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<br />FRYING PAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />of the proposed project on the I\dministration of the provisions of the
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<br />compact, adopted the follO\villg resolution:
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<br />WhroTCS,; there has been submitted to the State:; of Colofao.o and KUIl88S bv the
<br />Secret~r:r of ~he Interior. ill ac:eordallce wit,h provi:-;iolls of see"ioll I of thc"19H
<br />Flood COllt,rol Art, a report of the BureaH of Reclamat.ion on the proposer! illitial
<br />de\'elopmf"llt, GUllnis011-Arkansag project, Roaring Fork diversion, Colorado
<br />(Project Planning Report No. 7-8a.49--0, and such Statc:':sre required t.o transmit
<br />to the Secretaf\' of the Interior '~heir respective official commellt.s and recommenda-
<br />tion."! (m the rcjjort and propo~ed dc\'dopmellt; and
<br />Who:!rcas the Arkansas River Compact. Admillist.rat.ioll, an official interstate
<br />body l\r~at.ed hy t.he Arkhllsas Ri\"8r cOlllpact and charged with the arlmi]\i~tmtioll
<br />of sHch compact, is interested in the propo.'led rlevclopment to t.he extf!f1t that itli
<br />construction and operation shall no(, interfere wit.h the rights, interests and uhliga.
<br />t.ions of Colorado and J\ansl\:-l Illldflf the compact: Now be it
<br />Nesolt'ed blithe ArknllB(JS Nt'l'ef Compact Arbm'/It'stmtioTl, TIJ[~t ~he follo\dng com-
<br />ments and reCOllllneHdat.iollS relat.itlg to said report of t.he Secretary of the Interior,
<br />to wit:
<br />The A'fkanRa~ Ri\'er Compact Arlministration submit.s these comment.s and
<br />recommendations t,o the Governors of Colorado and J\s/lsa.<.; rC'spct:ting the pro-
<br />posed initial devclopmellt, Gunnison-Arkansas pruj(~ct, !toarillg Fork diver::;ioll,
<br />Colornrlo, nanwly:
<br />]. The Admi1listration llnnerst.anns that t.he projc"t plan propu:,;e.:;:
<br />((j) The importa.t.ion by appropriate projed work:=; of approximately
<br />10,000 ar,re-fcct of water a year from t.he Colomdll Hh'cr nR.sin tl.J tile
<br />ArkfLnsa~ Rivcr Basin for sllpplemental irriV;at.ion and domC.':itic wakr
<br />RlIpplit's in Colorano and for the prorl\1ctioll of 11yJro~ledric ellerv;.\..
<br />(h) In connection with :-;uch import.ation of water and it.s regulatillll
<br />ill t.he. Arkanslls Rh'cr Valley by project works, t.!lf' rerf'glllnt.iOlI of native
<br />water~ of thc Arkfl.n~a::l Ri\'cr (the tcrm "nativc watN!';," us Iwrein
<br />u~ed, hpillg t.hose waters cuyered and defillcrl by art.. III-I} f)f t,hr- Ark-
<br />an~as River compact.).
<br />2. The int.er!':tate water relat.ions' of Colorado ano Kall:=;n'i wit.h resJled,
<br />to the Arkallsas River do not jlls/.ify allY object.ioIl to t,he propo<;cd prnject
<br />de\'elopment. for the importat.ion of Culorudo Hi\'f~r water (describcd in
<br />slih par. (a) aho\'e).
<br />3. The rcrcglliation of nat.ive water:,; of t.he Arkallsas ni\'(~r (nath"e waters
<br />being as abo\'c me/Jtiollerl) concerns tht' :\rht.llsa.:; River Compu('t Ad~
<br />millist.ration and hot.h Coloraclo and Kan~a:,l in complying with thc provi~i1~n<;
<br />of the Arkansas Hi\'er cumpact and maint.aining: the bellefit:; and obligH.tiolls
<br />of the two States under that compll.et. To that. end. it, is rerummclldeu to
<br />t.he Govcrnors of Colorado lind l\ansas. alld expressed as n poliey of tile
<br />.~rkan~as River Compact Aoministrat.ion t.ha.t. the init.ial develupment.,
<br />C;unni~orh"-rkan8a8 project, noarin~ Fork di\'cr~ion, Colorado, a:,; ~et furt.h
<br />in ProjPC:t Planning- Report. No. 7-880.40-1 of the Bureau of Reclnfllatioll,
<br />be appro....ed; provided, howc\.cr, t,hat there shall be nu rercglliation of Ilat.i....e
<br />waters of the Ark.'1ll.";.<ls Ri...er,!ls propused jn ~lJeh report. unt.il a plll.n of oper.
<br />at ion, rules, regulatioll!';, procedure:-;, and Ilgreement~ in furtherance thereof,
<br />including any pertinent agreements between t.he Corp!'; of Engillcer:'i snd t.h~
<br />Bureau of Reclamation, shall hfi\"e becn S\lhlllit.ted to, anti ll.ppro"'.cd by, t.he
<br />Arkansas River Compact. Administration and the affect,ed water llsers.
<br />4. It is the purpc,se and jilt-eM of these re~ommefl(lB.ti{)ns that the pro-
<br />posed project development '!'ihall not interfere with or defeat the ri!:!;hts.
<br />int.erests and obligations of Colorado a.nd Ka.nsas under the Arkansas River
<br />compact.
<br />be tran!"mitted to t.he Governors of the States of Colorano and Kansas a.nd such
<br />Governors he and arf~ herein" requested to slIbmit the 6amf': t.o the Recretllry or
<br />Interior with their official State comments a.nd recommendatiuns upon said pro.
<br />posed project find de....elopment.
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<br />Colorado interprets End underst.ands that paragraph 3 of the reso-
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<br />iution of the Arkansas River Compact Administration is controlled
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<br />bYJaragraph 4 thereof; I\nd that the words "affected water users" in
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<br />sai para::;l'I\ph 3 mean only water users in the State of Colorado So
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<br />long as Colorado complies with the terlllil of ssid compae.\..
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