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174G FRYING PAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO ,~3 7. Paragraph 74, pnge.s 27 to 33, both inclusive. under the heading "Operat.ing Principles," cont.ains the operating principles which the report exphtins were recommended by fI. policy and review committee set up by the Colorado Water Conservation BOlml to study and re- view plaus aud report.s on the first stage of the Gunnison-Arkansas project. This committee was COTIlposed of representatives of the board, the Colorado Game llOcI Fish Commission, \\~cst.ern Colorado, the Arkansas Valley, and the City of ColOl'ado Springs. The report fRil~ to explnin that. such commit.tee was required to report to the Colorado \\Tater Conservat,ion Board and i~s recommendations would not he effective until approved by that board. The report on the project does not, disclose what action was taken hy t.he Board nor does it contain all of the recommendations of the Policy and Review Committee. Same of t.he matters eontained in the report of the com- mittee are not strictly concerned wit.h project operation. but are related to, and constitute n. material part of, such operating principles. The recommendations of the Policv and Review COInnlittee were revised and approved by the Colorado Water Conservation Board on February 22, 1951. (See letter with attacbments of the director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board dated February 27, 1951, and addressed to the director of region 7, Bureau of Reclamation.) Paragraph 74, pages 27 to 33, both inclusive, of the report correctly sets forth that part of the report of tbe poliey and review committee, designated "Artiele II. Operating Principles," as revised and ap- proved by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, but. it omits other Dlaterial portions "f the Committee's report as revised and approved by the Board, namely: .. * * .. .. .. .. The act.ion of the policy a[1d review committee will be presented to the Colora.do Water Conservation Board for slIch action as the board deems proper. The action of t.he Colora.do Water Conservation Board will he incorporat.ed in the official comment8 of the State of Colorado, made ImrslUwt to sect,ioIl I of the 1044 Flood Cont.rol Act.. . The authorization of the project will recognize the oper&ting principle", approved bv the Colorado 'Va.ter Conservation Board. . Prior to commencement of project construction, the following conditions prece- dent mllst be satisfied: (a) There ",rill be executed a payment CQlttract between the Eastem Colorado C0118CrV8.ncy DiRtrict and the Unit.ed St.ates ill which will be incorporated the 8.ppro\'ed operating principles. (b) There will be executed sHch contract with th8 Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co. as is necessary to make effective the approved operat.ing prinCiples. (c) The East.ern Colorado CO[}$erVB.nc\F District will firml.... bi/Jd itMelf t.o the operation oC th(~ project in accordance w(th t,he approved operating principles. * * * '" III '" '" It is recommCl.\de~ that this project shall hereaCter he referred to as the Fry- ingpan-Arkal1saB1)roJect. Approval of this provision by eastern Colorado repre- sentatives MhaU not. be implied as an abandonment of their expressed intention to obtain approval of a project from the Gunniflon River nor shall approval ot this provision by western Colorado representatives be const.rued as any Consent on their part to the authorization of a..r.ruject fur the exportation of water Crom the Gunnison River to eastern Colorad~ The committee recognizes that. t.hf'r'approval of this report is not to serve as a precedent or example for the appro{.a)- of any other transrnountain diversion oC major proportions not heretofore authorized. The policy of the State of Coloracto as initiat.ed in St.ate-wide meetings held nnder the allspice~ of the State planning commiRsion at Denver and Grand Junc- tion, and a8 .evidenced by resolutions dated June 15, 1935, and :February 28. 1936 was not a.dhered to because survevs of the cha.racter mentioned in said resol~ltion8 V'ere not a.vailable to the comnlittee. Nothing herein contained shall . . ;~.,.,. '. .:;;,.,..,1 . :....;... ". ""','