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Exhibit A <br />Pot Creek Operations Manual <br />March 1. 2005 <br />Purpose <br />The purpose of this document is to describe the operation of the Pot Creek Distribution <br />System pursuant to the Revised Pot Creek Memorandum of Understanding and <br />Agreement (MOU) dated March 1, 2005 between the States of Utah (Utah) and Colorado <br />(Colorado). This MOU was entered into by the States to allow for the equitable <br />distribution of the water of the Pot Creek drainage according to priority without regard to <br />state line. <br />This operation manual forms the basis for the day -to -day operations under the MOU, <br />outlines the duties of the Pot Creek Water Commissioner (Commissioner), and describes <br />the general accounting and reporting procedures agreed upon by Utah and Colorado. <br />Introduction <br />Pot Creek rises in the Uinta Mountains in the eastern portion of Daggett and Uintah <br />Counties in Utah and flows in an easterly direction and into Colorado before it flows into <br />the Green River. There are diversions and use of water from Pot Creek in both Utah and <br />Colorado. <br />Combined Administration List <br />Representatives from Utah and Colorado jointly reviewed the permitted and decreed <br />water rights of both States to determine which should be included in the Combined <br />Administration List (List) for Pot Creek. The List was mutually accepted by Utah and <br />Colorado and includes the permitted and decreed water rights of both States with the <br />following exceptions: stock watering directly from streams, springs and reservoirs; wells <br />for less than or equal to 0.1 cfs, or less than or equal to 5.0 AF; surface rights, including <br />springs, for less than or equal to 0.1 cfs and not diverted from the main stem of Pot <br />Creek; and storage rights for less than or equal to 5.0 AF, and not on the main stem of Pot <br />Creek. <br />Additionally, new applications for water rights in both States will be reviewed to <br />determine if granting such rights will impact the water availability on Pot Creek. <br />A copy of the List is attached as Appendix A. The List may be updated from time to time, <br />subject to the approval of both States. A map showing the Pot Creek drainage and the <br />water rights subject to administration is attached as Appendix B. <br />