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AUG-29-2003 FRI 09; D4 AM B B EXCAVATING (50 Stat. 564, 595, as decreed Nos. 2782 ,5016, and 5017) United Colorado; and the Operating (hereinafter referred to as the Federal Register on December 22, 1984, and as amended Septe FAX N0. 9709262344 in the Consolidated Cases (Civil Action States District Court for the District of Policy for Green Mountain Reservoir "Operating Policy") as published in the 1983, which became effective January 23, tuber 3, 1987, as published in the F ral Resister on September 11, 1987. The Reservoir was authorized to provide replacement water for senior downstream diversion rights in western Colorado when water is diverted to or stored for use in eastern Colorado through the CBT project. Additional capacity was provided for hydroelectric power generation and beneficial uses in western Colorado including irrigation, municipal/domestic, and industrial uses. In accordance with the Operating Policy, b6,000 acre-feet of water annually is deemed adequate to satisfy irrigation and domestic uses perfected by use prior to October ib, 1977. The remaining 28,800 acre-feet of capacity (34,000 acre- feet less 5,200 acre-feet dead storage) is available for beneficial use by West Slope water user contractors and has been determined to be available to develop the Reservoir's annual marketable yield. b. The Contractor desires to contract with the United States, pur- suant to Federal Reclamation laws and the laws of the State of Colorado, for water service from Green Mountain Reservoir. c. The United States desires to provide such water service from the marketable yield of Green Mountain Reservoir in accordance with 5. Doc. 80, the Consolidated Cases, and the Operating Policy. P. 06 2