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<br />'1 ~ f'J <br />'t ~ .- <br /> <br />. L Introduction <br />Article VI of the Operating Principles for Trinidad Dam and Reservoir Project (project) <br /> <br />provide that the operating principles are subject to review and amendment once a )iear at the <br /> <br />request of any of the signatory parties; provided, that one review shall be accomplished within the <br /> <br />first 10 vears of completion ofIrinidad Dam andjlt Illast oneil evelX 10 y"oro th"r"at1-"r The <br /> <br />stated objective of the reviews is to obtain optimum beneficial use of the water sUPl?ly as <br /> <br />P\.\ 'w <br />t-f.' ~"'" <br />~:o\""'- <br /> <br />conditions change, experience is gained and more technical data become available. In addition to <br /> <br />these provisions Condition No, 4 oftheSJaje_O(K~a.~'jive conditions for approval of the <br /> <br />Operating principles requires that the operating principles be reviewed five years after beginning <br /> <br />operation of the Project, and once each 10 years thereafter. The stated objective of this review is <br /> <br />to determine the,elIect ,ifan~~on..llfth"J?J;Qj~Gt~has--hael on..nther ('nlMaeln "nel }C~ <br /> <br />. water ust?rs, <br /> <br />Construction of Trinidad Dam and Reservoir was completed and available for initial <br /> <br />tk~") <br /> <br />storage on January 1, 1977. However, litigation concerning water rights for storage of water in <br /> <br />the reservoir ~e1aved substantial storage of water untilMarch 5, 1979. The Project has been in <br /> <br />continuous operation since 1979 with irrigation of all :p'roject lands beginning in 1985. . <br />- ~ <br />Kansas first became concern eel about the operation of Trinidad Reservoir in 1979-80 and ,;,:::#"sJ! <br />V"c$'J:::5., <br />$--- <br /> <br />called a special meeting of the Arkansas River Compact Administration (ARCA) held June 30, <br /> <br />1980 to discuss these concerns. Kansas raised additional concerns over the operation of the <br /> <br />t,:<:lvI\S% <br />~"'~"'S <br /> <br />Project in 1981 and 1982 at a meeting of the ARCA on March 25, 1983. Finally, at its December <br /> <br />II, 1984 annual meeting, the ARCA passed a resolution requesting the Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />(Reclamation) to initiate a review of the operating principles in accordance with Kansas' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br />J <br />