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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-1, ,~r~ ') <br />1 'i ,-/,., <br /> <br />Condition No, 4 for approving the operating principles. Reclamation subsequently initiated a <br /> <br />review of Project operations and the operating principles for the period 1979 through 1984 and <br /> <br />issued a draft report in December 1985. Reclamation received extensive comments on the draft <br /> <br />report and agreed to perform a more extensive review and prepare a new draft report. The new <br />- <br /> <br />draft report was issued in October 1988. After considering the comments received on the new <br />=--- <br /> <br />draft report, it was revised and the final report was published in December 1988. <br /> <br />E~~~ <br />C\y~ <) <br />~ 0+ \~~ <br /><')~;:vJ <br />~~+ tI:i~~~ <br />> J t=, ",<0l <br />~ <br />~l~~ <br /> <br />The conclusions Of the first review of Project operations and the operating principles <br />~ G""c:Ls'-'l'-J <br /> <br />published in the final report were that Project operations were not totally consistent with the 0~~ <br /> <br />operating principles - "...a departure from the intent of the operating principles," However, these ~ <br /> <br /><.b lou....~ <br />departures were d~termined toJlQ1 affect downstre3J!l Colorado and Kansas water users pursuant c.~v...., <br />~.o.... <br />to Condition No, 4 of Kansas' five conditions for approval of the operating principles. <br />.) \)$iS1Z., <br /> <br />Reclamation did determine that Project operations and the operating principles provided less than ~f"~~ <br />.~ "''''~ <br /> <br />optimum beneficial use of the available water supply for irrigation within the Project area but did <br /> <br />'-. <br /> <br />protect downstream non-Project water rights, Reclamation recommended changes in Proj~t <br /> <br />operations and the operating principles pursuant to the review required by Article VI of the <br /> <br />operating principles. The operating principles are attached as Appendix A <br />.' <br /> <br />Reclamation recommended that Project operations be changed and the operating <br /> <br />.~_.- <br /> <br />~,<,,-,"~ <br /> <br />principles be amended to: (1) either discontinue the practice of transferring water from the model I q <br />. I) ,<l) \ \,\)J>--r <br /> <br />storage right to the joint use pool at the end of the water year or amend the operating principles ~~: <br />~,~\- <br />to recognize the practice; (2) discontinue storage of winter water under any right other than the 2.\ w;O-__~ <br />~ UIA~ <br />Model storage right until the operating principles are amended to recognize the practice; (3) \j';A~,"!r;r <br /> <br />delete Reclamation land classification standards for the irrigable lands; and (4) reduce the 3) r~~ <br /> <br />[<::lJtl& ~fl<' <br />2 "l~~i""" <br />~ <br />