance of t.he Ashcroft. Reservoir shall <br />be borne by us(~,rs of wate.r from that. reservoir. <br />4. The inclllsion of the Ruedi Resen'oir in the projed shan not <br />. predude t.he construction of ~ny otlle!: replacement, or regulatory <br />I~ reserVOIrs on the Colorado Hlver or Its trIbutarIes alK.)\'e Cameo <br />. gaging stat,ion. <br />r.. The Huedi Resen'oir shan be eompleted and in operation before <br />any ",ater is diverted to e.astern Colorado by means of the project. <br />n. (11) The replncement eapa'lity of Rlledi Reservoir, and any <br />rese.rvo~rjJ"lst. r~lCted in .udditioH rher~to, is ~hat. p~H'tio.n of the .~otal <br />reserVOIr hpa,clt.y I"t~qmred to permit. prOject dH'erslOns at. tImes <br />when sue <liversions cl111ld not, ot.herwise be made beel1use of simul- <br />taneous demands of senior diversions in westm..n Colorado e.xisting <br />at the time of the adoptioT>: of these operating principles, ,and. shall <br />he 80 operated to aecomphsh tllls purpose. Water 'l\1Ol'ed in such <br /><"parity sh" II be released by the Unit"d St"tes, upon ''l'he request of <br />the, Colorado State engineer, to the extent that wateT wonld have been <br />