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<br />) <br />(, <br /> <br />C"; <br />to <br />"'7' <br />N <br /> <br />i <br />"),_ ,It If<~~. r~ry ,';~i . - ." ~,< <br />~ -,. ",..to; . , <br />REG!ONAL OFFICE DRAFT ':l f\'t!tJ! , <br />10/23/r;J. .~ ~. 'I .' .... <br />-A ~ 1" ,-, ..', <br /> <br />'1, ~-' C{lio \ TIOliAL PLAN P0R THE J>LATORO mmlvom (Qi~:>'[:' ( (."' ; ')i~D <br />' ( AND THE CONEJOS DISTRICT . OONEJOS DIVISI<>>l <br />SAN LUIS VALLEY l'lWJEC'l'. COLCRADO <br /> <br />C_) <br /> <br />'~:.; <br /> <br />I:\V letter of Febr\lary 27. 19S0, to the Secretar,y of the <br />Interior, Attorney Jean S. Breitenstein. acting on behalf of Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board, proposed that the pl'1ncip1es set forth in <br />Solicitor's Opinion .If-36011, SeptembGl' 23, 1949. be applied to the <br />Conejos DiV1s1on of the San Luis Vall.e1 Project. However, foUOIl'1ng <br />an anaJ;ys111l of tile ar'IJofn'tat3:'ative and ~.....l'1Dg plan Pl'OJIQhCl tv <br />Mr. Tipton. the Secmtal7' lldv18ed Mr. Breitenstein that the plan d1d <br />not appear to conform with Ute pr:lne1plelll enunciated in said Op1ltton, <br />but that the Bureau of RecllillllatiOD vouJd oons1dar t~ mat_ t'Urtller <br /> <br />in an effort to deviae AdmtntAtl'at1ve and eng1nee%'1ng Pl'OV1a1an8, which <br />'lfhen applled to the op&1'at1OD of the project. would .sure water <br />deliveries to the Dtstriot in 1UI.l confomance with the J.l'ed&ral Reolalllation <br /> <br />Laws. <br /> <br />Further 1Iltud;y has been given tbU matter by the Region ard <br />the Project, and an Operat.i1^~' Plan has been devised. speciticalJ,y tbr <br />P1atol'O Reservoir and the Conejoll Dietr:lot wh1ch assures e:tfect1Dg <br />project WIlter delivery in tuU comp1J.ance with the lI'edel'al Reclamation <br />Laws. The plan has been considered in light of the volume of no~ \ <br />water used by the various ditch cOlllpaDies compr1s1ng the District, tk'!/J <br />various points of diversion, and the extent antl d1str.ibution of the <br />larger land h01dLngs, and found to be practicable ot administration! <br />