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<br />1309 <br /> <br />.j <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />orr.RATING PRIllCIPU;S, fRYINGPAlI-ARKANSAS PROJl;CT <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(r:) "Ruedi Reservoir" means the re'servoir presently <br />pianned for construction on the fryingpan piver above <br />the town of Ilasalt as part of the project. <br />(h ) "Ashcroft Reservoir" means not only the reservoir con- <br />templated for construction on Castle Creek, a tributary of <br />the Roarin~ Fork River, hut also, unless the context re- <br />~uires otherwise, any other reservoir that .may be construc- <br />ted in the Roaring Fork basin above the town of Aspen in <br />lieu of that reservoir. <br />(1) "c.f.s." means cubic feet of water per second of time. <br />2. The Ruedi Reservoir shall be constructed and maintained on <br />the fryinl!Pan River above the town of Basalt with an active. capacity <br />of not less than 100,000 acre-feet. In addition thereto and in <br />order to offset adverse streamflow condi tions on the RoarinF; fork <br />River above the town of Aspen which might occur as a result of the <br />project enlarF;ement of the Twin Lakes Reservoir, the Ashcroft <br />Reservoir on Castle Creek, or some reservoir in lieu thereof, shall <br />be constructed on the Roaring Fork draina~e above Aspen to a cap~ci- <br />ty of approximately 5,000 acre-feet: Providin~ , However, That the <br />Ashcroft Reservoir shall be constructed only if the Secretary of the <br />Interior after appropriate study shall determine that its benefits <br />exceed the costs: And providin~ further, That no part of the con- <br />struction, operatio~or maintenance of said Ashcroft Reservoir shall <br />be charji!eable to the fryinr.pan-Arkansas project. . <br />All of such stored water shall be released under the conditions <br />and limitations hereinafter set forth. <br />3. The receipts from the sale of water from Ruedi Reservoir, as <br />permitted in para,raph b(b) hereof, shall be applied solely to .the <br />operatioo and maintenance costs and to those reimbursable construc- <br />tion costs of said reservoir which exceed $7,600,000. The cost of <br />perpP.tual operation and maintenance of the Ruedi Reservoir shall he <br />horne by users of project water and user!! of water. stored in Ruedi <br />Reservoir in such proportion as may be determined by the Secretar, <br />of the Interior. . <br />Ii. The inclusion of the Ruedi Reservoir in the project shall <br />not preclude the construction of any other replacement or re~la- <br />tory reservoirs on the Colorado River or. its tributaries above Cameo. <br />gaging station. <br />5. The Ruedi Reservoir shall be completed and in operation <br />before any water is diverted to eastern Colorado by means of the <br />('roj ect. . <br />. 6. (a) The replacement. capacity of Ruedi Reservoir, and any <br />reservoir constructed in addition thereto, is that portion of the <br />total reservoir capacity required to permit project diversions at <br />times when such diversions could. not otherwise be made because of <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />