WSP07251

• File Number: 8143.600.10.A
• Description: John Martin Reservoir - Operation Studies
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 12/1/1981
• Author: Zorich/Spronk Assoc
• Title: Analysis of John Martin Reservoir Operation
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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and publication of all factual data bearing upon the ad~inistration
of this compact without, in general. duplicating measure~ents.
observations or publications made by state or federal agencies.
State officials shall furnish pertinent factual data to the admin~
istratfon upon its request. The administration shall. with the
collaboration of the appropriate federal and state agencies,
determine as may be necessary from time to time. the location of
gauging stations required for the proper administration of this
compact and shall designate the official records of such stations
for its official use.

(2) The director, U. S. geological survey, the commissioner
of reclamation and the chief of engineers, U. S, Army, are hereby
requested to collaborate with the administration and with appropri-
ate state officials in; the systematic determination and correlation
of data referred to in paragraph G (1) of this article and in the
execution of other duties of such officials which may be necessary
for the proper administration of this compact.

(3) If deemed necessary for the administration of this
compact, the administration may require the installation and main~
tenance, at the expense of water users, of measuring devices of
approved type in any ditch or group of ditches diverting water from
the Arkansas river in Colorado or Kansas. The chief official of
each state charged with the administration of water rights shall
supervise the execution of the administration's requirements for such
installations.

H. Violation of any of the provisions of this compact or other
actions prejudicial thereto which come to the attention of the
administration shall be promptly investigated by it, When deemed
advisable as the result of such investigation, the administration
may report its findings and recommendations to the state official
who is charged with the administration of water rights for appro~
priate action, it being the intent of this compact that enforcement
of its terms shall be accomplished in general through the state
agencies and officials charged with the administration of water
rights.

I. Findings of fact made by the administration shall not be
conclusive in any court or before any agency or tribunal but shall
constitute prima facie evidence of the facts found.

J. The administration shall report annually to the governors
of the states and to the President of the United States as to matters
within its purview.

ARTICLE IX

A. This compact shall become effective when ratified by the
legislature of each state and when consented to by the congress of
the United States by legislation providing substantially, among
other things, as follows:

Nothing contained in this act or in the compact herein consented
to shall be construed as impairing or affecting the sovereignty of
the United States or any of its rights or jurisdiction in and over
the area or waters which are the subject of such compact: Provided,

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