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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,', <br /> <br />.:,:..1 <br /> <br />. <br />The Bureau of Reclamation constructed Green Mountain Dam and Powerplant as <br />features of the CBT (Colorado-Big Thompson) Project. Green Mountain Dam and <br />Powerplant are located on the Blue River, a tributary of the Colorado River <br />in north-central Colorado. The CBT Project was recommended by the Secretary <br />of the I~terior and approved by the President on December 21, 1937, pursuant <br />to section 4 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 8360), and subsection B of <br />section 4 of the Fact Finders' Act (Act of December 5, 1924, 43 Stat. 672). <br />Funds for construction of the project were appropriated by the Interior <br />Department Appropriation Act of 1938 (Act of August 9, 1937, 50 Stat. 564). <br />Green Mo~ntain Dam and Reservoir were completed in 1943. <br /> <br />o <br />c <br />N <br />.....~ <br /> <br />~I <br /> <br />The use and disposition of the water stored in Green Mountain Reservoir are <br />under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior as set forth in <br />Senate Document 80 (Act of August 9, 1937, 50 Stat. 564) and reaffirmed in <br />the 'Consolidated Cases (Civil Actions Nos. 2782, 5016); United S.tates <br />District Court for the District of Colorado, (hereinafter referred to as <br />Consolidated Cases). This authority has been dele9ated to the Regional <br />Director, LMR (lower Missouri Region), to be exercised in consultation with <br />the Regi~nal Director, UCR ( Upper Colorado Region). The Consolidated Cases <br />remain under the continuing judsdiction of the District Court (United <br />States District Court for the District of Colorado). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The reservoir has been in operation since 1943. Since the commencement of <br />operations, there have been several years of below-average river flows, <br />necessitating release of water to meet irrigation and dom!!stic uses in <br />western 'Colorado not satisfied by natural flows in addition to making repla- <br /> <br />cement ;releases for the Colorado-Big Thompson Project. <br /> <br />Under Senate <br /> <br />--------L _,t <br />