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<br />1 · "', <br />.. o:!~... <br /> <br />. maximum irrigated acreage to I ~439 acres. <br /> <br />II. Status ofProiect Operations and the Operating Principles <br /> <br />In accordance with the recommendations of the 1988 report, the Colorado State Engineer <br /> <br />by letter dated April 27, 1989, directed the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District ~<::1l ~ <br />(District) to discontinue the practices of(1) transferring water in storage in the Model storage~'y;EG~' <br />t'b \~-l:,~ <br />right into the joint use pool at the end of the irrigation season (~()ver) and (2) the storage of ~ '-'" ~'"-~ <br />winter water under any right other than the Model storage right until the operating principles are ~~ <br />amended to recognize these practices, <br /> <br />In 1989, the District and Reclamation prepared ~ draft of proposed amended operating \~~'i <br /> <br />~c)~(?K~~ <br />principles to include the recommendations of the 1988 report. Reclamation sent the draft ~~ A <k. <br />. 1<]' lo.(~~'i <br /> <br />. amended oP.c::.ating principles to Kansas for comment and approval by letter dated October 18, ~~ 1~'1-ft, <br /> <br />!l.~ <br />1989 and the District sent the draft amended operating principles to ARCA and others for review <br /> <br />and approval by letter dated November 2, 1989. Kansas acknowledged receipt of Reclamation's <br />, kS~~~ <br />October 18, 1989 letter, but because the operating principles were an issue in Kansas v. Colorado, ~ """'-~ <br /> <br />Original No. 105, ogiected tQJlI!yamenr;!IilllJlt.Qfthe qE~ting princielespIjor to completion of <br /> <br />that litigation. ARCA accepted the draft amended operating principles for the record at its <br /> <br />December 12, 1989, annual meeting, but took no further action since Kansas held the position <br /> <br />that the operating principles were an issue before the United States Supreme Co~rt. <br /> <br />The City of Trinidad also prepared draft amended Q2erating principles in 1989 to enable <br />'-" - -.------- <br /> <br />the City to change the use of its Project water rights from irrigation to municipal and industrial <br /> <br />use, The City sent the draft operating principles to Reclamation by letter dater;! Mav 3. 19~9 <br /> <br /><1.:t"1 t <br />\~,\-, l cl"J <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3 <br />