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<br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />be deemed or rOllstrued as a precedent fOT Federal project~ not. heretofore au-
<br />thorized until adequate surveys have been made and the necessary da.ta are avail-
<br />able so that 8 ,g-cnera.l allocation or apport.ionment of t,he wt\t.ers of the Colorado
<br />River, allocfLtea. for cOll8umpt.ive use in t.he St.ate or Colorado, ullder the upper
<br />Colorado River Basin compact, may be made beh....een east.ern Colorado a.nd west-
<br />ern Culorado, a9 dist.inguished (rom an attempt to execute slIch State policy by
<br />a piecemeal or serie:-; of partia.l allocation:;, any of which may seriously int.erfere
<br />with 8. complete, over-all State program.
<br />Pl1.rngra.ph 88 of the report. under the heading "Reconunenuat.ions,"
<br />states: .
<br />E. The project be operat~n. undcr the direction of the Secretary of t.he Interior
<br />in accordance wit,h the operating principles set forth ill thi~ report or RS principles
<br />may be modified in t.he future by agreement betwcen the Secrct.ary and the Com-
<br />mis~ion establi::;hcd by t.he State of Colurado.
<br />It. is understood thut thc operating pl'inciplps, mcntioned in this
<br />qllot.at.ion from the report" nre trhose set. forth in pnmgrnph 74, pages
<br />'27 to ;3:1, both inclusivel fl,nd that t.he "Commission" mentiolled
<br />t.herein is the C01l'nnission which may be Cl'cfitccl in the llHlllller and
<br />for the pUJ'pose sd. fort.h in plll'Ugrnph 17 of t.he operating principles.
<br />(See p. :3:3 of the report..)
<br />Colonl(lo'~ II PI)l'O\"11 1 of 1.11f~ plnns set Ollt. in tlte report and of trhe
<br />aut.hol'iznt.ion of t.he pl'oje('-t. is conditioned upon complinnce with till)
<br />oIwmting printiplps set, forth in t.IlC report. (see pnr. 74, pp. 27 to ;n,
<br />both inclusive) Hnd 81so full recognition and eompliance with t.hose
<br />port,ions of the polil;.\T Ilnd rc\'iew eommitt.ee's repo('L, ns rc\"ised and
<br />apfjron-"d by the Colomdo 'Vater COllsernlt.ion BOil-I'd, wllich tire
<br />omit,tell from the report. and which fire hereinnhove set out; except
<br />that'lls to t.he nfime of the project, it is recommeIllfed find urged t,h:it
<br />in an npproprinte mnnner t,he projeet should hel'C'nft.cl' he known !lnd
<br />l't-~fel'rcd to ns the il~'ryingpun-Al'kansu.s pl'ojed... It. is noted from
<br />the lettel' of the Commissioner of ReeJama t.ion to t.lle SeerelnlT of t,lie
<br />Interior, t'ontuinCli in the report, that. it is stated: ,.
<br />* * * This rlcvell,lplllcllt. is rlesilJ;tJecl us a. ~t>lf-cont.ainerl unit.. Rnd it.>; COIl-
<br />st t1lct.ioll wOlllrl not imply a cOlllmit.mcllt. for de\'elopillf; fut.me wat,er supplic!1
<br />ill t.he GUlIlli:Jun River Basin for diversion to t,he Ark!l.llSaS Rh.er Ba.'1ill.
<br />Colol'nc/o approves this stntement but sueh a stntcment lends weight
<br />to t.lic rea~on fol' changing the name of the project IlS herein recom-
<br />mended, Di\rersion froll! the Fryingpan HiveI' t.o the Arkansas Ri\"er
<br />has no relnt.ion to the Gunnison River. It, is not proposed undcr t,his
<br />"sf'lf-cont.ajncd'~ project, to rliv€'rt wat.er to Ule Arkan~as Basin fl'om
<br />t.he Gunnison River. The idenliifieation of the project. on the co\"er
<br />of t.he report and used t.hroughout the report-"IniLial dcvclopmp.nt.,
<br />Gunnison-Arkansas projeet, Rouring Fork di\.crsion, Colol'ndoll-is 11
<br />misnomer Itnd mislellding', and in t.he future mnYI in some manner,
<br />lead to ullwunantcd implient.ions. In nddit.ion t.o die recommended
<br />elmnge in projcet. idf'nt.ifiC'flt.iol1, Colorado request.s t.hat. t.he project
<br />llc fiuUlOrizcd il-S the i'Fryingpan-Al'kansns project.. 11
<br />s. The Colorlldo Rivcr 'Vuter Conservution Distric.t. is an agency
<br />cl'entC'rl by Stutl' st.llt,ute (ell. 20, p. 997, Session LtlWS of Colomdol
<br />U);H) for !-he consernltion, use, :lull de.vplopment. of the wuter resources
<br />of Ule Colorado River llnd its principal trihutlll'ics. The urea COIll~
<br />priscd wit.hin t,he district indudes seven count.ies und n. pllrt of Ill!
<br />eighth county wit,hin tlw natural dl'llinage of t.he Colol'uclo Ri\"er it}
<br />western Colorado, The Southwestern 'Vater Consenrutioll District
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