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<br />.1 ,. r~ ." <br />iLl.)'': <br /> <br />. at the annual ARCA meeting to be held December 8, 1992. By letter dated December 3, 1992 <br /> <br />Kansas declined to proceed further witlu:eYiew of the amended operating principles until such <br /> <br /> <br />time as there were legally binding commitments by the City of Trinidad, the District, the United a..\.\"\t. <br /> <br /> <br />States and the State of Colorado that the amended ~erating prindplM in the filture-=uldbe t:~~1>4 <br /> <br /> <br />enforceable as part of the Arkansas River Compact. This is an unacceptable condition to all ~ <br />. - <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />parties other than Kansas, <br /> <br />In March and April of 1993, the Colorado Water Conservation Board on behalf of <br /> <br />Colorado representatives of the ARCA, the Colorado State Engineer and the City of Trinidad, all <br /> <br /> <br />asked Reclamation to approve the amended operating principles as Kansas was unreasonably ~ ri: ci'tlu- <br />. c..:,~ ~ <br /> <br />:withholding 'lPproval of the amended operating principlils, In response to this request, U ~ ~ <br /> <br /> <br />~eclamation by I~~ dated June 9.:2993, advised Kansas that Reclamation did not believe Kansas ~~~Cjl <br /> <br />had a valid objection to approval of the amended operating principles and that if Kansas did not <br /> <br />provide comments within 30 days of the date of the letter, Reclamation planned to approve <br /> <br />amended operating principles as recommended in the 1988 report of the review of operating <br /> <br />principles. Reclamation received a response from Kansas dated July 8, 1993 on July 9, 1993 <br />~~~-_._----------- ---- ^ -,---- - --- " <br /> <br />.'<r~ <br />'~I<1~ <br />C~ \JA., ~ <br />0-.. '<Af ~ ~ <br /> <br />with comments and a r!quest that Reclamation not approve the proposed amended operating <br /> <br />principles. <br /> <br />Kansas' letters of July 8 and August 4, 1993 to Reclamation alleged additional violations <br />---=::- .... <br /> <br />les ~~ <br />Vi\::'\",~"'--! <br /> <br />of the operating principles and the directives of the Colorado State Engineer's letter of April 27, <br /> <br />1989. In response to these allegations, the Colorado State Engineer reviewed the records and S' <br />.~~ <br />AJl,J;'Q.w.j <br />determined that the,pistrict had not stored mo~~ than 20 000 acre feet including carryover storage <br /> <br />in anyone year under the Model storage rights since November 1, 1988 as alleged by Kansas. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />~i <br />